Travelers wait in line at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington during last year’s Thanksgiving crush. Some travelers are willing to pay good money for somewhere peaceful to go while they wait to fly.

When his flight was cancelled, the minister for tourism in the Gilgit-Baltistan provincial government, in the north of Pakistan, reacted in rather radical fashion. In the middle of the departures hall of Islamabad Airport, from where he was supposed to fly to Gilgit on November 16, he set fire to his clothes. Footage of the incident was shared widely on social media, prompting anger among many Pakistani internet users.

More than 15 million passengers are expected to use the facility in 2018

As more ultra-long-haul flights take off, airlines are experimenting with everything from healthy menus to on-board gyms to make 20 hours in the air more bearable

Azcentral.com travel reporter Melissa Yeager and dining reporter Lauren Saria show you the best places to eat at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. David Wallace/The Republic, Arizona Republic

Iran has called the sanctions part of an “economic war.” President Hassan Rouhani said Nov. 10, “On the one hand, they [the United States] name an airline company [on its blacklist] and, on the other, they specify the serial number for the planes to fill the pages. This method and the way they inform aims merely to have a psychological impact on the Iranian nation.”

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The United States and Iran have been lobbing threats, fighting proxy wars, and imposing sanctions for decades. USA Today looks at over 60 years of this back-and-forth. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY

The Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Aviation Award will stand alongside industry leaders like Skytrax

This week in aviation, Icelandair is buying its rival Wow Air, while carriers around the world try to solve their food-waste problem.

Indonesia on Saturday called off the search for passengers of a Lion Air plane, almost two weeks after the jetliner plunged into the Java Sea killing 189 people on board.

While taking off your shoes and going through the scanner are now hard and fast security rules at the airport, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is at least hoping to bring back the at-gate greeting, according to the Seattle Times.

As many of you may have noticed, I’ve been pretty positive towards British Airways on this trip — I loved their 747 upper deck business class, their new catering and bedding are both very good, and their A318 Club World London City service is one of the most enjoyable ways to cross the Atlantic.

The FBI has concluded that an airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in early August and performed dangerous maneuvers in the sky before slamming into a nearby island and was killed acted alone and intentionally crashed the aircraft.

IndiGo has been mapping out a way to build a long-haul, low-cost business taking passengers from places like New Delhi to London, with a stop in, say, Istanbul

Boeing is being sued for allegedly making defective, ear-piercing smoke detectors.

The government is unlikely to cut levy on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). Carriers in India have long been demanding a cut in aviation fuel prices.

Iran Air, Iran’s national flag carrier, has no concern and problem in terms of supplying fuel for its fleet in foreign flights, Tasnim news agency quoted the managing director of the airline as saying.

The US-style proposal comes at the end of a week-long campaign by the Coalition, which will see veterans given discount cards and lapel pins, on top of a half-a-billion dollar extension of the War Memorial.

Etihad Airways celebrated 15 years of operations last month. Emirates, on the other hand, turns 33 this month.

IranAir is looking to buy planes from any company not requiring US sales permits and may consider Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet 100, said the head of the national flag carrier as Iran tries to renovate its aging fleet despite US sanctions.

New non-stop flights from Singapore to Seattle with Airbus A350-900s will become a reality from September 3, 2019.

Iran’s Mahan Air, ATA, Qeshm, Iran Air, Taban, Zagros, Meraj, Caspian, Iran Air Tour, and Aseman Airlines all operate flights between Tehran and Istanbul.

Two people call customer service at the same time to complain about the same thing. One waits a few seconds before a representative gets on the line. The other stays on hold. Why the difference?

Die Einführung der additiven Fertigung nimmt immer schneller zu. Die globalen Gesamtinvestitionen für den 3D-Druck werden im Jahr 2018 voraussichtlich die 12 Milliarden-Dollar-Marke übersteigen1, wobei die Fertigungsindustrie und das Gesundheitswesen hier führend sein dürften.2

Dublin Airport has welcomed the launch of Aeroflot’s new service between Dublin and the Russian capital Moscow

A water tanker hit an aircraft as the aircraft was getting ready to take off for Doha at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport in Kolkata.

andonesian authorities say they are analyzing the black box data in search for clues to a plane crash that left 189 killed this past Monday.

In addition to global forecasts, regional estimates have been developed for Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Latin America-Caribbean, Middle East and North America. Airport traffic projections are also presented for major economic groupings such as emerging versus advanced economies, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States), MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) and more.

Malta International Airport will be carrying out major pavement surface rehabilitation works on Apron 8 and maintenance works on Taxiway Echo between November and March.

Nasdaq from The New York Stock Exchange with a remote Opening Bell ceremony from the company’s hanger at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport.

Vietnamese airline VietJet has firmed up an agreement to buy 50 Airbus A321neos in a deal worth just under USD$6.5 billion at list prices.

A Japan Airlines co-pilot was arrested for being 10 times over the legal limit in Britain Sunday, prompting Japanese officials to consider tougher rules on alcohol consumption by airlines crew. Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

Windsor Locks, Ct. – This is a view inside terminal A at Bradley International Airport. (Don Treeger / The Republican

Official IRNA news agency declared that in a fire broke out from a plane wreckage in Iran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) on Wednesday morning.

Most of us have tried to get a window seat when taking a flight. But ever paid attention to why the airplane windows are round and not square?

Das größte Passagierflugzeug der Welt fliegt jetzt täglich von Hamburg nach Dubai. Tschentscher: „Bekenntnis zu Hamburg.“

Relatives of passengers on Lion Air Flight JT-610 wait anxiously for news at the airport in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, where the plane was headed. (Elza Elvia/Antara Foto/ Reuters)

A crew member of the North Charleston-based Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton searches for a downed civilian aircraft Oct. 27, 2018, about 110 miles east of Charleston. The aircraft, a Piper PA-31, was en route to the Bahamas from South Carolina when it declared an in-flight emergency and was lost on radar. Coast Guard/Provided

Indonesia Lion Air flight crashes: The Lion Air flight lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff, according to the official. The jet was a Boeing 737 MAX 8, according to air tracking service Flightradar 24.

Sure, summer has proved wonderfully enduring this year, but that doesn’t mean we’re not allowed to mourn now it’s gone.