Travelling to Heathrow  Those wanting to travel to Heathrow Airport – London’s busiest – may face a longer journey than usual today.  TfL have said the best way to reach the airport is by using TfL Rail and Heathrow Express services to and from Paddington station.  Travelling by the TfL […]

Passengers board a Delta Airlines flight. (Photo: Tim Loehrke/USA TODAY)   The government is one step closer to coming up with regulation on minimum seat sizes for airline flights after the House passed the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act. The legislation would extend funding for the FAA for another five years but also […]

CLOSE Fast facts about Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air. Laura Ruane/news-press.com   Forty-million-plus. Allegiant Air reckons that’s how many passengers it has served in Florida since launching flights in the Sunshine State 13 years ago. To celebrate that milestone, the carrier on Thursday surprised passengers about to embark on a morning […]

Heathrow Airport experienced a major technology failure earlier today when its flight information screens stopped working, forcing staff to write details on whiteboards. Hundreds of fliers were affected in the incident at Britain’s busiest airport this morning. Heathrow encouraged affected fliers to use their website and app while the screens weren’t functioning.  However, the […]

The 48-hour strike on the Piccadilly line continues today, causing further travel disruption for Londoners. Stations including Finsbury Park, King’s Cross St Pancras, Green Park and Hammersmith are expected to be extremely busy today during peak travel hours. Air passengers have also had to find alternative routes to reach Heathrow Airport, which is served […]

Foreign Travel Then and Now Since the Visit Japan Campaign kicked off in 2003 and the government created the Japan Tourism Agency in 2008, strenuous efforts have been made to stimulate inbound tourism, defined as travel to Japan by foreign visitors. In 2016, the number of inbound travelers topped 20 […]

CLOSE Christine Blasey Ford says she came before the Senate Judiciary Committee not because she wanted to, but because she believed it’s her civic duty. (Sept. 27) AP Christine Blasey Ford does not like flying, telling friends her alleged assault by Brett Kavanaugh at a high school party more than […]

Sometimes our beautiful world seems like a scary place. The news that we are drip-fed through our devices often paints a biased and disproportionally terrifying picture. Technologically, we are more connected, but in many ways more isolated than ever. Instead of using interconnectedness to seek out data that broadens our […]