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In June, Brussels Airport recorded 2.1 million passengers, marking a 4% increase from June 2023. Throughout the first half of 2024, the airport saw nearly 11 million passengers, a 6% growth year-on-year.

Big news, megaship lovers: Three more giant new vessels are on the way.

On June 20, after millions of Americans had suffered through a sweltering heat wave for three days, Amtrak sent an ominous warning over social media: Trains connecting the largest cities in Northeast could face up to an hour of delay from high temperatures.

In the first half of 2024, Aena’s Spanish airports saw an 11.4% increase in passengers, handling 144 million, with a record June performance.

In June 2024, airBaltic saw a 7% increase in passengers and performed 4,400 flights, with record highs at its Lithuanian and Estonian bases.

Milan Bergamo Airport experienced its busiest first half ever in 2024, handling over 8.4 million passengers, a 10% increase from the previous year, with significant growth in scheduled and charter flights.

Munich Airport reports a 14.8% increase in passengers for the first half of 2024, reaching 85% of its 2019 record volume, with a record 80% load factor.

When Hurricane Beryl intensified into a Category 5 storm last week, it broke records and left a trail of damage across the Caribbean. The first named hurricane of the season, Beryl is the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, and also the first Category 4 hurricane to form in the Atlantic in the month of June — a portent of what experts say is a hurricane season that will be much more intense than usual. It was also abnormal because of where it formed, farther south and east than is typical for storms of this magnitude.

In June 2024, Katowice Airport set a record with 749,177 passengers, marking a 13.7% increase from 2023, achieving its best June ever.

In June 2024, Air Serbia transported 439,051 passengers, a 16,688 increase from 2023, operating 4,466 flights, marking a 3% rise and setting new records for the month.

Cologne’s hotel industry saw record ADR and RevPAR in June 2024, driven by the UEFA European Football Championship, reaching the highest levels since November 2019.

Whether they’re driving or flying, people traveling for the upcoming holiday weekend are expected to break records in what is already one of the busiest years yet for travel.

Requesting an Uber or Lyft out of New York's John F. Kennedy Airport this summer may be a little less seamless due to a new protocol.

This summer is shaping up to be one of the hottest on record for the US economy.

Travel Weekly’s annual Power List is out and this year the collection of the world’s biggest travel sellers includes an all-time high of 72 agencies.The Power List’s class of 2024 increased by 11 companies over last year despite the fact that a new $110 million threshold was established to qualify. (Last year’s qualifying threshold was $100 million.)The top six companies on the list for 2024 remain the same as 2023, though Travel Weekly says that’s likely to change next year if American Express Global Business Travel's (no. 3) acquisition of CWT (No. 5) moves forward.Also notable, survey responses provided by agencies as part of this year’s Power List compilation process reveal a “strong sense of buoyancy” throughout the industry, says TravelWeekly.Here’s a closer look at this year’s top 24 for 2024.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) saw a new airport record over the weekend, showing more Americans are traveling this summer than ever before.

Whenever there’s a high-profile helicopter crash—such as the tragic accident in 2020 that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant along with eight others in Southern California, and a more recent incident earlier this year in which six people traveling from Palm Springs to Las Vegas died—it raises questions anew over whether helicopter travel is safe.

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Getting out in nature has never been so hot.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun was questioned by senators on Tuesday over a host of issues, ranging from mounting whistleblower allegations to his own pay. 

With more than 50 million ticket requests in the two application phases, UEFA EURO 2024 is officially the most demanded UEFA European Championship of all time. In order to accommodate the high number of requests, close to 2.3 million tickets (or 85%) of the 2.7 million tickets were made available to the general public and to fans of the teams. So far, 93,147 more tickets than originally planned have been made available, meaning more supporters than ever will get the opportunity to cheer on their team from the stands.