Tag: Travel

For $50,000, World View will take passengers up 100,000 feet into the air in a helium balloon and allow them to view Earth through a 5-foot-wide window.

Balloon ride will take passengers to edge of space for $50,000

Asher Notheis · April 18, 2022 10:50 am

Federal officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle communication could transform traffic safety. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Millions to brave near-record gas prices and hit the roads for Easter weekend

Breanne Deppisch · April 15, 2022 2:48 pm

SEE IT: Maryland man stopped at Dulles Airport with charred bat meat in luggage

Luke Gentile · April 15, 2022 2:21 pm

End the travel mask mandate now

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2022 4:01 am

Travelers use the self-service kiosk to check in and pay for luggage at the American Airlines terminal, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Miami. Last year with the pandemic raging, travelers were urged to stay home. Not this year. With more people vaccinated, expect to see busier roads and airports as family and friends travel more. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

American Airlines restarts program to help special needs children prepare to fly

Heather Hamilton · April 14, 2022 1:10 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Secretary of the invisible thing

Scott Beauchamp · April 8, 2022 3:00 am

A Spirit Airlines passenger jet plane, an Airbus 319 model, approaches Logan Airport in Boston.

JetBlue offers $3.6 billion in bid for Spirit airlines

Misty Severi · April 6, 2022 10:39 pm

Federal public transportation mask mandate continues while most have been lifted

Jeremy Lott · April 1, 2022 3:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

If you like piña coladas

Eric Felten · April 1, 2022 3:00 am

A bill introduced by Sen. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., would limit the TSA's ability to search you away from airports. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Transgender Visibility Day versus security theater

Conn Carroll · March 31, 2022 5:02 pm

TSA announces gender-neutral screening process

Misty Severi · March 31, 2022 12:00 am

‘X’ gender marker option added to passports by State Department

Christopher Hutton · March 31, 2022 12:00 am