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Drugged tiger cub found in suitcase at airport

TOPICS: Thailand Travel news Airports Bangkok Krung Thep Mahanakhon A sedated two-month-old tiger cub has been discovered by Thai airport officials hidden in a suitcase filled with stuffed tiger toys.

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Schoolgirl barred from flying with violin

TOPICS: Travel news Airlines Ryanair A father and his daughter were assured at check-in by Ryanair that it was a-okay to carry her expensive instrument on-board and stow it in the overhead bin,...

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All Blacks appear in Air New Zealand safety video

TOPICS: New Zealand Travel news Airlines Air New Zealand Air New Zealand has launched a humorous yet informative safety video which stars numerous All Blacks rugby players

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Lufthansa's in-flight pillow fight

TOPICS: Frankfurt Travel news Airlines Weird Flying Lufthansa Tel Aviv Germany Israel Freistaat Bayern Tel Aviv District On a recent Lufthansa flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt, an impromput pillow fight broke out in the economy section of the plane.

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Half of all Kiwis planning overseas holiday

TOPICS: Wellington Travel news New Zealand United States Auckland Queenstown Christchurch Fiji Islands Otago Auckland Canterbury Wellington Almost half of all Kiwis are planning to head overseas on a holiday during the next six months, a survey has found.

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Air NZ picks up passengers as Pacific Blue withdraws domestic services

TOPICS: Travel news New Zealand Australia Air New Zealand Air New Zealand will carry thousands of passengers who have been disrupted by Pacific Blue's withdrawal of domestic services

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Mobile phone use overseas a rip-off?

TOPICS: New Zealand Travel news Australia Travellers are coming home to mobile phone bills worth thousands of dollars after using their handsets and mobile broadband overseas.

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Privacy group files lawsuit over stored body scanner images

TOPICS: United States Travel news Airports Airport security Following claims tens of thousands of images from airport body scanners have been stored or recorded, a privacy group has filed a lawsuit.

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Kiwis okay to call Brits 'Poms'

TOPICS: England Travel news United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland England UK residents shouldn’t be offended if Kiwis and Aussies arriving on their shores refer to them as "Poms", say UK tourism chiefs.

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Steward fights with passenger, jumps off plane

TOPICS: New York City Travel news Airlines United States New York Fed-up flight attendant reportedly cursed passengers on the plane public-address system, grabbed some beer from the galley and exited on an emergency slide.

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Europe only a five-hour plane ride away

TOPICS: New Zealand Travel news Airlines Flying Europe The dream of a plane ride to Europe being less than five hours is now one step closer to reality.

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Dumpster pools in New York City

TOPICS: New York City Travel news Weird swimming United States New York What do New Yorkers do when they need relief from the heat? They convert dumpsters into pools.

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Tubby Turkish Airlines attendants to trim down

TOPICS: Turkey Travel news Airlines Turkish Airlines has told 28 of its flight attendants to slim down or face being grounded.

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Skinny woman kicked off plane for chubby passenger

TOPICS: Las Vegas Travel news Flying United States Nevada A Southwest Airlines passenger said she was left "stunned" after reportedly being kicked off her flight so that an overweight passenger could have an extra...

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Colour the world

TOPICS: Austria Travel news Germany festivals Green with envy that you missed this year's World Bodypainting Festival? No need to feel blue — we've gathered the brightest highlights from the biggest...

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Turbulence like 'falling down an elevator shaft'

TOPICS: Los Angeles Travel news Flying Washington Colorado United States California District of Columbia Massive turbulence over Kansas forced a United Airlines to make an emergency landing, hurting 30 passengers in the process.

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Protect your body from airport perverts

TOPICS: United States Travel news Airports Airport security This has got to be the most ingenious invention since sliced bread. The "flying pastie" tackles the problem of, well, just that, covering your tackle when it's...

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'Soup Nazi' shop reopens in NY

TOPICS: New York City Travel news Wine and dine Food United States New York He's back! The soup stand that inspired the Soup Nazi episode on Seinfeld has reopened in New York City — six years after its famously brusque...

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Down and dirty at Boryeong

TOPICS: Travel news festivals Culture Korea Love getting down and dirty? Revellers packed Boryeong City's Daecheon Beach in South Korea to celebrate the 13th Boryeong Mud Festival.

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Redneck mud and mischief

TOPICS: Atlanta Travel news Weird festivals Culture United States Georgia Billed as "more fun than indoor plumbing", the 14th annual Summer Redneck Games took place last week in the US southern state of Georgia.