Travel

By Francesca Street, CNN Hamburg, Germany (CNN) — It’s the airplane seat design that launched a thousand memes, kickstarted a media storm and became a byword for innovation in aviation, for better or for worse. And now the double-level airplane seat is back – only this time, with a twist. Designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente remains

By Forrest Brown, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — If you’re expecting to take to the skies this summer, you should also expect lots and lots and lots of companionship. And a few hurdles, too. Memorial Day weekend, the traditional launching pad of the summer travel season, is shaping up to set a

If you want to enjoy the top US beach in 2024, then make like “The Brady Bunch” and pack your bags for Hawaii.

Under a blazing blue sky in the legendary Harland & Wolff shipyard in Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was once built, the modestly sized Villa Vie Odyssey sits in dry dock, dwarfed by the huge 12-deck Caribbean party boat that looms beside it.

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Air travel and turbulence have always gone hand in hand with many flights, especially long haul, experiencing spells of bumpiness. The severe episode on board a Singapore Airlines plane in which one passenger died raises concerns about how risky turbulence can be. Experts say it is extremely unlikely that

There’s a lot to love about travel. Experiencing a new culture. Eating great food. Staying in top notch hotels… and landing in a new airport.

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Airplane overhead compartments. Home to luggage of all shapes and sizes, the odd coat or two, several duty-free bags, a fair bit of dust and… passengers? Last week, a video was posted on TikTok appearing to depict a traveler on a Southwest Airlines flight peering out from inside an

By Marnie Hunter and Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s Balearic Islands are further cracking down on public drinking and party boats as part of modifications to a 2020 decree that addressed “excess tourism.” The new rules ban drinking in the streets in key tourist areas on the islands of Ibiza and Mallorca, with an exception

The slow approach to travel has never been more important.

One week after a small Japanese town announced it was taking unorthodox measures to prevent overtourism at a popular selfie spot, a business caught up in the controversy has made a statement.

Airports are crammed, flight fares are up and airlines are looking ahead to a hectic summer.

While Singapore and Doha’s airports compete against each other for the title of “world’s best,” another aviation hub is focusing on a different achievement.

CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: a gelato ban in Italy, runaway horses in central London, the orange fog that hit Athens and – if you’re still feeling brave enough – the best dates and times to book summer flights. When to book summer travel Mid-to-late August is the

Some people travel to relax

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Delta Air Lines flyers will soon board its planes in a new way that might remind them of the past. Beginning May 1, the airline will board customers by numbered zones, a change that largely reverts back to process it used until early 2019, before changing to

On January 24, content creator Pelumi Nubi, who grew up in London, set off on a solo drive from the UK capital to Lagos, Nigeria in her beloved purple Peugeot 107.

In this week’s travel roundup, we bring you transport trivia, Roman engineering marvels and the world’s tastiest dumplings.

omance was in the air at London’s St. Pancras station on Tuesday, and not just because burgeoning power couple Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner were spotted returning from a trip to Paris.

Five out of the six biggest US airlines have raised their checked bag fees since January 2024.

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — There’s a global energy crisis and onshore wind farms are a potential growth option. Larger wind turbines produce more power than standard ones, but the components are too big to be transported by road. What’s the solution? A Colorado-based energy startup named Radia has an idea. It’s developing the

As she prepared for a risky spine operation around 18 months after sustaining injuries in a horrific 2011 car accident that left her in constant pain, Pamela Holt made a promise to herself.

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Crowded, hot, noisy, hectic — subway systems can test the sanity of even the most hardened urbanite, but can you imagine the world’s biggest cities without them? And as millions more of us flock to live in cities every year, efficient mass transit is going to become ever more

Airlines damaged or lost more than 11,000 passenger wheelchairs last year – and a new federal proposal seeks cut the inconvenience for wheelchair-reliant travelers with six-figure penalties against airlines.

A little more than 10 years ago, in October 2013, a Wizz Air A320 arriving from Budapest made headlines by becoming the first commercial passenger flight ever to touch down at Al Maktoum International Airport, also known as Dubai World Central (DWC).

This year hasn’t started well for aviation safety, with a runway collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport and a door plug blowing out mid-air from an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 in January, and with four more fatal accidents involving regional and business aircraft in the weeks since.

If you’ve ever sat on a plane wondering why the pilot announced that you’d be landing soon but seemed to be flying in circles with no runway in sight, you’ve probably been in a holding pattern.

After hours of routine operations, an air traffic controller gets a radio call from a small aircraft whose cockpit indicators can’t confirm that the plane’s landing gear is extended for landing.

It wasn’t a great start of the year for aviation safety, with a runway collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport and a door plug blowing out in mid-air from an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 making headlines within days of each other, and with four more fatal accidents involving regional and business aircraft in the following weeks.

In travel news this week, a European airline is weighing passengers before takeoff, the new luxury train trip that costs $8,500 one way, and how Ukraine keeps its railways running, two years into the war.

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When the guy she’d met on the plane asked her out, Cristina Farina said yes without hesitation. Cristina had spent much of the flight to London from her Italian hometown Florence deep in conversation with this stranger. He seemed friendly, interesting, interested. “Why don’t we meet tomorrow, go have

Aside from a one-off trip to Europe, the furthest Jessica Gee ever traveled while growing up was to Walt Disney World in Florida with her family.

There’s a phrase that the locals love to use in Zanzibar, one that sums up life on this archipelago of 50 islands just off the coast of East Africa: hakuna matata.

On their first flight together, Joel Atkinson and Shelley Atkinson couldn’t contain their excitement. They enthused to the flight attendants. They posed for photos. They told passengers via a pre-flight announcement.