One Berkeley student was able to avoid the San Francisco Bay Area’s high rent prices in a novel way. He commuted from his residence in Los Angeles to the University of California, Berkeley by plane three times weekly. The student, Bill Zhou, publicized his findings in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) post on Reddit, going…

CHISINAU, Moldova—A Tajikistan national who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport grabbed a guard’s weapon and fatally shot two security officers Friday, officials said. One traveler also was wounded. The suspect was being escorted by officials at Chisinau International Airport when he “took the gun of a border guard” and opened…

LONDON—Travelers arriving in the UK faced long delays Saturday after a technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the country for most of the day, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. The Home Office, the government…

Over the years since I first started traveling, a few perennially knotty problems have become easier to solve. – Plastic—at least the right plastic—has made it easy to obtain cash and avoid exchange gouges virtually anywhere in the world. I’ve covered this topic extensively. – The near-universal use of mobile phones has made it possible…

AUSTIN, Texas—An American Airlines worker died Thursday after being injured at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to airport officials. The worker was injured in the area where planes pull up to the terminal, a spokesperson at the airport in Austin, Texas, said. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said it was called shortly after 2 p.m. and…

The Montreal airport has an illegal taxi problem, says its regulatory authority, which is calling for a crackdown. Since January, nearly 400 tickets for infractions related to vehicles operating without a proper permit have been issued, according to the Aéroports de Montréal (ADM). “Sometimes we see taxis with fake Uber stickers on their cars, or…

The UK’s first major airport has scrapped security protocols on liquids and electronics. London City has installed new CT scanners that generate more detailed images of what is inside bags, meaning passengers no longer have to remove items at security. It means departing travellers no longer have to restrict toiletries and liquids to 100 milliletre-bottles…

BERLIN—A motorist drove at pedestrians and rammed parked cars on Friday in a parking garage at Cologne-Bonn Airport in western Germany, injuring three people slightly, police said. Two police officers also were slightly hurt as they pinned down the 57-year-old man, who appeared to have mental health issues, according to a police statement. Most people…

Two airliners came dangerously close to colliding at a Sarasota, Florida, runway last month, a preliminary report from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows. The incident took place on Feb. 16 at around 20:59 p.m. local time and involved a Boeing 737 and an Airbus 321. Air traffic control cleared an Air Canada Rouge plane—referred to…

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt.—A threat aboard a United Airlines aircraft prompted a massive emergency response that shut down Vermont’s international airport for about three hours before authorities determined the plane to be safe. The threat was made Sunday afternoon on a flight en route from Newark, New Jersey, to the Burlington International Airport, Burlington police said….