An Airbus SE A380-800 Emirates commercial airliner prepares to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. (Brent Lewin / Bloomberg) By William Ralston Bloomberg The amount of time between planes landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport might seem prosaic to the untrained eye, but there’s a lot more going on than a pilot negotiating
Highway Foes Emboldened as Buttigieg Puts Houston Project on Pause
After the U.S. Department of Transportation asked the Texas DOT to halt a highway expansion, freeway fighters nationwide are calling on Secretary Pete Buttigieg for similar aid. By Laura Bliss Traffic backs up along the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Allston neighborhood of Boston in 2017, where foes of an aging viaduct are hoping for federal
Think Legroom on Planes Is Bad Now? It’s Going to Get Worse
By Angus Whitley and Sybilla Gross To add more seats, Cebu Air is moving the plane’s bathrooms Such tactics could become the norm in Asia’s hot travel market The economy class cabin of Ryanair’s 737-800 aircraft. Photographer: Nicolas Economou/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Air travel is becoming a test of physical endurance. Seats have shrunk,
Airports Open Up to Terminal Tourists Who Just Want to Hang Out
Non-travelers can meet grandma at the gate and try out the concourse restaurants By Mary Schlangenstein Plane spotting, restaurants, art also lure non-travelers Programs limit days, times, how many people can participate People walk through the Pittsburgh International Airport on July 2. Photographer: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg Chuck Hughey braves security lines at Pittsburgh International Airport at least once a
Airlines Were Supposed to Fix Their Pollution Problem. It’s Just Getting Worse
Hundreds of millions of new passengers are coming, and there’s no solution in sight. By William Wilkes Environmental activists recoil for a reason when the super-rich fly private jets to forums that preach carbon neutrality. Airplane pollution levels really are going through the stratosphere and nobody seems to have a viable plan to rein them