airline industry

Keep calm and leave your carry-on luggage

Why do so many passengers, like those on the Emirates flight that crashed this week, stop to get their bags before evacuating a burning plane?

Welcome to basic economy class. ‘Enjoy’ your flight.

Just imagine what it will be like to fly on a ‘last-class’ fare

Editorial: Simple fixes to a broken transporation system

So much of our future depends on planes, trains and automobiles. It’s time to put politics aside and fix things.

The evil genius of airlines

It takes work to make flying this miserable. But it pays.

Air Canada’s check-in crackdown needs fixing

Peter Nowak on missing his flight by five minutes

The gates of hell

Why is flying so awful?

With more crowds and delays than ever before, air travel is going to get worse before it gets better

The crowded airspace over the oilsands

Welcome aboard Air Congestion

Air traffic jam

Air traffic jam

The Chinese firm Comac is designing a new plane to challenge Boeing’s 737

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Christmas Eve at Bethlehem International

In which Joseph, Mary, and Jesus face holiday air travel

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Sky-high airfares

Airlines are booming again and that’s bad news for holiday fliers

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First class secrets

Inside one airline’s quest to build the world’s most luxurious plane