Passenger tips

The Indian tour and travel sector anticipates 12-14% growth in the current and upcoming fiscal years, according to a report by Crisil. 

On Monday, one European airline started inviting passengers to ‘weigh in’ before flights.

As a proud member of the oneworld Alliance, SriLankan Airlines presently connects its hub, Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, with various points across South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Far East, Europe, the Middle East and Australia.

Mexico published a decree on Monday that gives preference to trains transporting passengers over those transporting freight on railways under concession.

The US Coast Guard announced on Thursday that it called off its search for a man who went overboard from a Carnival Glory cruise in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week.

A software engineer on a British Airways flight from Tampa, Florida, to London Gatwick, found himself relying on decades-old medical training when a fellow passenger sustained a serious injury.

A Vueling plane flying from Paris to Cairo made an emergency landing last week after a passenger wrote "I love Allah" on a medical form, according to France 24.

A missing 28-year-old cruise passenger on the Carnival Glory is believed to have potentially gone overboard on Monday and the Coast Guard is searching the waters near New Orleans to find him.

An undercover investigation has documented a disabled Air Canada's nightmare journey, including the moment her ventilator got disconnected and a lift hit her on the head.

A Grammy-nominated singer was nearly booted from a Delta Air Lines flight after continuously attempting to sing her newly released song.

An American Airlines passenger claims his girlfriend was booted from her first-class seat so a pilot could sit there instead.

The Danish government unveiled on Thursday its plan to impose a roughly $14 tax on air travel to help fund its aviation industry’s sustainability efforts.

An 83-year-old father died on a long-haul Air Canada flight from India to Toronto — but he might still be alive if the crew had listened to his family's desperate pleas and diverted the plane when he began having health problems, his grieving daughter told Insider.

Tiffany Gomas, the woman behind the viral TikTok video that had everyone talking this summer, is sharing her side of the story.

A guest on board a Royal Caribbean cruise this weekend is lucky to be alive after going overboard after the ship departed Barcelona. 

An Alaska Airlines flight narrowly avoided disaster on Sunday after an off-duty pilot tried to shut off the plane's engines mid-air, according to authorities and the airline.

A video appearing to show that a woman got kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight after petting her dog has gone viral. 

A cruise passenger is suing Carnival after his balcony door "unexpectedly slammed shut with substantial force" and amputated his right index finger during a September 2022 cruise onboard the Carnival Horizon.

This fall, airlines continue to invest in the passenger experience. The effort to draw business, in the wake of major loyalty program news from carriers like Delta Air Lines (which sent many of its top-elite SkyMiles members fleeing for alternative airlines), has never been stronger. Wooing customers is also an important consideration as the holidays near, and travelers begin to make busy travel plans. Here are some of the latest updates and changes in the airline industry you should know about to be more informed for your next trip.

American Airlines said a flight attendant failed to follow its human-trafficking policies when she contacted authorities about a Black passenger because she was concerned that the two multiracial children with him weren't actually his.

A passenger on an American Airlines flight claims he was met by police on arrival in Los Angeles after a flight attendant highlighted concerns about the wellbeing of his children and suggested that they may not have been his.