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Summer 2025

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You could fly nonstop from Phoenix to Taiwan next year
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Your face could replace your passport someday

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

The people mover tracks parking garage and air traffic control tower at Sky Harbor Airport with mountains silhouetted on an overcast day

Construction on a new Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport concourse begins this year | KJZZ

The expected project at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport will have six gates and a connector bridge between Terminals 3 and 4. It will also feature new shops, restaurants and a lounge.

An airplane with the livery for Starlux Airlines against a partly cloudy sky

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport will get its 1st nonstop flight to Asia in 2026 | KJZZ

Pending final gate approval, Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines is planning to launch a route from Taipei to Phoenix. Starlux plans to offer the flights three times a week starting in February.

Tourists and seagulls dot a beach with high-rise condos in the background

Mexican officials to enforce tourist permit requirement for Rocky Point travelers | AZPM

In May, Mexican officials began enforcing the requirement for tourists traveling to Rocky Point to carry the proper tourist permit – a rule that has long been in place but was rarely enforced.

You can visit all seven continents. But should you? | WHYY

For many travelers, Antarctica is a bucket-list destination, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to touch all seven continents. In 2023, a record-breaking 100,000 tourists made the trip. But the journey begs a fundamental question: What do we risk by traveling to a place that is supposed to be uninhabited by humans?

One Southwest Airlines plane taxis on the tarmac as another one is parked at an airport gate

Southwest Airlines will require passengers to keep chargers visible due to fire risk | NPR

This year, there have been at least 22 incidents involving lithium batteries in air travel, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration.

A United Airlines plane takes off on a runway as a Jet Blue plane taxis past an airport

United and JetBlue are partnering to sell each other’s flights and link up loyalty programs | Marketplace

It’s JetBlue’s latest attempt to increase its reach.

The Milky Way rises over the Grand Canyon at night

How AZ cities are adapting to the rise of ‘noctourism’ as more tourists head out at night | KJZZ

There is a new trend in travel and tourism, and some Arizona locations are set to try to take advantage of it.

Get ready for a world without physical passports | The World from PRX

Under new UN-backed plans to streamline air travel, physical passports could become a thing of the past. The proposal from the The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) could lead to the most-dramatic shift in international air travel policy in decades, moving from a paper-based system to just facial recognition.

The interior of a modern sleeper car compartment with wooden paneling and ambient lighting

Could slow-moving sleeper trains catch on in the U.S.? | Marketplace

A private company is envisioning something like a hotel on wheels to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco.

A construction crew builds a concrete viaduct over existing train tracks and highways next to agricultural fields

Efforts to build high-speed rail could slow down under Trump | Marketplace

The Trump administration is moving to pull back some promised federal funding from high-speed rail projects in California and Texas.

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Sky Harbor gets its first flight to Asia next year + 9 more top travel storie

Sky Harbor gets its first flight to Asia next…

Top Travel Stories From Public Radio

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Sky Harbor gets its first flight to Asia next year + 9 more top travel storie

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Top Travel Stories From Public Radio

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

International Travel

Air Travel

The Next Travel Trends

Train Travel

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