Aviophobia affects 6.5 percent of the population. "Aviophobia, a fear of flying, affects 6.5 percent of the population, according to the National Institute of Mental Health." Getty Images Oct. 7, 2013 ...

Captain Tom Bunn, a retired pilot and licensed therapist, established SOAR, a program aimed at helping everyone fly successfully, in 1982. He's since assisted thousands of people as they conquer their ...

Intense fear of flying, called aviophobia, is a highly prevalent psychological phenomenon, afflicting (in some estimates) up to 40% of the population of industrialized countries. This staggering ...

For the third time in a year, the media has been transfixed by an airplane-related tragedy: The crash of AirAsia Flight 8501. As with Malaysia Airlines 370 in March and Malaysia Airlines 17 four ...

I used to love flying when I was a kid and even told people I wanted to be a pilot when I grew up. But something happened during college that seriously damaged my love of the skies: a friend's father ...

Aviophobia represents the fear of flying or travelling by airplane. In some people, the phobia can manifest as an anxiety when travelling by plane and in some it can be so significant that the person ...

Today, flying is both the fastest and easiest mode of transport between countries. But many of us are terrorized by the mere thought of boarding a plane. Why is that, and how do we deal with this ...