Istanbul Airport has sleep pods, therapy dogs, and the world's biggest terminal. Its CEO explains how it went from zero to the world's best in 5 years.

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A view of international departures terminal at Istanbul Airport during the rush ahead of Eid al-Adha in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 14, 2024
Istanbul Airport opened in 2019.

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Airlines deal with thousands of disruptive, troublesome, and often downright dangerous passengers every year. Here's how they classify them.

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Police officers during a routine patrol in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport.
Police officers in London Heathrow Airport.

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United Express captain did not follow co-pilot's calls before it overshot the runway, report found

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The CommuteAir plane on the EMAS stopped.
A CommuteAir plane overshot the runway after two abort landing calls.

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Air traffic controllers have become reluctant bargaining chips in the government shutdown. They just want to get paid.

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air traffic control tower
Air traffic controllers are about to miss their first paycheck of the government shutdown.

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An airline forced to cancel 70 flights when it washed plane seats wrong says it has a fix — replacing 1,700 seat covers

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A Finnair Airbus A321 lands at London Heathrow Airport, England on Monday 14th September 2020.
Finnair expects all its Airbus A321s to be back in the skies by the end of the month.

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What’s Powering All These Futuristic Data Centers? In Many Cases Repurposed Jet Engines

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Gas turbine engine of feed gas compressor inside enclosure.

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after the pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to break into the cockpit

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An American Eagle American Airlines Embraer E175LR takes off from Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A problem with the plane's intercom and knocking on the cockpit door made the pilots think someone was trying to break in.

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A United plane that suffered a broken windshield while flying at 36,000 feet may have hit a weather balloon

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An United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Baltimore on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

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2 people died after a cargo plane skidded off the runway and hit a car at Hong Kong's airport

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A cargo plane lies partially in the sea after veering off the runway during landing at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2025
A cargo plane skidded off the runway while landing at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, October 20.

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See inside the newest plane Avelo just bought. It will be one-of-a-kind in a US fleet — and it skips the middle seat.

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The E195-E2 profit hunter with blue bird livery.
Avelo purchased the E195-E2 to complement its fleet of Boeing 737s, and this plane won't have middle seats.

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