If you have to have a long layover, here are some of the best airport perks...
On average, people spend a little over two hours in an airport per visit.Some airports are trying to entertain flyers during their layovers with cool features.Walk through a jungle boardwalk in...
View ArticleEerie photos of an abandoned airport that hasn't been touched in 25 years
I recently visited Abkhazia, a disputed region in Georgia, to photograph abandoned buildings and towns. The Sukhumi Babushara Airport in Abkhazia was built in the 1960s, but hasn't been used since the...
View ArticleThese are the 10 airports to avoid if you're flying during Thanksgiving (AAL,...
More than 31.6 million Americans are expected to fly this Thanksgiving holiday season, according to Airlines for America. That's a 3.7% increase over 2018.American Airlines expects to carry seven...
View ArticleThe weirdest things people tried to bring onto planes in 2019
The Travel Security Administration, better known as the TSA, is responsible for screening millions of pieces of luggage every year.Its Instagram account documents some of the wilder things that people...
View ArticleA United Airlines passenger was stung by a scorpion that reportedly fell out...
A passenger was stung by a scorpion on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Atlanta on Thursday, the airline confirmed to Insider in a statement via email.TMZ shared a photo of a scorpion in...
View ArticleUber and Lyft say they'll no longer serve the Phoenix airport after the city...
Uber and Lyft say they'll stop serving Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport after the city's government approved an increased fee for dropoffs. The fee of $2.66 per curbside pickup at Sky Harbor will become $4...
View ArticleHealth officials warn that an unknown number of passengers have been exposed...
Public health officials have confirmed that measles-infected persons have traveled through or visited five of the nation's biggest airports in recent weeks.Those airports are Chicago O'Hare,...
View ArticleThese are the airports with the most delays during last year's Christmas...
The Christmas and New Years holiday week is almost here, and it's expected to be one of the busiest holiday travel periods ever. The AAA is predicting 6.97 million people will fly in the...
View ArticleI fly at least once a month and always insist on printing out my boarding...
While traveling today is mostly paperless, as people send their boarding passes straight to their smartphones, I still prefer to print my ticket.Technology can be unreliable, and some airports don't...
View ArticleFears are rising over the spread of China's deadly Wuhan virus, which has now...
Airports and health authorities are seeking to contain a virus that has killed nine people in China and had cases confirmed in four other countries.The virus, called 2019-nCoV, originated in the city...
View ArticleThe 5 best and 5 worst airports in the US, ranked by food options
Travel site Wanderu recently released a ranking of the best and worst airports in the US based on food selection.The site looked at 50 of the busiest airports in the US and based its findings on how...
View Article16 airlines have canceled flights to China amid coronavirus fears
Airlines around the world have canceled or cut their flights to China until as late as March amid the coronavirus outbreak.European and US airlines, including United and American, largely make up the...
View Article10 of the most overpriced items at airports you should never buy
From souvenirs to a turkey sandwich, practically everything inside an airport seems overpriced.Many items inside the airport, including phone chargers, food, and gifts, can reportedly be significantly...
View ArticleThe Trump administration won't allow New Yorkers to apply for or renew Global...
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) banned New Yorkers from applying to and reenrolling in Global Entry, the federal program that expedites customs clearance for US residents...
View ArticleThe CEO of one of the world's largest airlines said Muslim men are more...
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary is facing criticism after calling on airports to profile Muslim men traveling alone. In an interview with The Times, O'Leary said that "males of a Muslim persuasion" who are...
View ArticlePhotos of deserted, nearly empty airports around the world show how...
Thousands of flights around the world have been canceled due to the novel coronavirus.This has decreased the number of people that can be found in international airports in countries like South Korea,...
View ArticleI plan to continue flying even as coronavirus spreads globally. Here's how I...
The spread of coronavirus has lead to a reduction in travel but for some, flying remains a necessity and most flights are still operating as normal.Technology has made it easier to avoid human contact...
View ArticleNew York and New Jersey's airport boss has the coronavirus
The head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who oversees New York's busy international airports, was diagnosed with COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.Rick Cotton has...
View Article3 TSA officers in San Jose are being quarantined after they tested positive...
Three Transportation Security Administration officers at Mineta San Jose International Airport tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency told Business Insider on Wednesday. The officers are being...
View ArticleMore than 40,000 people flooded US airports in the weekend after Trump's...
Thousands of Americans were stuck in large crowds in US airports for hours after President Donald Trump announced a ban on travel from many European countries and the US.Photos showed people standing...
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