The US is recruiting gamers to solve its air traffic controller shortage
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What are your memorable airport stories?
Moments in your travels that took place during layovers, while waiting for your flights, checking in your baggage, etc. The stories can be funny, sad, unexpected, interesting, etc. Tell us what...
Moments in your travels that took place during layovers, while waiting for your flights, checking in your baggage, etc.
The stories can be funny, sad, unexpected, interesting, etc.
Tell us what happened and what made it so memorable.
34 votes -
TSA announces TSA Gold+
24 votes -
At twenty airports in the United States, security screening is handled not by the Transportation Security Administration, but by private companies — and their checkpoints aren’t seeing long lines
22 votes -
US Federal Aviation Administration reopens El Paso airport hours after saying it was grounding flights for ten days
16 votes -
Airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
13 votes -
The turf war for Seattle
8 votes -
US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown
51 votes -
Burbank Airport resumes flights after hours with no air traffic controllers amid government shutdown
14 votes -
Munich Airport suspends operations for the second time in 24 hours following more drone sightings
32 votes -
Waymo has received their permit to operate at San Francisco International Airport
23 votes -
Waymo approved to operate at San Jose airport
22 votes -
What are your favorite and least favorite airports?
And, most importantly, what makes them so awesome/awful?
36 votes -
Sweden forced to deal with 747 that used to be a hotel it doesn't want
12 votes -
About 1,500 tarantulas were found hidden in cake boxes at a German airport
21 votes -
US aerospace company Beta Technologies' electric plane, ALIA CTOL, has completed a 200 kilometre journey between Sønderborg and Copenhagen airports
14 votes -
European Union lawmakers approve new air travel rights to small luggage without fees - further approval from majority of countries is needed
27 votes -
Scandinavian Airlines has raised concerns about Chinese airlines being allowed to fly to Norway via Russian airspace
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United Airlines cuts thirty-five daily flights at Newark airport, citing shortage of air traffic controllers
10 votes -
The IL-86: The Soviets' botched answer to the 747
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Deep snow, thick ice and zero delays – inside the Arctic airports that never cancel a flight
12 votes -
Heart Aerospace has just revealed its X1 demonstrator aircraft – thirty-seater commercial electric airplane with hybrid capabilities
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Heathrow Airport shutdown causes flight chaos and leaves thousands stranded
28 votes -
New policy changes for Southwest Airlines
41 votes -
Ryanair pulls out of two Danish airports blaming harmful tax – airline says passenger tax will make country's regional airports hopelessly uncompetitive compared to others in EU
15 votes -
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport closed after a military helicopter collides with a landing regional jet
51 votes -
Jeju Air flight 2216 crashed during landing. 179 of 181 onboard killed.
41 votes -
South Korea plane crash: Why was there a wall near the runway?
22 votes -
US Department of Justice suspends controversial airport search program after investigation
34 votes -
Portland Airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy
36 votes -
Eastern Finland airports bring back radio navigation systems due to GPS interference – Finnish authorities believe Russia is jamming signals
25 votes -
New international airport set to open in Greenland's capital Nuuk, allowing larger aircraft to land for the first time – paving the way for direct flights from US and Europe
13 votes -
How did Scandinavian Airlines flight 751 survive after losing power in both engines just one minute after takeoff?
10 votes -
How to build an Arctic airport – why airport construction in Greenland is (quite literally) booming
9 votes -
Finland's national carrier Finnair will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings
6 votes -
Hundreds of UK Border Force officers begin four-day strike today
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San Francisco sues Oakland over proposed airport name change
18 votes -
Transit study recommends new express bus service to Kansas City International Airport
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Finnair is now weighing passengers to update weight and balance calculations – identity of the volunteers remains anonymous
25 votes -
Greta Thunberg marched with activists to protest against Farnborough Airport expansion, which mainly serves private jets – planned increase from 50,000 to 70,000 flights per year
20 votes -
Russian who boarded flight from Copenhagen to Los Angeles last November without ticket, passport or visa has been found guilty of being a stowaway
20 votes -
Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing five. Hundreds evacuated safely.
26 votes -
Waymo launches curbside robotaxi pickup at Phoenix airport
4 votes -
Helsinki Airport clears runway snow in just eleven minutes – why do some airports cope better with snow than others?
11 votes -
High-speed rail at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois
11 votes -
Boarding planes could have been very different
15 votes -
Kansas City receives $15 billion in federal funding for mobility and infrastructure projects
13 votes -
Finnish citizens traveling with Finnair between Helsinki Airport and the UK will be able to trial Digital Travel Credentials, using them to leave and enter Finland
8 votes -
Drama in the snow: The crash of Scandinavian Airlines flight 751
17 votes -
Concerns about new facial recognition software implemented by TSA at US airports
42 votes