FLIGHT 001 TO OPEN ON FIFTH AVENUE

Flight 001 has  7 stores, including one on Smith Street, which I visited recently.  They are now adding Park Slope to the roster.

Flight 001 was founded in 1999 by Brad John and John Sencion, after recognizing the need for a shop that would make travel shopping as streamlined as flying itself.

The shops look like airplane interiors. And they see great luggage and  flight essentials from Mandarina Duck, Samsonite Black Label, Y-3 by Adidas, Hideo Wakamatsu, Jack Spade, and Orla Kiely in addition to their own line of unique and highly functional travel product.

The new location is 58 Fifth Ave in the Park Slope (that's pretty near Flatbush). It marks another step in "FLIGHT 001’s international rollout spanning the next five years."

Obviously they've got big plans. I wonder if a larger company bought them. I hope it doesn't lose its specialness in the process.

FLIGHT 001 currently operates 7 other stores in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Chicago, Dubai UAE, and the first Brooklyn Store on Smith St. in the Boerum Hill neighborhood.