Travel & aviation
Announcements that change a trip in progress or already paid for: new authorization systems and their start dates, fee increases, border and airspace closures, industrial action, route suspensions and health entry measures. Each report notes exemptions and effective dates. For travelers holding tickets while the rules move.
Rule changes as they are announced: new visa systems, fee increases, border closures, strikes and route cuts, with the start date and who is exempt.
American Airlines is launching six new transatlantic routes in 2026 — including Dallas to Athens and Zurich, and Philadelphia to Budapest and Prague — while Delta and United both expand their biggest-ever Europe schedules.
TSA projects it will screen roughly 107 million passengers and crew between March 14 and April 28, 2026 — more than 3% above last year — so checkpoint timing and membership programs matter more than ever this spring.
With the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics running February 6-22, 2026, Milan Malpensa has reported record arrivals and the US Embassy in Italy has scaled back services — here is how travelers can route around the crowds.
A December 2025 presidential proclamation widened US entry restrictions from 19 to 39 countries effective January 1, 2026, with full or partial suspensions that change visa plans for affected travelers.