The view is surprisingly fantastic.

Karina Marnissi and her husband Isam had been looking forward to their vacation in Cuba. Relaxing under the palm trees of the Caribbean and enjoying the charms of Havana seemed just the thing. On July 20, they traveled from Stuttgart to the Munich Airport with tickets and visas in their pockets. They had already checked in. All they had to do was check their luggage for the Eurowings flight to Varadero. But they would never make it onto the plane.

The site’s new web and mobile platforms will no longer be just about reviews – it will host content from major publishers, too

Put down that cuppa.

New research identifies the various ways in which we’re most likely to come into contact with communicable diseases at airports. Turns out that toilets are surprisingly clean, but the same cannot be said for those plastic bins used at airport security, which are absolutely covered in viruses.

The goal of a nonstop flight from Sydney to London -- half the way around the planet -- took a leap forward as the world’s top planemakers convinced Qantas Airways Ltd. they can make the 20-hour route a reality.

A rising chorus blames Airbnb, Uber and other internet-enabled travel conveniences for a boom that threatens a sustainable balance.

As facial recognition technology use generates intense scrutiny, a new system unveiled at Washington's Dulles airport is being touted as a "user friendly" way to help ease congestion for air travelers.

Plane journeys are taking longer than a decade ago, according to a report that claims the change is down to airlines “padding” their schedules to create the impression passengers were reaching their destinations on time. Carriers are adding extra time to flight schedules, in some cases up to 30 minutes, to ensure they maintain punctuality and are therefore less likely to be liable for compensation payouts, the investigation by Which? Travel claimed.

Air marshals are conducting a new domestic surveillance program, tracking people as they fly and move through airports. It might be illegal.

Some great ideas to make a small studio apartment look much larger.

If you think the seats on airliners keep getting smaller wait until you hear about the new bathrooms.

It's like being part of a special fraternity.

North Brother Island has a long history that's checkered with disease, death, and decay.

Fliers may have a tough time recovering damages for invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, after a federal appeals court on Wednesday said screeners are immune from claims under a federal law governing assaults, false arrests and other abuses.

GANGSTERS shooting up bars. Broken dusty streets. A casino on every corner. Unlimited booze, drugs and prostitution. No, it’s not the Wild West. It’s Sihanoukville, or Snooky, a port city on Cambodia’s coast popular with backpackers in the 1990s thanks to its long empty beaches and chilled-out vibe — a quirky alternative to the tourist haunts in neighbouring Thailand.

"I love the history and it's really beautiful," said the 23-year-old South Korean who studies in neighbouring country Jordan and came to the diving town Dahab in South Sinai during a break in her course. But constant verbal sexual harassment, security dangers, and general hassles from touts during her multiple vacations to the country have left her with mixed feelings of visiting Egypt.

At Helsinki’s The English Book Club discussion a reader joked about how she kept frequenting the hotel bar where the book’s heroine, Annie Adams, met her husband, Griffin. “I’v

‘Jugaad’ is an inventive hack that sees Indians crafting TV aerials from coat-hangers and sending spacecraft towards Mars.

Stephen McGown set off from London on his motorbike for a trip of a lifetime to South Africa. But in Timbuktu he was kidnapped by Islamist militants.

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Customs and Border Protection said the disruption wasn't malicious but gave no explanation for the outage.

How bad weather, worse luck, and bad decisions left passengers stuck in parked planes for as long as seven hours.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a new directive that sets new limits on border agents accessing travellers' phones, establishing criteria for when they can demand passwords, conduct extensive searches, like downloading documents stored in the cloud, or uploading files into a storage drive for analysis.

Epic trail in the wild south was once a path to inner peace but popularity has trampled its tranquillity. Dawn is hours away on a cool Fiordland night but the packed bunk rooms of Clinton Hut are seething with activity. Tramping boots stomp against wooden floors, bunks creek as their inhabitants fling their bodies around, and an urgent, sleep-fogged crescendo of angry whispers is building in the gloom.

Submarine Cuisine is full of anecdotes, recipes, and fascinating details about culinary life on a U.S. Navy submarine.

Google Flights can not only explain why a flight was delayed, but predict when delays are likely.

The Jiayang Steam Train in Sichuan Province has been running non-stop since 1959, when it was built as part of Chairman Mao’s Great Leap Forward.

You’ve got a distorted idea of how literally every famous thing looks.

An amateur geographer travels to an undocumented island off the coast of Haiti after stumbling upon it on Google Earth.

Yet there is more to Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Newport than these ghostly stories.

Imagine if airlines could tailor fare offers based on who was making the ticket inquiry, rather than strictly on the search criteria. Well, experts say those days are fast approaching.

The 1,860km-long Uhuru Railway is an ageing yet vital lifeline that connects rural communities across some of Tanzania and Zambia’s most spectacular landscapes.

Created by accident in 1869, the Kendal mint cake has played an outsized role in mountaineering history – including fuelling the first ascent of Mt Everest.

Automated surveillance could make for an easier screening process.