A small aerospace startup is trying to bring electricity-powered airplanes to the world’s skies, a technology it says will save time, money, the environment, and perhaps our hearing.
Designers have managed to fit bars, lounges, and showers aboard the double-decker Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane. Now, the plane’s manufacturer says the wide staircase that connects its decks should go.
Commuters around the world would be understandably rattled by the deadly blast by a homemade device on a subway car in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Texting while driving is rightfully admonished, but alarming new statistics show that pedestrians, too, need to keep their eyes on the road.
The stated mission of the US Travel Association is “to increase travel to and within the United States.”
An investor from one of Tesla’s fastest-growing markets just bought 5% of the electric-car maker.
Travelers know that airline employees wield enormous power at various stages of your journey—and they’re not afraid to use it. Ask anyone who has been bumped from an overbooked flight. But still, it seems outside of the job description for gate agents to decide which common styles of dress are somehow inappropriate for an airplane cabin.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa arrived in the Colombian city of Medellin last week to perform and then took a side trip to the grave of Pablo Escobar, Colombia’s most notorious drug lord, posting a photo of flowers and a joint next to the tombstone.
The sudden US and UK bans on electronics larger than a smartphone on flights from airports in the Middle East and North Africa are no laughing matter for business travelers.
Was it an attempt at polygamy or just wanderlust?
Believe it or not, Donald Trump is out of touch with the ultra-rich.
The US government’s new ban on personal electronics in airplane cabins—provoked by concerns that terrorists may modify such products to become explosive devices—has understandably alarmed parents. What will their children do for 16 hours without an iPad?
Airbnb and hotels are locked a new battle: who has the best neighborhood know-it-alls?
Hilton has a problem with hotel points. “People hoard them,” Mark Weinstein, who heads the hotel chain’s loyalty program, tells Quartz.
You’re already too late to go to Cuba “before it changes.” Instead, just worry about how you’ll get there.
An airfare war is raging over the Atlantic, and the owner of British Airways has just fired a new weapon.
So much for that infrastructure boost. Donald Trump’s 2018 budget slashes the Department of Transportation’s funding by 13% from this year to $16.2 billion.
Airlines give us plenty to be angry about, be it frequent computer glitches or being treated like cattle once onboard. But one airline says it will reward travelers for keeping their cool.
Accurate weather forecasts can save both lives and a lot of money. But overstated predictions can often be costly too, as businesses shutter ahead of warnings of a monster storm that turns out to be nothing more than a little bit of sleet. No great fun yet not quite the snowpocalypse.
The most coveted luxury on an airplane is space. Airlines have re-configured their cabins again and again to maximize every last centimeter, cramming in as many passengers as possible.
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Here’s another reason travelers need to keep their cool on a flight.
One consolation for often weary office workers on a work trip to another city is that their employer foots the bill. For some taxi drivers, that’s a business opportunity.
Maybe they haven’t tried the new business-class sleeping pods.
