Our story

Find a friend to share in some of the most beautiful destinations around the world!

It all began in a coffee shop in Rome. I’d left my hotel room feeling restless and alone, a beautiful city, a beautiful day, but no one to share it with. I wandered aimlessly down the street. Then by chance, or synchronicity as some might say, I came upon a little coffee shop and decided to go in. Just as I was asking to be seated at a table for one, I saw three people I knew. And as they looked up and smilingly beckoned for me to join them, my spirits lifted and an idea was born.

How wonderful it would be if in my travels I could make this kind of connection with old friends anywhere in the world. How great it would be if I could meet new people who shared my interests in the many cities I traveled to each year. Gone would be the lonely nights in hotel rooms, gone would be that table for one, gone would be missed opportunities and friends never met.

And so, an idea that began at an unexpected meeting in Rome, took wing as I piloted my plane from place to place and dreamed of a way to help thousands of people around the globe make connections anywhere they traveled.

Today, Airlinefriends.net is being launched and my wish is coming true!
The dream is now the new reality. You will be able to “make your connection” anywhere you travel.

Yours truly,

Shannon Simpso
Chief Idea Guy
[or more politically correct: DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS]

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