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Passengers queue at Heathrow last weekend after a cyberattack shut down systems and delayed flights.

Australian airports, take note: This is how you look after frustrated passengers

Heathrow is a place passengers love to hate, but last weekend it left me far more impressed than Australia’s airports.

  • Ute Junker
When it comes to eating at airports, just give me quick, easy and familiar.

When I’m hungry at an airport, there’s only one thing I want to eat

I have to admit that for someone who regularly writes about food for a living, I have very basic desires when it comes to airport cuisine.

  • Ben Groundwater
The US’s free Mobile Passport Control (MPC) app promises shorter wait times at 35 US airports for Australians travelling on an ESTA.

I tried the game-changing shortcut for Aussies entering the US

Want to skip the lengthy lines? There’s a much easier – but much-less publicised – option available to Australians visiting on an ESTA.

  • Rob McFarland
Just stand back so everyone can see. It’s not hard.

Of all the annoying plane passenger behaviours, this is the worst

The expression “hell is other people” never feels more appropriate than when you’re standing in an airport after a long flight.

  • Ben Groundwater
Pilot’s briefcases used to be chunky – and heavy – items of baggage.

As a pilot, here are the key items I never fly without

Pilots need to carry some key pieces of equipment for every flight, plus there are a few personal items I always take in my carry-on bag.

  • The Secret Pilot
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The Orchard at Hamad International Airport.

Best of the best: This is the ultimate airport

We can only dream of airport experiences being joyful and carefree because for the most part they are the opposite.

  • Ben Groundwater
Once consisting of a runway made from compacted sand, Dubai International is now the world’s busiest international airport.

The world’s busiest international airport is shutting down. What’s next?

Dubai International handles 92.3 million passengers a year, but its days are numbered.

  • Emma Thomson
The Department of Home Affairs has changed its method of calculating average clearance times at Australia’s international airports.

Stuck in an airport queue? Why the official waiting times don’t add up

New data shows travellers are being processed faster at Australia’s international airports in 2023-24 than in 2022-23. But the federal government is fudging the figures.

  • Sean Parnell
I did not expect Tokyo’s Haneda airport to offer the worst airport experience I’ve had for a long time.

A Tokyo airport delivered my worst travel experience in a long time

The Japanese have traditionally been known for their organisation and politeness. How could it go so wrong?

  • Lee Tulloch
Battersea Power Station xxBattersea Story on the reopening of the London icon, Battersea Power Station By Sue Williams credit: Battersea Power Station (handout photo supplied via journalist for use in Traveller, no syndication)

Born again: 10 of the most amazing reinvented places in travel

Everything old is new again, from heritage icons transformed into luxury stays to a tsunami-lashed railway rebirthed as the ultimate scenic journey.

  • Traveller team