Cruise industry extends sailing suspensions for the rest of 2020, despite government lifting no-sail order

Cruise lines are extending the suspension of U.S. sailing operations through the end of the year, just days after the U.S. government effectively lifted its no-sail order despite a global spike in coronavirus infections.

Harvard study: Flying poses lower COVID-19 risk than grocery shopping with proper safety measures

Harvard researchers found that proper safety precautions taken collectively can reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission on a plane to below that of other routine activities during the pandemic.

Southwest Airlines will stop blocking middle seats in December

Middle seats will once again be filled on flights beginning a week after Thanksgiving, and just ahead of the rest of the travel season, Southwest Airlines confirmed.

New landmark study tests air on planes for virus transmission

Good news for people who've been itching to get on a plane to see family, friends, or take that long-awaited vacation.     

TSA screens over 1 million passengers in single day for first time since March

TSA said it screened 1,031,505 people at security checkpoints nationwide on Oct. 18, 2020. The agency hasn’t seen that volume since March 17.

Aerosol study shows minimal risk for travelers wearing masks in planes

Researchers used robotic mannequins to replicate breathing and coughing, measuring the spread of particles throughout the plane with censors.

United Airlines-DOD study: Face masks make COVID-19 risk on flights ‘almost non-existent’

United Airlines partnered with the U.S. Department of Defense on a study that suggests that when passengers wear face masks, the risk of exposure to COVID-19 on airplanes becomes negligible — but some experts say that the claim could be misleading.

Jetpack spotted flying near LAX for second time in weeks

For the second known time this year, a jetpack was seen flying close to commercial airplanes near Los Angeles International Airport.

Detroit woman says she woke up to pastor peeing on her on plane 

A Detroit woman says she was sleeping on a flight home from Las Vegas when a man, identified as a North Carolina pastor, urinated on her.

Cruise ships being dismantled and scrapped for parts, photos show

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to have a devastating effect on the travel industry, major cruise lines are scrapping their ships in an effort to stay afloat.

Passenger on flight to Chicago accused of wearing 'lewd' top forced to cover up with captain's T-shirt

A passenger flying with Southwest Airlines to Chicago has claimed that employees with the carrier made her cover up her outfit — after deeming her cleavage to be “lewd, obscene and offensive.”

Interstate rideshare Hitch stays in gear despite COVID-19

The shutdown caused local travel to hit the brakes, but in a strange way, the outbreak created a need and an opportunity for Hitch.

Passengers brawl on plane over masks

A man who refused to wear a face mask on a Utah-bound flight was escorted off the plane in Arizona after he and another man who asked him to follow the rules got into a physical altercation

VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused: report

The vice president, who had taken over the Trump administration’s response to the growing pandemic, called Dr. Robert Redfield, the CDC’s director, and told him to use the agency’s special legal authority in a pandemic anyway.