Cruising Altitude is a weekly column about air travel. Have a suggestion for a future topic? Fill out the form or email me at the address at the bottom of this page. As an avgeek and frequent traveler ...

For many travelers, checking luggage is non-negotiable. Checking a bag can make a trip easier in some ways: It frees up your hands, and rather than lugging your belongings in and out of the plane ...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WGHP) — Most of us don’t think about what happens to our checked bag at the airport, we just hope it makes it to our destination. A company in North Carolina is upgrading the tech ...

United Airlines has announced the launch of a new U.S. Customs and Borders Protection (CBP) initiative, the International Remote Baggage Screening (IRBS), for connecting passengers with checked bags ...

These rules apply to items in all carry-on bags (carry-on-sized suitcases, backpacks, purses, laptop bags and more) that you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As an avgeek and frequent traveler, I usually have a pretty good sense of when my carry-on bag isn’t going to make it with me onto ...