aviation news

Flight attendants noticed something unusual when one passenger refused everything on a long flight—and alerted authorities. It’s no secret that, when you travel, you’re being watched. Regardless of what country …

A Delta crew wanted to honor a 102-year-old WWII veteran with a water salute—but Pittsburgh ATC had to shut it down. Here’s what happened and why. We don’t have much …

You expect long TSA lines to ruin a vacation day. You don’t expect them to delay an accident investigation. After the recent incident involving an Air Canada flight at LaGuardia …

Most travelers know airlines have weight limits for checked bags. But many international airlines also limit the weight of carry-on bags — and not everyone takes the news well. All …

If you’ve been reading travel news in the past day or so, you probably read about the Alaska Airlines flight (operated by Horizon) that had to turn around and make …

Every so often, a headline pops up claiming airlines are shortening layovers or creating some new “tight connection trap.” If you’ve been seeing those stories lately, it might feel like …

You really don’t hear about commercial hijackings much anymore. Sure, every now and then a truck of Costco-bound lobsters goes missing (that actually happened last week), or a flight school …

There was a time when air travel was much simpler. TSA checkpoints didn’t exist, and the routine was easy: check in, drop off your bags, walk through a metal detector, …

If you’re old enough to remember airports before 9/11, you’ll recall that TSA checkpoints weren’t always part of the experience. You’d check in, walk through a simple metal detector (shoes …

When you’re traveling over the course of more than one day, it’s sometimes very convenient to have the option of a hotel on airport property. Over the years I’ve done …