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Around the world — with family in tow

Have you been dreaming of taking your family on a trip around the world? If you decide to go, you won’t be out there alone.

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Fewer hubs mean fewer options for fliers

In the newest round of airline mergers, some airports will lose a significant chunk of scheduled service and, in some cases, their regional hub status.

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Back to nature at Amsterdam's airport

A new park-like space at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport offers a breath of fresh air for weary travelers.

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Capless captains: Airline pilots ditch the hat

Airlines to airline pilots: You can leave your hat on. Or not.

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Are we there yet? One family's 11-year road trip

Imagine traveling around the world with your family, by car, for 11 years straight.

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Disasters prompt travelers to be prepared

When an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile at around 3:30 a.m. in February 2010, Seattle-based wine importer Ryan Sytsma was asleep in a Sheraton hotel somewhere between the airport and downtown Santiago.

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First airplane trip leaves a lasting impression

Do you remember your first airplane ride?

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Hawaii worries about Japan — and its tourists

First came the tsunami spawned by the deadly Japanese earthquake, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to homes, businesses and boats in Hawaii.

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FAA: No more oxygen in airplane lavatories

Citing security concerns, the federal government in secrecy last month ordered every airline in the United States to remove emergency oxygen in every lavatory on all 6,000 domestic commercial aircraft.

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Gas prices could detour spring travel plans

Will rising gas prices detour spring and summer travel plans?

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No more pretzels? Airlines ditch free snacks

No more complimentary cookies or pretzels?

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Does airplane air really make you sick?

Every time she boards an airplane, Sheelagh Doyle of New York City worries that the dry, recirculated air onboard will make her sick.

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Ditch TSA? Airports no longer can 'opt out'

The Transportation Security Administration has said it won’t allow any more airports to “opt out” and bring in private security contractors in place of the agency’s federal workers. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who in the fall wrote a letter to 100 airports urging them to ditch TSA agents, said it is “unimaginable” that TSA would end “the most successfully performing passenger screening program we’ve had over the last decade.”

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Traveling with baby? Get the right airplane seat

A in a dispute over an infant carrier raises the question: How do parents choose the correct airline seat for their baby?

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Protect yourself from Super Bowl scams

When the Green Bay Packers meet the Pittsburgh Steelers for Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Texas, on Feb. 6, about 100,000 officially ticketed spectators will watch the game from inside Cowboys Stadium. A few thousand additional sports enthusiasts will watch the game on giant video screens at a ticketed “Plaza Party” next to the stadium.

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Shut up and fly! Cell phones on planes

What do media magnate Arianna Huffington and Hollywood heartthrob Josh Duhamel have in common? They've both been busted for using their cell phones on planes.

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Airports toy with the idea of tossing the TSA

A new year has brought new resolve for airport managers who are fed up with the Transportation Security Agency.

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Smaller cities offer alternative to big-city trips

Around this time of year, experts often remind air travelers that holiday sanity can come wrapped in an airplane ticket to a secondary or alternate airport.

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Amenities making a comeback on some airlines

Most air travelers are no longer surprised when asked to pay for snacks, pillows and other services that were once free.

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TSA embraces new medical notification cards

Following a highly publicized incident in which an air passenger with a medical condition was put through a humiliating pat-down, the Transportation Security Administration has embraced a new medical notification card that fliers can present to airport security screeners.

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Babies on planes: Debate over safety renewed

No one questions anymore whether or not everyone — babies included — should be buckled up in cars. It’s the law, and all 50 states currently require child-safety seats for infants and  children.

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SAS hosts same-sex in-flight weddings

Giving a new meaning to the phrase “walking down the aisle,” a gay couple from Germany and a lesbian couple from Poland were married on an SAS-operated flight from Stockholm to New York.

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TSA workers face verbal abuse from travelers

Airline passengers aren’t the only ones complaining about the Transportation Security Administration’s new enhanced security procedures. Many TSA employees aren’t too happy, either.

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TSA pat-down leaves traveler covered in urine

A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

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Hefty surcharges a new holiday travel tradition

Are you craving cranberries and planning to fly somewhere for the Thanksgiving holiday?

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