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Scientists have devised a robot that flies like a bird using real feathers — could this be the future of fighter jets?

Scientists have developed a robotic bird, PigeonBot II, that uses real pigeon feathers to mimic bir…

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A popular TikTok travel hack recommends using VPNs to find cheaper flights, but other strategies work better

Social media rumors suggest using a VPN to search for lower priced flights. Our research didn't fin…

Alberto Riva   


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Delta is doing a special flight for viewing the Great American Eclipse

After April 8, you'll have to wait until 2044 for the next total solar eclipse visible from the con…

Sarah Jackson   


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DGCA places Spicejet under enhanced surveillance after conducting special audit

A senior DGCA official said that based on reports of cancellation of flights and financial stress b…

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People on a $1,150 special Delta eclipse flight didn't see a total eclipse, but they weren't mad about it

"I really don't think anybody on the plane actually caught the eclipse in full totality," a passeng…

Alexandra Bacon   


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I was a flight attendant for 2 years. Here are the answers to 10 questions passengers always ask.

After two years on planes, I heard repeat questions from everyone who flies. From how we take break…

Arina Bloom   


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See inside American Airlines' massive flight operations center, where it dispatches 6,000 flights every day

American's 149,000-square-foot operations center is responsible for moving nearly 6,000 flights and…

Taylor Rains   


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Flight attendants for Lufthansa want to start charging customers for special meals, saying the number of people ordering them is getting out of hand

A Lufthansa cabin crew rep said as many as 190 passengers order special meals on long-haul flights.…

Pete Syme   


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United put on a special flight to let people celebrate New Year's Eve twice — but messed up the timing

Passengers were hoping to celebrate the arrival of 2024 twice, but a six-hour delay to their flight…

Beatrice Nolan   


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4 flight attendants plead guilty to smuggling drug money out of US after prosecutors say they used crewmember lanes to get through security

Prosecutors said the flight attendants took advantage of their "Known Crewmember" statuses to get …

Rebecca Rommen   


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EasyJet is setting up special orange mailboxes in airports around Europe to deliver kids' letters to Santa directly on flights to Lapland

EasyJet is setting up mailboxes at European airports as it found 71% of children flying over Christ…

Pete Syme   


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Team India stars cut special trophy cake to celebrate T20 World Cup triumph

From the airport, Team India reached the ITC Maurya hotel, where they stayed before their meeting w…

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The new Air Force One won't fly until 2026 years after the military Boeing 747 was supposed to first take flight

The first flight of the next-generation Boeing 747-8i — set to replace the old 747-200Bs firs…

Taylor Rains,Jake Epstein   


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I bid $290 for a premium economy seat on a 10-hour Lufthansa flight. I'm glad I didn't win.

Business Insider's author realized she'd rather have a window seat on a long-haul flight than gambl…

Monica Humphries   


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After nearly 60 years in flight, US Air Force special operators took their AC-130 gunship to Australia for the first time

Since entering service in the late 1960s, the AC-130 has seen action all over the world, but the gu…

Stavros Atlamazoglou