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If you’re off to the airport, you’re probably looking forward to having some fun on your holidays, but the process of getting there can sometimes be a bit of a laugh in itself.  For some light relief, here are 5 of the funniest airport videos we could find.

Air Rage

Anyone who’s ever missed a plane can sympathise with the way this woman feels…anger, frustration, disbelief…but I think this reaction is more likely to get you escorted from the building than onto the plane!

The scene takes place in Hong Kong International Airport, but there are English subtitles so you can appreciate the full force of this temper tantrum. I feel sorry for the family members, who are clearly very embarrassed!

Yorkshire Airlines

Comedy duo Hale & Pace give us a vivid picture of what it would be like to fly with Yorkshire Airlines.

Passengers could expect mushy peas with everything and an outdoor loo…hopefully they wouldn’t want to travel too far!

Your Attention Please

Aussie tricksters the Chasers have an open mike session at the departure gate for Qantas Airways.

They start making announcements over the tannoy at an unattended desk, expecting to be thrown out immediately. But the joke goes on longer than they had planned!

No Frills Airline

It seems like everything on board costs extra these days. Check out this sketch from the American show Mad TV.

It’s a nightmarish parody of a flight on a low cost airline, where the priority is to rinse the passengers of every last penny rather than to keep them safe!

Rap on the knuckles

This man found a unique way of delivering his complaint about Heathrow’s new Terminal 5…thankfully, things seem to be functioning much better out there these days.

He was one of the unfortunate passengers to travel through the terminal when there were teething problems with the luggage system. On the way to his wedding in Italy, the bags containing his suit and his wife’s dress were lost in transit. This was a real disaster on one of the most important days of their lives – but he’s managed to keep a sense of humour about it!

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Have you ever felt like throwing a fully-fledged tantrum in the middle of the airport like the lady in the video?  Do you know of any other funny airport videos?  Please leave your comments in the box below.

Gibraltar Airport

This airport has a very unusual runway.  It’s been built across a busy road, an impractical yet necessary setup because of the lack of space on the narrow peninsula of Gibraltar.  When a plane goes for a take off or landing, the main road to Spain has to be blocked off to allow it to pass.

Bilbao Airport

This airport in Spain has an unique and striking terminal building.  It’s made of white concrete and steel and is nicknamed “The Dove” because of its shape.  It was designed by world-renowned architect Santiago Caltrava and built during the 1990’s. He is both an architect and an engineer and has been praised for bridging the gap between these 2 art forms.

Siemens Airport Centre

This is the most high tech airport in the world…but its passengers never leave the ground.  It’s located near Nuremburg in Germany and has the systems and facilities to serve an airport the size of Heathrow, but it’s actually a sophisticated training and testing facility.  Passengers are identified with 3-D facial scanners and observed by automatic monitoring systems which flag up emergencies or risky situations, such as an abandoned piece of luggage or a person who has just collapsed.  Here, a boarding pass is a barcode in a text message, which the passenger holds over a reader to gain access at the gate.  Luggage is transported on conveyer belts travelling at a world record-breaking speed of 10 metres per second.  The technology they’re developing here could soon be seen in real airports around the world.

Spaceport Singapore

But if you really want to look into the future, check out this Spaceport.  Yet to be built, it will be located near Changi Airport and aims to be the first tourist facility of its kind.  It will offer astronaut training and flight simulation experiences as well as actual suborbital space trips on the Explorer Space Vehicle, which can hold 5 passengers.  They will be blasted 64 miles above the surface of the Earth and experience about 5 minutes of continuous weightlessness.

Iqaluit Airport

And from the sublime to the yellow submarine…this bright little airport in Nunavut, Canada is certainly eye-catching.  But it’s unusual in another way as well.  Its geographical location halfway between Hollywood and Europe makes it a busy stopping place for the private jets of the rich and famous, and consequently it’s one of the best airports in the world for celebrity spotting.

Credits

Photo 1 – Mark Ashley – http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/01/07/airplane-xing-gibraltars-bizarre-runway/

Photo 2 – Wayfaring Travel Guide – http://www.wayfaring.info/2007/10/03/the-new-bilbao-airport/

Photo 3 – Siemens – http://w1.siemens.com/innovation/en/publikationen/publications_pof/pof_spring_2006/simulation_articles/siemens_airport_center.htm

Photo 4 – Space Fellowship – http://spacefellowship.com/2008/03/15/spaceports-blasting-off-around-the-world/

Photo 5 – Travel Blog – http://www.travelpod.com/

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