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The pilot, who is just inches away from his passengers, reaches up and flicks the metallic toggle switches that fire up his engines. Two propellers, visible through the windows on either side, spin noisily into life.

Fully vaccinated arrivals, along with those under 18, will be permitted to enter England without producing a negative PCR test.

From aircraft deliveries to updated plane seats, we take at look at some of the most notable changes coming up for airlines, passengers, airports and the rest of aviation in the next 12 months.

More than 3,000 passengers and crew were being held on a major cruise liner in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning after a Covid scare prompted authorities to order the ship to return to port.

From Cantonese chow mein and Thai pad see ew to Japanese nigiri sushi, many of the dishes we know and love just wouldn't taste the same without soy sauce.

Photographer Jalil Najafov's first thought when he saw the great white was: "Is that real?"

The past year has proved to be yet another incredibly difficult one for airlines as the slump in air travel continued throughout 2021 due to the impact of the ongoing pandemic.

Travel is more challenging now than it has been in a long time. Borders tentatively reopen only to slam shut again. A once-simple visa on entry is replaced with piles of paperwork. And the whole world is brushing up on the Greek alphabet whenever a new variant makes headlines.

Though 2021 was not exactly the year of jet-setting travel that we'd hoped for, we have our fingers crossed for 2022.

One of the largest cruise ships operating in the Mediterranean has become the latest to be hit by a Covid outbreak amid the current global surge in virus cases.

After nearly four years of construction, China's longest underwater highway tunnel is now open to vehicle traffic.

British-born Sikh army officer Preet Chandi has become the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition to the South Pole

Perhaps surprisingly, fewer than 10% of the 6,852 islands making up the Japanese archipelago are inhabited. But among those 400 or so, travelers are treated to a rich tapestry of natural treasures, deep-seated mysticism, thriving cultural assets and stretches of sprawling urbanity.

Come on, 2022, give us your best shot. We're bruised and we're battered, but we're looking to brighter days ahead.

One of the world's most famous clocks is returning to service in time to ring in the new year.

London is just one major city canceling its big New Year's Eve celebrations. Find out what other cities are canceling because of the pandemic -- and which ones are still on schedule.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday increased the risk level for cruise ship travel to its highest level and said it should be avoided, regardless of vaccination status.

Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, when she took a rapid test in the airplane bathroom.

Just when we thought US travel rules were starting to stabilize, along came Omicron.

A short drive southwest out of Doha leads to the Musfur sinkhole, a large chasm that, for adventurous daytrippers, offers a snapshot of the geological forces that formed the region hundreds of thousands of years ago.