Americans love their pets. More than 60 percent of US households have them; more than half of pet owners say they’re as important to their families as any human. So maybe it makes sense that more people are taking their pets on flights. More than 1 million pets travel by …
Read More »The EU Has New Carry-On Luggage Rules. Here’s What to Know Before You Fly
If you're taking a flight to any country that’s a member of the European Union—and there are 27 of them—then there are some updated carry-on luggage rules you need to make yourself aware of before you turn up at the airport. When you pass through security, agents will ask you …
Read More »Waymo Is Picking Up at the Airport. That’s a Big Deal
On Tuesday, Alphabet’s self-driving vehicle developer Waymo said it would begin operating all-day, curbside pickups and drop-offs at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona. The announcement came with little fanfare—a post on X. But it signals that after years of delay, self-driving vehicles might be (literally) moving in the …
Read More »Why the Global CrowdStrike Outage Hit Airports So Hard
Early Friday morning, a flawed software update from the security firm CrowdStrike took down Windows computers across the world. For the aviation industry, the outage created the kind of chaos usually reserved for sudden, catastrophic weather—except all over the world, all at the same time. The outage highlighted an assumed …
Read More »How Early Do You Really Need to Get to the Airport? It Depends
As an anxious traveler, I always arrive way too early to the airport. After sitting around for a while at my gate, I end up wandering back to the food court and shelling out too much for a cinnamon roll or some other ultraprocessed treat. There’s got to be a …
Read More »Catching a Flight? Here Are 5 Tips to Make Travel Easier
It's fairly common to experience some pre-flight jitters, especially if it's been a while since your last plane trip. What if you forget an important document at home? What if you get lost at the airport and miss the flight? What if you fart while the plane is in the …
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