The Iran conflict triggered some of the longest-ever flights to nowhere, with 2 planes returning to their bases after 16 hours

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An Emirates Airbus A380-800 bound for Dubai departs Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on February 26, 2026.
An Emirates Airbus A380, like the one that returned to Auckland.

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Photos show chaos at airports as passengers are left stranded due to canceled flights

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Passengers are stranded in the terminal following prolonged flight cancellations.
Passengers are stranded in airports across the world amid ongoing air strikes in the Middle East.

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Inside how political candidates jet across battleground states during election cycles

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People inside Hillary Clinton's campaign plane.
Brunson-Pitts has spent nearly two decades managing campaign travel for political candidates.

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Flight diversion map: See where flights are getting rerouted to in the aftermath of the attacks on Iran

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A list of canceled flights at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon on February 28, 2026.
A list of canceled flights from the main airport in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.

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Air safety advocates say a GOP proposal won't mandate the collision warning system airline jets need

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ADS-B
The NTSB says an anti-collision system called ADS-B In could have prevented the DC air crash.

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Spirit expands premium seats and loyalty rewards to emerge from bankruptcy

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Spirit big front seat.
Spirit First is the airline's rebranded "Big Front Seat" that was previously its only premium offering.

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600 airline passengers faced the weirdest sleepover ever, when heavy snow left them stuck on stationary planes overnight

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An Airbus A350-900 is preparing for the longest non-stop flight in the history of Lufthansa on Sunday night at Hamburg Airport.
Passengers on five Lufthansa Group flights spent the night at Munich Airport.

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MAPPED: Mexico cartel violence forced dozens of flights to divert, including a pair of private jets

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Smoke billows from burning vehicles amid a wave of violence, with torched vehicles and gunmen blocking highways in more than half a dozen states, following a military operation in which a government source said Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as
Smoke billows from burning vehicles in Puerto Vallarta on Sunday.

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How airlines turn their planes into flying billboards: from painted Pokémon to a mural of 100,000 faces

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The Turkish A350 with 100,000 faces.
Turkish Airlines put 100,000 faces on an Airbus A350 to celebrate its 500th aircraft.

Turkish Airlines

I flew an Airbus A350 flight simulator in wind and turbulence to see how pilots train for emergencies and rough landings

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Flying an A350 flight simulator in Istanbul.
I flew an Airbus A350 flight simulator and experienced extreme conditions from turbulence to low-visibility landings.

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