There’s an interesting story in the on-line newsletter from Travelers United about people fainting on airplanes. It’s happening more and more and a combination of factors seems to be the...

Charlie Leocha is a travel writer and a lot more. He’s been a keen observer of the travel industry for a long time and more recently is the founder of...

 Unless you’re in first class, flying just isn’t fun anymore. But there are a few things we can do to make a long flight pass a little faster and a...

Just when you think the flying experience has been dehumanized as far as possible, someone takes it down yet another notch and, in the bargain, finds another way to squeeze...

American Airlines had a problem this past Friday. One of their planes, a Boeing 767, caught fire on a runway at O’Hare in Chicago. The engine on the right side...

Since I almost always fly from here on Maui to the West Coast and take Amtrak to wherever I’m going on the mainland, I don’t often get to see much...

The travel web sites, and even the local newspapers, are carrying horror stories about delays travelers are facing when going through security—more than three-hours in Denver the other day as...

I suspect I’m typical of most airline passengers because I always hope to get someone “nice” in the seat next to me, especially when I’m in economy class. And by...

Two uneventful flights … the best kind … both landing ahead of schedule. Hawaiian Airlines from Maui to San Francisco; American from there to Chicago.   The Hawaiian plane had...

CHUR, SWITZERLAND–Last night I flew out of Boston on an overnight Icelandair flight to Reykjavik and then on to Zurich. From there, I caught a train to the town of...