Travel

China is blocking more than a dozen U.S. airline flights to the country because some passengers on recent flights tested positive for COVID-19.

The TSA shares an annual list of the most unusual items it has confiscated from travelers at airports.

Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line announced the cancellation of some voyages amid the spread of omicron and “ongoing travel restrictions.”

You’ll be grateful you packed these items in your car in case you get stranded on the road.

Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as the omicron variant jumbled schedules and drew down staffing levels at some carriers during the busy holiday travel season.

More than 2,600 U.S. flights and more than 4,100 worldwide were canceled as of midday Monday, according to tracking service FlightAware.

Airlines are having to increase pay for employees amid a wave of cancellations due to staff shortages as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the travel industry.

The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week.

Even if you’re fully vaccinated, the CDC is advising against traveling on a cruise ship.

A woman who flew to Iceland last week said she quarantined in a bathroom for four hours after finding out, mid-flight, that she had COVID-19, according to reports.

The U.S. travel ban from several southern African countries is being lifted, President Joe Biden said in a proclamation.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said the U.S. should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel, signaling a potential embrace of an idea the Biden administration has previously eschewed, as COVID-19 cases spike.

Starting Dec. 27, the price to get a passport book will climb $20. The State Department says the price hike is necessary “ to ensure we continue to produce one of the most secure travel and identity documents in the world.”

More than 700 flights entering, leaving or flying within the U.S. were called off Sunday.

With a little over 30 cancelled flights at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Christmas Eve, some travelers are feeling the troubles of air travel.

The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.

Delta, United and Lufthansa have reported canceling dozens of flights over Christmas amid staff shortages tied to omicron.