Air Travel

The Travel Trends That Will Shape Your Next Vacation

By Pauline Frommer

The world is changing rapidly. How will these shifts affect your travels in 2017? Read on.

Three Budget-Priced Airlines Are Currently Offering Cheap Flights Across the Atlantic to Europe

By Arthur Frommer

When it comes to transatlantic flights, these low-cost upstarts are giving major airlines a run for their money.

My Flight Is Canceled, Now What?

Follow these practical tips to ride out a flight cancellation with a minimum amount of turbulence.

Paro Airport in Bhutan, home to Druk Air.

10 Great Small Airlines

While some airlines just get bigger and ruder, there are still tiny ones out there that operate with class, quality, and impeccable safety.

A man sits on the floor of an airport, using his laptop.

Wi-Fi in the Sky: Connectivity on the World's Most Popular Airline Routes

By Matt Higgins

Frommer's recommends the best airline Wi-Fi options available based on route, price, and airline.

13 Runway Hotels with Views for Planespotters

By Anthony Grant

Once, bedding down in an airport hotel was an option of last resort. These days, some airport-area lodgings are coveted for providing ideal perches for a growing global cadre of planespotters.

What the Upgraded Eurostar Channel Tunnel Train is Like

By Jason Cochran

The trains that race through the Channel Tunnel between England and Europe have been replaced for the first time since their debut in 1994. Here's what Eurostar's service is like now.

Airports are becoming fun places to hang out

These 11 Airports Give You a Reason to Miss Your Flight

By Anthony Grant

If you have to be delayed or endure a layover, all airports are not created equally. These are the best international airports to spend a few hours before you next flight takes off.

In Los Angeles, Party on Pan Am Airways Like It's 1973

By Jason Cochran

The Pan Am Experience is a lavish airplane-set dinner party that serves to remind you how sumptuous the high life was nearly a half century ago.

Layover Paradise: Experts Pick the Most Improved U.S. Airports

By Violet Baron

Airports are places that we often regard with impatience, but sometimes they can make that layover time more a pleasure than a pain. Check out these 7 airports that have most improved in recent years

Stopover Bonanza: Explore These Cities on Free (or Cheap) Airline Layovers

By Jason Cochran

Bonus vacation! These airlines will let you get off the plane and spend a little time in their home cities before you jet off to your final destination.

How to Make Time at the Airport a Bit Less Stressful

By Pauline Frommer

Everyone wants to go on vacation. Nobody wants to go to the airport. But with the following tips, your stay in that purgatory could be just a hair more tolerable.

FAA Raises Alarm Over Fires in Samsung Smartphones

By Alexandra Cheney

Following numerous reports of Samsung Galaxy Note7 mobile phones catching fire, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a statement warning airline passengers to not turn on or charge the smartphone in flight

Hacking into Airport Lounges, the Flintstones' Bedrock For Sale, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

By Jason Cochran

A roundup of travel news from all over

Flying One of the World's Longest Flights—in Economy

By Juliana Shallcross

If there’s a long-haul flight in your travel plans, this account of a 15-hour flight I recently made in economy class will give you an idea of what’s in store. (Teaser: Flying more than six hours on an international flight is way more enjoyable than flying six hours across the U.S.)