Airports tips

If you’re feeling a little exhausted after the holiday season, spare a thought for the teams at Heathrow Airport. The London hub has just reported its busiest-ever December, even surpassing its pre-pandemic highs – a fact certain to delight its latest investors, as well as its new CEO.

A record 6,737 firearms were intercepted at airport checkpoints last year, the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday.

Travel and hospitality professionals in Europe must remain vigilant as strikes continue to disrupt the industry.

With airport security lanes getting clogged in the U.S., UK and elsewhere, the Department of Homeland Security is slated to begin a series of tests of self-screening lanes at several airports, with Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas the first on tap in January.

Low-cost carrier IndiGois set to be the first airline partner for India’s new Noida International Airportwhen it begins its first phase of operations by the end of next year. 

Every time I visit my hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an understated, humorous sign at the end of the airport security screening makes me chuckle.

An American tourist was banned from entering the Philippines after he wrote "profane" words in his digital immigration form on November 7, the Inquirer, a local outlet, reported, citing the Bureau of Immigration.

Lyft launched an on-time pick-up promise when riders schedule an airport trip, and if the driver is 10 minutes or more late, the company pledges to shell out $100 in Lyft cash to passengers if they ended up needing to use another service such as Uber or a taxi.

A Florida mom has alleged in a lawsuit against American Airlines that the air carrier "misplaced" her two kids by putting them in a cold, jail-cell-like room overnight without food, water, blankets, or pillows after their flight got canceled while they were traveling alone.

Holiday travel typically comes with crowded airports and delayed flights. That's why Insider spoke to expert Gilbert Ott about his top tips for avoiding the chaos this holiday season. 

I was 18 the first time I flew alone on an international flight from New York City to Dublin.

TSA PreCheck can save you so much time over the years. 

A travel influencer who faced delays on her way to Mexico made a guide explaining how she likes to sleep in airports.

As a travel writer, I'm used to putting up with less-than-stellar conditions to save a few bucks.

When you're a Hollywood icon, jetting across the world is just part of the job.

A traveler had her hopes of making a necklace out of giraffe poop dashed when she tried to bring the animal feces into the United States from Kenya but was stopped by customs agents, officials said.

TSA agents at Salt Lake City International Airport were in for a surprise after finding what appeared to be a human skull in a passenger's luggage earlier this month.

A new store powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology has opened at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. 

With the Paris Olympics less than a year away, French authorities want to make sure the bedbugs don’t bite during the games and have started a drive to exterminate the pests.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lisa Niver, a 55-year-old travel expert from Los Angeles. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Orlando International Airport has launched a pilot program that will see non-traveling members of the public given access to its Terminal C, known as the Experience MCO Visitor Pass.