The life of a 9-to-5 working stiff is much maligned by those slumped in a chair with loosened tie and furrowed brow, so what of the alternative? Jane Anson looks at those who gave up the rat race to pursue some more obscure occupations

As you sit wrestling with your little bag of peanuts, there is an almighty competition raging for your travelling buck. Jane Anson scratches the surface of the transatlantic flight industry and finds a tangled mass of regulation underneath

If you buy into the vision of the future peddled to us by Hollywood we will all be commuting to work by flying car and hover board in the next 12 years. Whilst the reality may not be quite the Blade Runner metropolis seen on screen, travel is becoming increasingly advanced as record numbers of people take to the skies. Jane Anson gazes into the crystal ball

As Russia, and in particular capital Moscow, becomes ever-more prominent in the Business world – it seems private jet is the way to get around, as David Neville Williams finds out

From Australia to the West Indies, yacht chartering is big business and is booming like never before, says David Neville Williams