Category: Travel

In a landmark move for North American transit, Alstom has finalized a €920 million ($20.2 billion MXN) contract with Mexico’s Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) to spearhead the nation’s passenger rail revival.1 Announced in late December 2025, the agreement covers the supply of 47 state-of-the-art passenger trains as a core component of Mexico’s National Development […]

There are places that you visit, and places that stay with you. Sligo, The Wild West of Ireland, tucked between the Atlantic Ocean and Ireland’s myth-soaked mountains, is the latter for sure. It’s a land of poetry and peaks, sea spray and sheepdogs, ancient cairns and cold‑water surfing with seaweed bathing chucked in for good […]

While the FAA officially reopened Eastern Caribbean airspace at midnight on Sunday, January 4, 2026, a massive logistical backlog has left an estimated 50,000 to 75,000 American tourists stranded. The 24-hour grounding, triggered by the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, paralyzed regional travel during the peak post-holiday return window. Commercial flights resumed Sunday […]

In what aviation officials are calling an “unprecedented” technical catastrophe, Greek airspace was paralyzed by a technical glitch on Sunday, January 4, 2026. A total collapse of radio communication frequencies at the nation’s primary air traffic control centers triggered a nationwide grounding of all flights, leaving thousands of passengers stranded and sending shockwaves through European […]

In this blog post, I share with you my top 7-day itinerary suggestions for Louisiana. I started in Baton Rouge, travelled to St. Francisville, and ended in New Orleans, spending two nights in each city. There’s plenty to see and explore across Louisiana on a road trip, and I hope you enjoy reading my 7-day […]

DUBLIN, Ireland — In a landmark move for Ireland’s sustainable transport future, Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) has finalized a €160 million contract with Alstom for an additional 100 X’trapolis electric multiple unit (EMU) carriages. Announced on December 22, 2025, this third major order under the DART+ Programme signals the impending retirement of the original 1984 […]

A powerful winter storm sweeping across the north-eastern United States has upended one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, forcing airlines to cancel more than 1,500 flights and delay thousands more as heavy snow and hazardous conditions spread across major transport hubs. According to flight‑tracking service FlightAware, 1,581 flights within, into or out of the U.S. […]

London Heathrow is preparing to launch a major wave of infrastructure upgrades in 2026, backed by a £1.3 billion investment programme designed to enhance passenger experience, strengthen operational resilience and modernise key airport systems. The funding forms part of Heathrow’s current five‑year H7 regulatory plan and follows a year of record growth and improved punctuality at the […]

EASA has published the 15th edition of the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS) that outlines the strategic priorities shared by EASA and Member States, the primary safety risks affecting the European aviation safety system and the necessary actions to mitigate them. The Agency is currently undertaking a comprehensive review of the approach to the […]

Ana Vieira da Mata has been elected as the new Chair of EASA’s Management Board (MB). The MB brings together representatives of the Member States and the European Commission and is responsible for the definition of the Agency’s priorities, the establishment of the budget and for monitoring the Agency’s operations. The Chair of the body […]