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The Boeing 747, aka the Jumbo Jet, is the world's most famous airplane, but the Queen of the Skies is facing the end of her reign.

Frontier Airlines will start charging customers a $100 fee for carry-on bags.

Two passenger jets clipped each other Wednesday night while preparing to take off from the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Mount Fuji is one step closer to joining Unesco’s prestigious World Heritage List, but is the list getting too big, and is it skewed?

The Mount Everest brawl over the weekend underlined questions about the evolving roles of climbers and Sherpa guides.

Airbnb's new "Verify ID" function will make sure you're real both online and off to enhance user trust.

Survival International hopes an all-out boycott of the Andaman Islands can once and for all put an end to "human safaris" into the Jarawa reserve.

Most of the world's biggest spenders come from Asia, but one Middle Eastern nation's residents spend almost twice as much on travel.

Wounded Knee, site of the infamous massacre, could be sold to private investors on May 1 if the Oglala Sioux don’t buy it for $3.9 million.

The scuffle at 23,000 feet between mountaineers and Sherpa guides exposed a clash between traditional expeditions and free alpine climbers.

Famous European climbers Ueli Steck and Simone Moro were allegedly involved in a brawl with Sherpas at a Mount Everest camp.

A bridge-building cultural exchange between Greece and Qatar went awry thanks to two "scandalous" Greek statues depicting male nudes.

The nomination would make Foxx the only African-American chosen for a Cabinet opening in Obama’s second term.

François-Henri Pinault has promised to return artifacts missing from China, just as France's president visits the country.

A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital just outside of Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, and sparking national concern about the state of the country's state institutions.

Big is in. Just ask the guys who designed these 14 structures, the largest of their kind in the world.

Virgin America’s seat-to-seat delivery service takes the concept of social travel to a new level, but is it creepy or cool? Depends on who you ask.

Kashmir, disputed over by China and India, causes trouble again as Chinese troops move into a region claimed by both countries.

Semiprecious stones made the fortune of a Chinese village, until they turned into its environmental ruin.

A former Auschwitz Nazi guard, 93-year-old Hans Lipschis, is under investigation by German officials and could be convicted of being an accessory to murder.

Considering a career as a flight attendant? Think again. The profession ranked as one of the worst jobs in 2013.

FAA expects delays up to 3.5 hours due to controller furloughs, but it's airlines who pay for any tarmac delays over three hours.

An emergency evacuation message at LAX Monday night was accidentally activated by an airport employee.

The National Assembly of France voted in favor of gay marriage Tuesday, making the Western European nation the 14th country to do so.

Ben Affleck and other celebrities announced their support of the Global Poverty Project "Below the Line" campaign this week.

Answer this honestly: How honest a traveler are you? That’s exactly what Hotels.com wanted to find out.

The TSA announced on Monday that it would delay allowing knives on planes, which was set to begin on Thursday.

A man attempting to save three sharks ended up getting bitten last week.

If U.S. Homeland Security has its way, Congress may soon authorize the study of a fee for all land crossings.