Trying to search different airports for affordable flights I’m going to a music festival this September and naturally flights are really expensive for the city it is in. We’re going to rent a car so we’re okay with a few extra hours of driving time. I’m trying to input different airports within a few hours of our destination/departing city but it’s very tedious and I’m not having much luck. Does anyone…

DJI Will No Longer Stop You From Flying Your Drone Over Airports Or The White House Less than a month after drone swarms haunted New Jersey’s night skies, DJI removed the geofencing features that finally ended the panic over the Garden State. The Chinese drone producer announced a software update that replaced the guardrails that prevented operators from flying into restricted airspace with an in-app… Read more…

DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty ImagesFor over a decade, you couldn’t easily fly a DJI drone over restricted areas in the United States. DJI’s software would automatically stop you from flying over runways, power plants, public emergencies like wildfires, and the White House. But confusingly, amidst the greatest US outpouring of drone distrust in ye…

Ryanair Teetotalers Want A 2-Drink Maximum At European Airports Ryanair is no one’s favorite airline, so it makes sense that its passengers turn to alcohol to make the experience bearable. After a single disruptive passenger cost the airline over $15,000 in flight diversion costs, however, Ryanair is asking the EU for a limit: Two drinks per passenger, max. Read more…

Why do airports like Newark and the JetBlue terminal at JFK have all/mostly extremely bad non-brand food options? I guess they make more money but wondering what the model is. Edit: I’m comparing with for instance LHR where there are just a bunch of reliable options from brands that are broadly liked and known submitted by /u/bl1ngo

At the airport’s arrivals hall, an agonizing wait for news.

I have a layover in China. I didn’t realise I had to transit between two airports. Do I need a visa? Hi, So my first flight’s in less than 24 hours. I’m Australian, and my final destination is Japan. However, I have a flight with layover in PVG, and then from SHA airport to HND (Japan). I didn’t realise it was two different airports until now and now I’m freaking out. It’s from the same airline (China Eastern Airlines) and the time between land…

Google Wallet can now be your passport at many airports Illustration: The VergeGoogle is now rolling out the ability to make a digital ID from your passport that you can store in Google Wallet and use at select TSA checkpoints. Here’s how to make the ID, per Google’s September blog post where it initially announced the feature: Select the prompt in the Google Wallet app to “create an ID pass with you…

Transiting airports with my pet cat: Non-EU -> EU -> Non-EU, is a titer test required? I adopted a street cat in a non-EU country (considered high risk for rabies by the EU), got her a microchip, rabies and combination vaccines as well as anti-parasitic treatments, and now she has a pet passport. Before flying we’ll have an official health certificate from the government, too. I understand that a titer test to confirm rabies antib…

Airports and countries with no domestic flights. I live in Australia so, due to our size, we rely on air travel for domestic travel a lot. I guess the same can be said for USA and Canada. Currently in Singapore and admiring their airport and it occurred to me that they would not have any domestic flights! Due to the small size of the country. So apart from Singapore, how many other countries…

Tan Son Nhat (Saigon) is on the podium of worst airports ever. Saigon is the only one I’ve been to that’s even worse than Manila. It’s far too small as it hasn’t been renovated since the Vietnam war so it can’t handle the passenger traffic it gets. Lines are insanely long and it’s the only one I’ve ever been to that puts natives and foreigners in the same immigration lines, taking at least 2 minutes to pr…

These Airports Are Most Likely to Have Weather Delays During the Holiday Rush If you’re flying through SFO this winter, buckle up.

Portland Airport’s Llama Therapy Is Not Expansive Enough If flying isn’t stressful for you, I’m jealous. For the rest of us, Portland International Airport offers an animal therapy program featuring big, adorable llamas. Every few weeks, the fluffy creatures visit the terminal so travelers can pack their worries away for a moment or two. While more airports should launch… Read more…

What’s up with people walking around taking video at airports? At Bush airport in Houston right now and I’ve seen multiple people walking around holding their phones in front of them taking video. Not just short little scan of the crowd at the gate, but wandering around the terminal while recording. One seemed to be on a video call (or maybe narrating her video?) but the two others I couldn’t tell. I can’t …

Overcrowded Islands, Cancelled Flights And Abandoned Airports In This Week’s Beyond Cars Roundup Thousands of cruise ship passengers turned the charming Greek island of Santorini into standing-room-only hell Wednesday, proving once again it really is the worst way to travel. – Erin Marquis Read More Read more…

Airports Worldwide Are In Total Chaos Due To The CrowdStrike Outage A problem with CrowdStrike security software crashed computer systems overnight, bringing everything from stores to banks and even airports that used Windows software. Without their computers operational, airlines have been forced to delay and cancel thousands of flights. While workers are finding some workarounds,… Read more…

A Single Defect In A Cybersecurity Software Is Taking Down Everything From Airports To 9-1-1 Call Centers A global outage of the security software CrowdStrike is effecting everything from international flights to global banks to average businesses around the world Friday morning. Systems are slowly returning to normal, but the effects of the outage will reverberate for the rest of the day, especially for the travelers… Read more…

Tech Outage Disrupts Flights at Airports Around the U.S. Flights were grounded or canceled across the country as airlines struggled with the outage.

Are there any airports in Rhode Island or south Mass that offers direct flights to Sanford Orlando Me and my mom are planing on going to Orlando for my birthday and are staying with her best friend. However, she hates Orlando International and prefers Sanford because it’s way less of a headache. My mom usually goes up to NH to fly down but I’ll be going straight from school so my dad would have to drive down to providence then up to NH. We’d …

How to Handle Crowded Airports and Roads This Fourth of July As record crowds hit the roads and the skies this week for the holiday, here’s what to know before traveling.