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A plane taking off from Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom.Tim Ireland | Xinhua | Getty ImagesLondon's Heathrow Airport closed on Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused a power outage, airport officials…

When Tracy Ren decided to go to the 2024 Summer Olympics, she booked her flight to Paris on Singapore Airlines using miles.But she didn't earn them — she bought them.Rather than purchasing miles directly from the airline, which sells…

A night view of Singapore's "Supertrees," a collection of sustainable vertical gardens at the city's Gardens by the Bay.Athanasios Gioumpasis | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBritish national Tony Cross first set foot in Singapore in…

Plane etiquette seems so simple — be spatially aware, don't bother other passengers and follow the instructions of the air crew.But campaigns and crackdown efforts to quell disruptive behavior suggest it persists.At first glance, a new…

In Salzburg, Austria last spring, I skipped around the fountain outside Mirabell Palace.Others did too.Some 60 years earlier, Maria and the von Trapp children danced around the palace's Pegasus Fountain, singing "Do-Re-Mi," one of most…

Singapore has the world's most powerful passport, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index.The nation-state was one of six countries which tied for the top spot in 2024 in the list produced by the migration consultancy Henley &…

The aviation industry is bracing for another year of turbulence, as delivery delays at Boeing and supply chain problems are set to continue into 2025, say aviation consultants.Sunday marked one year since a door panel blew off a Boeing…

Spilled drinks, crunched laptop screens and crushed knees.A new video shows the reasons why reclining your seat on airplanes morphed from an acceptable practice into a top irritant for many air passengers.  The video is part of an ad…

Sands China CEO and President Grant Chum said Macao was diversifying its economy away from gaming to become "a city of sports and ... a city of entertainment," during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the city that concluded…

Aeromexico was the most punctual global airline in 2024, according to a report published by aviation analytics company Cirium.Some 86.7% of its tracked flights arrived "on-time," defined as arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival…