Airene: Fear of Flying

Airene (named after Irini, the Greek goddess of calm) is built for the part of the flight where facts stop helping — the bump at 30,000 feet, the engines going quiet after takeoff, the twenty minutes before boarding. It gives you something to do, not something to read. KNOW WHAT'S COMING Add your flight and Airene builds a turbulence forecast from NOAA weather data, broken down by phase: takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, landing. Download it before you leave. In the air, it tells you when a bumpy stretch is coming — and when it ends. TOOLS THAT WORK IN SEAT 23F • One tap on the panic button starts cyclic sighing — the breathing pattern that outperformed the alternatives in a Stanford trial (Balban et al., 2023, Cell Reports Medicine). • Paced breathing, set to 4-7-8, box, or slow resonance. • 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, quietly, without moving. • A focus game that occupies the exact part of…