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The New York Times

In Europe, It's Planes vs. Trains. For Many Travelers, Rail Is the Way to Go.

Amid concerns about climate change, Europe is investing heavily in trains. The idea is to make rail more appealing, …

TIME

Why You Should Keep Wearing a Mask on Planes—Even When You No Longer Have To

For more than a year, a mask has been as essential at the airport as a boarding pass: you can’t fly without one. But …

Reuters

Delta CEO wants U.S. to put convicted unruly passengers on 'no-fly' list

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) wants the U.S. government to place passengers convicted of on-board disruptions on a national …

Bloomberg

How Working From Home Will Permanently Change the Way We Travel

Some say it’s the most transformative thing to happen to the travel industry since commercial flights took off. …

AIRLIVE

Lufthansa group confirmed that 18,000 flights had been flown empty to keep airport slots

Brussels Airlines has operated 3,000 flights without passengers this winter to avoid losing take-off and landing slots.

Aeon

The end of travel

Driven by the need for a storied life, I relished the opportunity for endless travel. Is that a moment in time, now over?

Travel Stats Man

Airports Had to Deal With Over 2 Billion Litres of Airplane Toilet Waste in 2019

We already know airplanes don’t have enough toilets.

But where does all the waste go once the vacuum has sucked the …

Jon Worth Euroblog

The longest train journey in the world – in 2021

The longest heavy rail only, plus walking, connection is between Cascais 🇵🇹 and Woodlands 🇸🇬 – this has a geodesic distance …

The New Yorker

The New Luxury Vacation: Being Dumped in the Middle of Nowhere

The joys—and absurdities—of finding oneself abandoned in a desolate landscape.

The Economist

How trains could replace planes in Europe

The centrepiece of this year’s European Year of Rail was the “Connecting Europe Express”. Between September …

Travel Stats Man

The Billion Dollar Airline Routes

As I waited to board an A380 on a trip to San Francisco from London this year I did some back of the napkin (literally) …

Architectural Digest

This European Town Was Built to Resemble Lego Blocks

The architects were offered free reign to transform the area into a place where people would actually want to live, so …

Big Think

Exotic and sustainable, night trains are coming back to Europe

The “Euro Night Sprinter” map is utopian, but Europe’s rail future could look a lot like it.

Travel Weekly

Office, Meet Adventure

Demand for immersive, work-from-anywhere journeys is still at a high point, and tour operators, hotels, cruise lines and …

Fifty Two

Rice, Fat, Meat, Streets

Why does biryani mean so much to so many people on the Indian subcontinent? The answers may be found on the streets of one of …

Input

Paradise lost: The rise and ruin of Couchsurfing.com

The once-utopian accommodations site, now headed by an alum of surveillance-analytics firm Palantir, has gone back on its …

AFAR

Europe's Entry Rules Just Got More Confusing

European countries have been updating their entry requirements since the United States was removed from the EU safe travel …

Axios

European Union recommends halting non-essential travel from the U.S.

The Council of the European Union voted on Monday to recommend reinstating a ban on non-essential travel from the United …

Gastro Obscura

Meet the Man Recreating Air Travel's Most Glorious Meals

Sennhauser actually owns more than 150 pieces of airline dishware. He photographs his meals on authentic plates, trays, and …

The Economist

Air passengers have become much more confrontational during the pandemic

According to the latest figures from the FAA, in the year to July 6th it has launched 540 investigations into unruly …

South China Morning Post

For post-pandemic travel it won't be budget travellers bad, rich tourists good – backpackers bring unique benefits to the places they visit

• Spain and New Zealand are among countries saying they desire a ‘better class’ of tourist when normal travel …

Monocle

Open invitation

After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is opening up to tourism. Thanks to a new visa scheme, citizens of almost 40 …

The Atlantic

Europe Wants Americans Back

American tourists are stereotypically thought of as loud, boorish, and tacky. They’re also sorely missed.

Los Angeles Times

Ruckus in the skies: What happens when airline passengers refuse to wear masks

Under the the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent zero-tolerance order, unruly airline passengers face criminal …

Benoit Bernard

How I Booked My Absolutely Cheapest One-Month Trip Ever

Some blogs mentioned that airfare was cheaper on some weekdays (or during specific months), while others stated that prices …

The New York Times

How Safe Are You From Covid When You Fly?

To understand how risky it may be to board a flight now, start with how air circulates in a plane.

Ars Technica

France bans air travel that could be done by train in under 2.5 hours

On Sunday, the French National Assembly voted to ban some short-haul flights in favor of train travel. If the measure is …

Scott's Cheap Flights

The State of Cheap Flights in 2021

In this, our second annual Report on the State of Cheap Flights, we’ll look at how consumers are spending on travel, …

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Now Everyone Can Fly—but probably shouldn't

Whenever I argue the costs of air travel should better represent the true costs—including the pollution—people push back. …