Starting tomorrow, passengers flying into the U.S. will need to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before boarding. Passengers who already had COVID-19 will need to provide a positive viral test and a doctor’s note speaking to the recovery process. The COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. is about 1.16 million people per day. …
It’s happened again. With travelers and UK authorities still reeling from the incident a few weeks ago involving drones spotted deliberately flying close to Gatwick airport, the country’s second busiest, travelers find themselves stranded and planes grounded in part of the UK due to a drone sighting. This time, it’s happened at London’s Heathrow airport …
Well, you had to figure this kind of thing was coming. After the UK’s second-busiest airport was forced to close in recent days because of rogue operators flying drones too close to the facility — which in turn forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, leaving more than 100,000 holiday travelers stranded – police around …
Barring any last-minute surprise, the second-busiest airport in the UK may finally reopen again before the end of the week after being forced to close since 9 p.m. local time Wednesday because of a pair of drones spotted flying close by. It might sound minor, but officials quickly scrambled to shut down Gatwick Airport, south …
A day at the beach is usually a pretty relaxing excursion, but tourists who find themselves at Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin are often treated to something that really gets the heart pumping: jet airliners taking off and landing right over their heads. The beach has become famous for its incredibly …
Airports are packed with people coming and going at all hours of the day. Travelers, like all of us, are filthy humans that carry all manner of germs with them as they head to their vacations and business trips, and some of those germs inevitably end up being left in the airport. A recent study …
They’ll cause explosions all right, but sex toys aren’t on the list of devices prohibited to take on board of aircraft. But you can expect security personnel to shut down an airport in case they think the sex toys you wanted to take on your travels look like bombs, especially if you’re reluctant to explain …
Apple may be looking to incorporate support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification into the company’s products this year, according to a report from AppleInsider. The new standard offers three times the speed of the 802.11n standard, capable of achieving speeds of over 1 Gigabit per second. The Cupertino-based company is expected to “rapidly deploy support” of the new standard …
Flying home for the holidays and navigating through crowded airports — or facing flight delays, as is often the case — may be a hair less dreadful this year. Skype announced recently that it is sponsoring free Wi-Fi in more than 60 U.S. airports from December 21st until December 27th. To activate the service, simply …
It looks as though software developer James Laird has opened Pandora’s box for Apple’s AirPlay music streaming system. Frustrated by the fact that an AirPort Express emulator did not exist, Laird began to look for a solution that would allow him to stream iTunes music without the use of AirPlay. “I was disappointed to find …
