New data has revealed the world’s best-connected airport. IGA Istanbul Airport has been named the the world’s best-connected airport based on data from the first two quarters of 2024 compiled by aviation analytics platform Cirium. The airport, which opened just six years ago in 2018, operates 309 nonstop flights to destinations around the world — … Read more
Her pie-in-the-sky idea has really taken off. A Colorado woman says she has saved $40,000 on medical and beauty treatments over nearly three years by traveling abroad to visit the dentist, receive Botox — and even get her hair done. “I was getting hair extensions done in Idaho — they had raised their prices to … Read more
She became a mommy on the fly! Soon after boarding an international flight earlier this month, an expectant mother was forced to totally wing it when she unexpectedly went into labor and gave birth aboard the aircraft. “Yay!” cheered applauding passengers on a Pegasus Airlines plane set to fly from Istanbul to Marseille, France, as paramedics … Read more
Who says it’s nobody’s business but the Turks? Despite a catastrophic earthquake and the hotly contested reelection of President Tayyip Erdoğan, Istanbul is booming this year with some of the best new luxury hotel and tourist offerings in the world. Straddling Europe and Asia along the 20-mile-long Bosphorus Strait that connects the Black Sea to the … Read more
A woman has warned travelers to be mindful when purchasing suitcases from a thrift store after her daughter’s bag tested positive for explosives. The mom took to TikTok explaining that while on their way to Istanbul, Turkey, her daughter was stopped by security and her bag checked. “My daughter gets stopped and scanned as the case has … Read more