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When we posted 10 mind blowing maps of the United States a few months ago, the feedback was really good. It’s been a while, so here are a few more…

A second major explosion has been reported at Dubai International Airport (DXB) on Sunday morning, less than 10 hours after an Iranian kamikaze drone hit Terminal 3, injuring at least four people, and leading to the full-scale evacuation of the airport. Thick black smoke was seen billowing from the airfield...

Passengers on an American Airlines flight from Philadelphia experienced a wild 16-hour ‘flight to nowhere’ after their Boeing 787 Dreamliner performed a U-turn around seven hours into a transatlantic service to Doha, Qatar, when airspace across the Gulf was suddenly shuttered on Saturday. This is one of the longest ‘flights...

United Airlines quietly changed its rules to prohibit passengers from buying multiple tickets to lower costs, banned inflight video calls, and explicitly added rules against viewing "offensive" content—changes that affect nearly every traveler but haven't been publicly announced.

Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, are no strangers to flying commercial, often shunning private jets or government VIP airplanes for far more cost-effective, regularly scheduled passenger flights. You would have thought, however, that given William’s status in the British Royal Family as the heir to...

U.S. and Israeli strikes have killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior military figures, prompting Iran to retaliate aggressively with drone attacks hitting major civilian landmarks, including Dubai International Airport, the Burj Al Arab hotel, and Kuwait International Airport.

Plans by the Dubai-based mega airline Emirates to resume a limited number of ‘exceptional’ flights to help repatriate stranded tourists descended into chaos in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Iran launched a salvo of missiles and kamikaze drones at the United Arab Emirates. Just minutes after the UAE...

Imagine paying for first class, only to downgrade yourself to a lower cabin due to bad service. That’s allegedly what happened to a traveler on a recent transatlantic American Airlines flight.

American Airlines has a catering mess in London right now, so it’s loading two flights worth of meals in the U.S. and flying them over—then relying on that stock for the return trip. The result is bare-minimum service, with limited entrée choices and no ice cream up front, because there...

Airport food prices drove one family to order Domino’s Pizza directly to the terminal during a delay—then carry the boxes through TSA and eat the slices onboard. The move has sparked a heated debate over whether it’s a brilliant money‑saving hack or just bad cabin etiquette.

A passenger desperately needed to use the lavatory during a delayed flight, but an angry flight attendant repeatedly blocked access—demanding his boarding pass as ransom. Now fired, the flight attendant is suing the airline.

Several months ago, I wrote about an online auction from a major airline looking to dump some pre-enjoyed Dreamliners. There’s now an update, as these planes have found a buyer, and we know where they’re (probably) headed.

Several months ago, Qantas started taking delivery of the Airbus A321XLR, a plane that the airline is using in a somewhat unusual way. Qantas is primarily intending for this plane to be used for domestic operations, to replace the Boeing 737-800. However, the airline is now already scheduling this aircraft...

Hyatt’s latest points devaluation means fewer outsized redemptions at top properties—here’s precisely how I’ll shift my strategy to keep getting the best possible value.

It can now be revealed that British Airways orchestrated the emergency evacuation of stranded pilots and flight attendants from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the early hours of Monday after sending an empty Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to the Persian Gulf to fly the aircrew out of danger. Ordinarily, British Airways...

Israel’s national flag carrier, El Al, has activated an emergency protocol to evacuate its aircraft out of Tel Aviv in response to continued missile attacks by Iran on Israel and the wider region, including strikes on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. El Al would not normally operate...

As airspace restrictions across the Middle East begin to ease, Gulf carriers are taking different approaches to restarting operations amid lingering security concerns. Etihad, Emirates Resume Operations In this post, I’m going to focus on the three major Gulf carriers, two of which have just resumed limited air service even...

Passengers stranded in the Middle East due to the closure of airspace in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are quickly discovering that their choice of airline can have a huge impact on the level of help and assistance they are legally entitled to. It remains unclear...

The U.S. State Department is now urging American citizens to flee a slew of countries across the Middle East on commercial flights, despite the fact that airspace remains shuttered and flights grounded in seven of these countries. Assistant Secretary Mora Namdar said in a statement posted on X that Americans...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair has threatened to “take a new interest in the airline industry” after he was left personally aggrieved by two separate flight delays that affected him and his wife on Thursday and Wednesday. Taking to Elon Musk’s social media platform X, Blair blasted:...

The British government is said to be readying emergency plans for the biggest overseas repatriation of its citizens in history as concerns grow that airspace across the Persian Gulf could remain shuttered should Iran continue to target popular holiday destinations and transit points like Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha. On...