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A flight attendant's 8 secrets for flying as a passenger
After a decade in the air, a former crew member shares the habits she never breaks when she flies.
Business Insider · 2m
How to fix flying's misery
Airline deregulation promised competition and lower prices. Instead, consolidation, fees, and shrinking service have made flying expensive and unreliable.
TIME · 2m
190 hours in economy: a survival guide
A travel reporter shares hard-won tips for staying sane on long-haul flights in the cheapest seats.
Business Insider · 1m
Man duct-taped on flight to BWI says he doesn't remember it
A 67-year-old passenger blamed two screwdrivers, then asked a court commissioner how he ended up in Maryland at all.
The Banner · 1m
Boeing's 777X cabin, seven years late
Inside the mock-up of Boeing's biggest twinjet: wider seats, an arched business class, and windows that fix a decades-old mistake.
Business Insider · 2m
Ryanair's CEO says the window story is wrong
A shattered window, a passenger pulled toward it, and an airline boss who says the scariest part never happened.
ABC7 Los Angeles · 1m
UK skies shut down over one bad flight plan
A military flight plan is blamed for grounding 2,000 planes, a day after the aviation minister called the system well prepared.
Dailymail · 3m
The airport rules 9/11 built are quietly coming undone
Shoes stay on, gate greetings are back, and the TSA is loosening rituals travelers have followed for a quarter century.
CNBC · 2m