Air Travel

When we travel overseas, we have a strong preference for train travel over short-distance flights. This was the case when we journeyed from Salzburg, Austria, to Munich and then to …

Full disclosure: save for one flight in Asia (one where the overheads were positioned for a country whose residents tended to be on the short side), I have never put …

I have this friend on Facebook – his name is Mark. And Mark recently posted a story about what happened to him on a plane not all that long ago. …

For the most part, the safety announcements flight attendants make on the PA are pretty much the same, regardless of the airline. The FAA mandates a specific pre-take-off announcement, with …

There’s no other form of transportation where you give up as much freedom of personal space as airplanes. Unlike other modes of transportation, such as your car or a train, …

Flying first class has always been a “big thing” to a lot of people. And no wonder – at best it gives you the sense of traveling in the lap …

You’ve probably “been there,” in one way or another. You’re traveling with your child, you’ve not paid to sit together, and have needed to ask the gate agent or flight …

Frequent (and even not-so-frequent) flyers will tell you that TSA PreCheck is a godsend when it comes to saving time. And boy, how it’s grown! When the program started in …

The Muslim holiday of Ramadan begins in the United States on Sunday, March 10, 2024, and continues through Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (the timetable differs by a day or two, …

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that if you check a bag, there’s a chance it could go missing. The U.S. Dept of State said in their Full Year Air …