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Air Travel

Ideas

The Plane Paradox: More Automation Should Mean More Training

By Shem Malmquist and Roger Rapoport

Gear

How Planes Keep Flying After an Engine Catches Fire

By Brian Barrett

Business

The Art and Science of Boarding an Airplane in a Pandemic

By Aarian Marshall

Business

Airlines’ Pandemic-Driven Cargo Business Will Keep Flying

By Eric Adams

Transportation

Planes Are Still Flying, but Covid-19 Recovery Will Be Tough

By Alex Davies

Transportation

Gig Work Relief, Auto Care, and More Car News This Week

By Aarian Marshall

Transportation

How Airlines Are Trying to Boost Efficiency and Cut Emissions

By Christie Aschwanden

Transportation

Airlines Use Empty Passenger Jets to Ease the Cargo Crunch

By Alex Davies

Transportation

Plane Contrails Have a Surprising Effect on Global Warming

By Alex Davies

Transportation

The Dangers of Delaying FAA Modernization

By Tidal W. McCoy

The Big Story

Pan Am Flight 103 and Mueller’s 30-Year Search for Justice

By Garrett M. Graff

Transportation

How NASA Tests Shapeshifting Plane Wings

By Jack Stewart

Transportation

Ahoy Travelers: These Are Your Rights When Airlines Screw Up

By Jack Stewart

Transportation

Frequent Flier Miles Are Kaput—The Game's About Credit Cards Now

By Aarian Marshall

Science

Thanks, Climate Change: Extreme Heat Waves Will Keep on Grounding Planes

By Eric Niiler

Science

Phoenix Canceled All Those Flights Because of Physics

By Rhett Allain

Transportation

So What's the Deal With Air Traffic Control Reform?

By Aarian Marshall

Business

A Laptop Ban Leaves Everyone Scared and No One Safer

By Zachary Karabell

Science

Oh Great. Climate Change Will Make Flying Worse, Too

By Eric Niiler

Transportation

Supersonic Planes Are Mounting a Comeback—Without That Earth-Shaking Boom

By Eric Adams

Transportation

10 Perfect Gifts for Your Favorite Long-Haul Traveler

By Alex Davies

Transportation

10 Perfect Gifts for Your Favorite Long-Haul Traveler

By Alex Davies

Transportation

Commuter Gondolas Are Coming to America. Probably. Maybe?

By Aarian Marshall

Business

Airport Panics Will Keep Happening. The Place to Calm Them Is Online

By Marcus Wohlsen