Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 airplane spotted at the jet bridge connecting to the terminal of LaGuardia Airport LGA in NY. Southwest Airlines Co is low cost airline carrier, the third largest airline in North America based on passengers flown. The budget airline uses an exclusive fleet of 817 Boeing 737 aircraft to operate the flights. LaGuardia Airport airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, USA on May 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Passengers on parked Southwest plane forced to evacuate after cell phone, airplane seat catch fire
Travelers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight preparing to leave Denver Friday had to evacuate after a passenger’s cell phone battery caught on fire and caused an airplane seat to catch fire as well.
Frontier Airlines plane seen at Cancun International Airport. On Wednesday, December 08, 2021, in Cancun International Airport, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP)
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Frontier Airlines introducing ‘first class-style’ seats
Trains are parked at the depot station of the Thessaloniki metro on November 22, 2024. Eighteen years after construction began on the Thessaloniki Metro, the subway system of Greece's northern port city is finally set to open to the public on November 30. Along the around 10 kilometers of the line, marked by 13 stations that will serve hundreds of thousands of passengers, final preparations are underway to ensure everything is ready for the opening. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP) (Photo by SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Greek city’s new underground railway system uncovers thousands of ancient secrets
Passenger trains are parked at Hanoi Railway Station in Hanoi on November 30, 2024. Vietnam will build a $67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, after the country's rubber-stamp parliament gave the go-ahead to the long-awaited project on November 30. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vietnam announces ambitious high-speed rail plans
<strong>1. London:</strong> The UK capital has topped the 2025 World's Best Cities ranking for the 10th year in a row. It also topped the ranking's "loveability" category.
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The world’s most lovable cities for 2025
Delta Air Lines planes on June 28, 2024.
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Stowaway flew aboard Delta flight from New York to Paris after evading airline checkpoints at JFK
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She moved to Portugal with her husband to start a new life. Then the unthinkable happened
An American Airlines plane sits by a gate last month in Atlanta.
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Passenger was duct-taped after trying to open plane door mid-flight, authorities say. He faces federal charges
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Traveling to Greenland is about to get easier as new international airport opens
A methamphetamine-soaked cow onesie was seized at Los Angeles International Airport on November 6 after a passenger tried to check it on a flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia.
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Man arrested at LAX after allegedly checking suitcases filled with over 70 pounds of meth-caked clothing
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‘I want to be here for the rest of my life’: Why this man swapped San Francisco for Colombia
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Italy’s working visas are notoriously hard to get. We spoke to Americans who managed it
CHICAGO, IL - MAY 11: An American Airlines aricraft sits at a gate at O'Hare International Airport on May 11, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Today American Airlines held a ceremony to mark the opening of five new gate at the airport. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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American Airlines expands its crackdown on line cutters
Spirit Airlines planes are seen at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto)
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Spirit’s bankruptcy won’t impact holiday travelers, experts say. But frequent flyers and routes could be impacted next year
Arthur Frommer pictured on a trip to Australia in 1991. (Photo by Kylie Anee Pickett/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).
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Arthur Frommer, travel writer and guidebook publisher, dead at 95
Airbnb is offering customers the chance to take part in gladiator-style battles in Rome's Colosseum.
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‘We are not Disneyland’: Outrage in Rome over Airbnb ‘gladiator’ battles at the Colosseum
Vang Vieng and the surrounding landscape in Laos, on July 18, 2022.
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Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 22: Traffic moves along Interstate 695 on Wednesday morning November 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. This Thanksgiving season, the American Automobile Association (AAA) projects that 49 million Americans will travel by automobile this holiday weekend. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Thanksgiving grocery prices might be high. But road trip costs shouldn’t be
The lower Manhattan skyline, One World Trade Center and the city are seen in the background in front of United Airlines jets during sunrise at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Newark, N.J. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
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FAA could slow air traffic during what’s expected to be the busiest Thanksgiving period on record
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They relocated to Spain six years ago. Now this couple say they’d be ‘very depressed’ if they ever had to move back to the United States
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Severe turbulence forces Scandinavian Airlines flight to return to Europe, airline says
American Airlines airplanes sit on the tarmac at LaGuardia airport in New York on January 11, 2023. The US Federal Aviation Authority said Wednesday that normal flight operations "are resuming gradually" across the country following an overnight systems outage that grounded departures. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
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American Airlines flight out of Hawaii told to make ‘expedited climb’ to avoid mountains
A torii gate at the entrance of Tokyo's Meiji Shrine.
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American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing gate at Tokyo shrine
A traveler walks towards a Southwest Airlines check-in area at the Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Southwest Airlines Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on October 26. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Oakland airport’s controversial name change blocked by judge
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‘Too much grief and no joy’: This couple plans to return to the US after their dream life in France became a ‘nightmare’
Florence rooftops and cathedral di Santa Maria del Fiore or Duomo view, Tuscany region of Italy
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Italian city Florence bans key boxes and tour guide loudspeakers to tackle overtourism
A Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737 plane flies as a storm approaches at Sydney International Airport on June 7, 2024. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Flights to Bali canceled after erupting volcano unleashes ash clouds
A key ring containing an AirTag attached to a rucksack inside the Apple Store George Street on April 30, 2021 in Sydney, Australia.
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Apple wants to help airlines find your lost luggage