air travel

Holiday travelers wait in line to check their bags at the JetBlue terminal at Boston's Logan Airport on Friday. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

Not all movies work at cruising altitude. If you're traveling for the holidays, here's what NPR's pop culture critics suggest to make the time fly by. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption

Southwest Airlines says it's taking steps to keep its onboard beverages cooler. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption

American Airlines flight attendant Bette Nash greets passengers disembarking from her daily return flight to Boston at Reagan Washington Airport in 2017, at age 81. She died earlier this month. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

BARK Air officially launched this week, completing its first flight from New York to Los Angeles on Thursday. It also flies to London and aims to add more routes in the coming months. Joe Gall/BARK hide caption

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift celebrate after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game at M&T Bank Stadium in Maryland on Sunday. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption

Phil Stringer bonded with the crew members on his recent flight from Oklahoma City to Charlotte, N.C. He even plans to visit them in Dallas later this month. Phil Stringer hide caption

More than 50 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the upcoming July Fourth weekend. Traffic in Austin, Texas, is seen here in April. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

Passengers at O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in 2016. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

Masks are just one protective measure for these airline passengers arriving in Shanghai from Paris. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Travelers sit in a waiting area at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Providence, R.I., on April 19. A federal judge's decision to strike down the federal mask mandate has left travelers to assess the risks of public transit on their own. David Goldman/AP hide caption

An American Airlines flight to Washington, D.C., was diverted to Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday due to an unruly passenger. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption

Air passengers heading to their departure gates enter TSA PreCheck at Orlando International Airport. Access to PreCheck could now be revoked for unruly passengers. John Raoux/AP hide caption

International visitors who fly into the U.S. will have a new set of rules and requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccines, starting Nov. 8. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

Passengers queue up at Greece's Thessaloniki Makedonia Airport on Sept. 2. Recommendations about physical distancing prove hard to follow at airports — and in the jetway leading to the plane. Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

An illustration of the Overture supersonic airliner designed by the Boom Supersonic company of Denver, Colo. United Airlines announced it will purchase 15 of the planes for commercial passenger service. United Airlines hide caption

A woman walks past posters explaining mask requirements at Grand Central Terminal train station in New York City on Wednesday. Rules requiring masks on transit are unchanged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's updated mask guidance for fully vaccinated people. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start on April 19. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images hide caption

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its domestic travel guidance for fully vaccinated people on Friday, lifting certain requirements while continuing to advise mitigation measures like mask-wearing and hand-washing. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption