#air-travel

#air-travel

Gulf Air recently announced it was resuming service connecting Bahrain and North America, adding flights to New York's JFK Airport starting October 1, 2025.

Avelo Airlines is ceasing its West Coast operations, including service to Burbank and Santa Rosa, due to inadequate financial returns in a competitive market.

Transatlantic Zeppelins carried passengers in relative luxury between Germany and New York or Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s. The airships Graf Zeppelin crossed the Atlantic in two or three days, faster than contemporary ocean liners, but this brief golden era of air travel came to an abrupt end following the Hindenburg disaster in May 1937, when the airship burst into flames and 36 people were killed.

The Air Help ranking is based mostly on punctuality, which covers flight delays and cancellations, with the remaining 40 percent of the score made up of overall customer satisfaction and services offered.

When you start policing other people's bodies, you make having the wrong body a crime. The definition of the wrong body is a slippery slope.

The TUI Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner was en route from Cancun to Gatwick when a scuffle broke out between two passengers, prompting a diversion to Bangor, Maine.

A fast-moving wildfire has forced Marseille airport to cancel all flights and is encroaching on the second-largest city in France. Authorities have urged residents to stay indoors and close all openings to mitigate smoke inhalation risk.

Scattered Spider relies on social engineering techniques, often impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks into granting access.

More than 180 airports in rural areas in the U.S. rely on federal funding for commercial air service, which may be cut by half due to administration decisions.

French air traffic controllers began a two-day strike demanding better working conditions, causing disruption to air travel as the summer season gets underway.

While headlines often spotlight the rare tragedy of a plane crash, the far more common and far more dangerous road accidents continue to claim lives daily with far less attention.

One of the flight attendants knelt down next to me and asked if there was anything he could do to help. I said, My sister has just died, I don't think anyone can help.

"You ought to put your device into airplane mode. The FAA found that devices in the back could cause interruptions to navigation equipment."

Delta Air Lines has suspended flights between New York and Tel Aviv through August 31, while El Al is also grounding all flights, indicating a significant travel disruption due to security concerns.

Rather than endure the physical distress, you can invest in a pair of flight attendant-approved compression socks.

The baggage system at Heathrow's Terminal 5, featuring over 18 miles of conveyor belts and handling 39.47 million bags in 2024, is a world leader.

Ideally, you can pick your seat for free when you purchase your flight, but that's usually not the case if you're flying coach.