By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNN New York — Clear is a service that lets people skip the security line at airports with nothing but a biometric scan and $189. Some California lawmakers want to make changes to it in the state, saying it separates travelers into haves and have-nots. California lawmakers voted 8-4 to move … Read more
By Lilit Marcus | CNN Ali versus Frazier. The Red Sox versus the Yankees. Doha versus Singapore. For the last decade, Singapore’s Changi International Airport and Doha’s Hamad International Airport have been going back and forth, battling over the title of ‘world’s best’. Every year, UK-based airline and airport review and ranking site Skytrax surveys … Read more
Singapore’s Changi Airport has lost its pole position as the world’s best airport to Doha’s Hamad International Airport, according to air transport rating firm Skytrax. This is the third time Hamad International Airport clinched the top spot, after winning the title in 2021 and 2022. Travelers of more than 100 nationalities participated in the Skytrax … Read more
The thought of round-the-clock “togetherness” — with friends, family or strangers bound together in a tour group — can be overwhelming to the estimated 57% of people who lean toward introversion. Solo travel can suit introverts, who tend to re-energize by time spent alone. But even as its popularity increases, most trips are taken with … Read more
A seat and a bed onbaord a Bombardier Global 6500 business jet on display during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Planes, trains and snowmobiles comprised the transportation portfolio that Bombardier was riding as the 21st century unfolded. But the Montreal-based company also was carrying … Read more
Just over five years ago, 346 people were killed in two plane crashes that happened five months apart in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Both were Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. Then in January 2024, a near catastrophe occurred when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 plane at 16,000 feet, shortly after it took off from … Read more
Qantas has responded to a disgruntled customer who slammed the airline over its handling of his lost AirPods. David lost his AirPods earlier this year, when he was transferring to the international terminal at Sydney Airport. “(The AirPods) must have slipped out of my pocket when I sat down at the transfer section in T3,” … Read more
A woman who was pulled off a US airline flight for apparently not wearing a bra has demanded the airline change its policy. Lisa Archbold said she showed up to board her Delta Air Lines flight at Salt Lake City Airport, in Utah, in January, dressed comfortably in a loose, white shirt and pants. But … Read more
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A new bill has been introduced into the Senate, arguing that airlines should pay customers for cancellations and delays. The Airline Passenger Protections (Pay on Delay) Private Senators Bill was introduced by Coalition senators Bridget McKenzie and Dean Smith earlier this year and is currently being debated. “Australians deserve an aviation industry where planes take-off … Read more
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