Airplane mode is still required on most flights, even as some airlines roll out in-flight calling. Here's what it actually ...

Airplane travel is an increasingly easy and affordable mode of transportation. There are a number of effects altitude and airplane travel have on the body, including oxygen deprivation, alteration of ...

Over the holiday season, something like 7.5 million people will step foot in an airport and take to the skies. That’s a lot of delays, a lot of airport beers, and a lot of wondering about how the ...

Flight has never been the sole domain of major air carriers; with sufficient training, anyone can become a pilot, and as long as you have space and licensure for it, anyone can own and operate a ...

Airplane Mode is more than just a way to comply with flight attendants’ requests to disable your device during a flight. It can actually be used as a preventative measure while roaming, or a way to ...

Your phone's airplane mode is designed to disable wireless signals that might interfere with the sensitive electronic systems on an airplane. But surprisingly, there's no single universal definition ...

The new Federal Aviation Administration authorization has a lot of wonky stuff, but some interesting nuggets have fallen through the cracks. The high-profile changes, of course, include things like ...

When the creators of the 1980 comedy classic “Airplane!” were casting the lead role of pilot Ted Striker — eventually played by Robert Hays — they saw a slew of actors who weren’t right for the role.

Don't let unnecessary worries make airline travel more stressful than it is. The Takeout spoke to a flight attendant who ...