Air travel is rough. Here's how the government is trying to fix it.

Tech Insider : Travel, Politics

Whether it's a delayed flight, lost luggage, added fees, or long security lines, flying can be painful. It's gotten so bad the government is stepping in to try to make air travel suck a little less. Here's how.

A key Boeing mechanic who worked on 737 Max doors was on vacation on 2 critical days before the Alaska Airlines blowout

Tech Insider
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators examine the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was jettisoned and forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing, at a property where it was recovered in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
NTSB investigators with the 737 door plug that was found in a yard.

NTSB via Reuters

United executive said the new Airbus A321XLR will replace Boeing 757 routes and open new ones

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
United 757
United is planning to replace virtually every existing 757 route with the new Airbus A321XLR.

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images

I went on British Airways' Airbus A320 planes before and after a major transformation. See how the old and new compare.

Tech Insider : Travel
A three-quarters view of a British Airways A320neo at the 2024 Farnborough Airshow
A British Airways A320neo on display at the Farnborough Airshow.

Pete Syme/Business Insider

A man in Australia was arrested after opening a plane's emergency exit and climbing onto the wing

Tech Insider : Travel
A Jetstar Airbus A320, flight number JQ510 lands at Sydney Airport from Melbourne on August 04, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.
A Jetstar Airbus A320.

James D. Morgan/Getty Images

Wizz Air and Ryanair, 2 of Europe's biggest airlines, are in a war of words over Wizz's divisive new 'all you can fly' deal

Tech Insider : Travel
A white, pink, and blue Airbus A321 takes off from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia.
Wizz Air is one of the airlines working towards a sustainable future

Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Hundreds of Boeing 787 jets are to be inspected after an incident where a plane suddenly dropped and injured 50 people

Tech Insider
LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with the 2023 Pan American Games livery is landing at Barcelona airport, in Barcelona, Spain, on June 6, 2024.
A Latam Airlines Boeing 787 suddenly dropped 400 feet during a March incident.

JoanValls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images

Boeing paused flight tests for its long-awaited 777X after finding a problem with a crucial part — a first setback for its new CEO

Tech Insider
A Boeing 777X readies for its flying display in front of crowds at the Farnborough Airshow, on 20th July 2022, at Farnborough, England
A Boeing 777X at 2022's Farnborough Airshow.

Richard Baker/Getty Images

Japan's 2nd-busiest airport was put on lockdown after a pair of scissors went missing from a store, where they were later found again

Tech Insider : Travel
Passengers and visitors are seen at New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan November 24, 2016.
New Chitose Airport.

REUTERS/Issei Kato

After making an emergency landing in Kazakhstan, a Boeing 777 got stuck in the mud. Over 300 passengers then waited 20 hours to be rescued by another airline.

Tech Insider : Travel
A Swiss Airlines Boeing 777 at Zurich Kloten Airport, Switzerland on Monday 21st January 2019.
A Swiss Air Lines Boeing 777.

Robert Smith/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Subscribe to Airlines