Category: Travel

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 […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and EUROCONTROL have worked together to validate a methodology of calculating gate-to-gate CO2 emissions, based on actual fuel burn, that will provide a basis for monitoring progress in reducing emissions to make aviation more sustainable.  EUROCONTROL, with the support of its independent Performance Review Commission (PRC), had developed a […]

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have signed a historic agreement to build a 785‑kilometre high‑speed electric railway linking their capitals, a major infrastructure project signalling deepening ties between the once‑estranged Gulf neighbours. The deal, announced in Riyadh and Doha, marks the first rail link of its kind between the two states and is expected to reshape […]

Air travel across India remained severely disrupted for a fourth consecutive day, with IndiGo — the country’s largest airline — cancelling more than 1,000 flights on Friday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded nationwide The Indian Express Firstpost. Major airports including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai reported widespread cancellations, long queues, missing […]

Join me as I head out to North Carolina on an outdoor adventure road trip across the state over a week. North Carolina is full of road trip opportunities, from exploring the East to checking out the Outer Banks. Or like I did, heading West and exploring the National Forest area and the Blue Ridge […]