Italy's Aviation Strikes & Frontier's First South America Flights

21 travel stories from the last 24 hours — here’s what’s moving:

Passengers moving through an airport security screening checkpoint

The Water Bottle Rule May Not Survive the Winter

TSA is weighing whether to let PreCheck passengers carry full water bottles through checkpoints at airports with newer CT scanners, though the 3-1-1 rule stays in force for now.

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You Have Until November 15 to Save This Perk

American Airlines and Hyatt are ending their enhanced loyalty partnership, and members who want to keep earning cross-program rewards must link their accounts by 15 November.

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Brightline Finally Lets You Change Your Mind

Brightline has added a fully flexible FLEX fare on its Orlando routes, allowing refunds to the original form of payment and changes with no fee.

Colourful colonial buildings and balconies in the walled old town of Cartagena, Colombia

Frontier Has Never Flown to South America Until Now

Frontier is opening its first South American routes with three Colombian cities from Orlando, starting with Medellin on 10 December and introductory fares from $99 one way.

Modern high-rise architecture along the waterfront in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Aegean Skipped Amsterdam and Landed in Rotterdam Instead

Aegean has opened twice-weekly Athens flights to Rotterdam The Hague, giving the southern Randstad its own direct link to Greece.

A large cruise ship under construction alongside a shipyard dock

Carnival Dropped Its Own Logo for Three Neon Sparkles

Carnival replaced its logo across social media with three glowing sparkles and promised a tropical with a twist announcement for today.

Clear shallow turquoise water and pale sand on a Bahamian beach

One Bahamian Port Just Vanished From a Carnival Itinerary

Carnival has revised eleven sailings across four ships, including one that drops Princess Cays entirely in favour of Half Moon Cay.

The Flame Towers and waterfront skyline of Baku, Azerbaijan

Baku Is Reopening Two Routes It Had Given Up On

Azerbaijan Airlines restores four-times-weekly Baku-Jeddah service on 15 September and revives Baku-Astrakhan, suspended since 2025, on 30 September.

Terracotta rooftops and colonial streets in Cusco, Peru, with Andean hills behind

Machu Picchu’s Gateway Has Never Had a Flight to Brazil

LATAM will fly Cusco to Sao Paulo from March 2027, creating the first direct air link between the Peruvian city and Brazil.

A palm-fringed beach and turquoise lagoon on a Fijian island

Fiji Found a Way Into Sydney Without Using Sydney Airport

Fiji Airways will be the first international carrier to serve Western Sydney International, flying Nadi three times a week from March 2027.

View across Yerevan, Armenia, with Mount Ararat rising behind the city

Armenia’s Capital Is About to Reach Twenty-Two Cities on One Airline

Wizz Air is basing a fourth aircraft at Yerevan in December, adding Basel, Valencia and Varna and taking its Armenian network to 22 destinations.

The Dubai skyline at dusk with high-rise towers stretching to the horizon

Lufthansa Just Put the Gulf Back on Its Winter Map

Four Lufthansa Group airlines will restore Dubai flights from late October, alongside a wider return to Dammam, Erbil, Tehran and Riyadh.

Street scene in Karachi, Pakistan, with traffic and city buildings

A Saudi Budget Airline Went From Two Pakistan Routes to Seven

Flyadeal’s new Madinah-Karachi service is its seventh Pakistan route in barely a year, up from two when it entered the market.

A gilded Buddhist temple spire rising above rooftops in Bangkok, Thailand

One Gulf Airport Now Flies to Thailand Seven Times a Day

Air Arabia’s fourth daily Sharjah-Bangkok departure pushes its Thailand programme to 49 flights a week, an average of seven every day.

A coastal village on the Costa Brava in Catalonia

From October, Every Catalan Town Can Name Its Own Price

From 1 October, Catalan municipalities outside Barcelona may set their own tourist tax surcharge of up to four euros a night.

Limestone islands and a quiet beach in Langkawi, Malaysia

Disney’s Singapore Ship Finally Found Somewhere to Stop

Disney Adventure gets its first ever port of call on 31 December, when select four-night Singapore sailings begin calling at Langkawi.

Shipyard cranes towering over a vessel under construction

Ninety Million Gallons Just Lifted the Fourth Icon

Royal Caribbean’s Hero of the Seas floated out at Meyer Turku this month, putting water under the keel of the fourth Icon-class ship ahead of a 2027 Miami debut.

A large ocean liner under way on open water

The Last Real Ocean Liner Is Getting a Fourteenth Deck

Queen Mary 2 enters drydock at Brest on 31 March 2027 for a refit that adds 31 staterooms, a new top deck and a rebuilt planetarium.

Turquoise shallows along a Red Sea coastline

Etihad Found a Sixth Saudi City, and It Is a Beach

Etihad opens flights to Red Sea International Airport in Tabuk Province on 4 October, its first Saudi destination that is not a business or pilgrimage city.

Trains waiting beneath the roof of a large railway station

Amtrak Is Closing the Doorway to Washington for Eleven Days

Amtrak will suspend Virginia-to-Washington service from 16 to 26 October to rebuild the A interlocking, the track junction every southbound train passes through.