Alaska Airlines is getting rid of the self-serve airport kiosks that print boarding passes

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Alaska Airlines passengers checking-in at kiosks.
Alaska Airlines has started removing kiosks to print boarding passes at airports to get passengers “through the lobby and to security in 5 minutes or less.”

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Pilot shortages and increasing travel demand are causing backups at major airports. The solution may be as simple as using bigger planes.

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Airlines are looking for solutions for congestion and delays.

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Half of the 10 busiest airports in the world are in the US, with Atlanta topping the chart once again

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The main hall inside Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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Singapore's Changi airport was just named best in the world. See the 10 coolest things from my recent visit, like a pool, a movie theater, and 1,000 butterflies.

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Standing inside Changi's Jewel building in Singapore.
Singapore's Changi Airport has long been rated one of the world's best — and its seven-story waterfall I saw during a recent visit was just one of the highlights.

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The 20 best airports in the world according to passengers

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Singapore's Changi Airport.
Singapore Changi Airport was named the best airport in the world for 2023 by aviation ranking website Skytrax.

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New Uber app features photo guides to lead users from gates to pickup areas at world's busiest airports

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An Uber stand at Los Angeles International Airport.

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A Japan Airlines flight was turned away and had to fly 550 miles back to Tokyo after missing an airport's closing time by 10 minutes, report says

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A Japan Airlines flight at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
A Japan Airlines flight at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

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I spent 8 hours at Singapore's famous airport, which features luxuries like a pool, a movie theater, and a butterfly garden. I didn't want to leave.

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A selfie of the author at the Changi pool in terminal 1 Aerotel.

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Your next flight might land a lot smoother and quieter than you're used to as new rules that save fuel expand to more airports

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A Boeing 747 landing into the sunset.
A change in landing style is part of the US aviation’s effort to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, as it was outlined in the US Aviation Climate Action Plan released at a United Nations conference in 2021.

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A FedEx aircraft aborted landing to avoid a Southwest Airlines passenger jet that was mistakenly cleared for the same runway

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Southwest planes at Austin Bergstrom International Airport
The Southwest Airlines plane was bound for Cancun, Mexico.

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