Airlines love to keep their image polished: gleaming cabins, glossy route maps, a smiling crew promising a seamless journey. But ask a flight attendant what really happens at 35,000 feet, and a ...

(CNN) — Navigating airports and airplanes can be stressful at the best of times. As millions of travelers take to the skies over the busy holiday period, that built-in stress can hit new heights. In ...

Flying has a way of making people curious. Why do they dim the cabin lights before landing? What’s really in that airplane coffee? And how much power does the captain actually have up there? Airlines ...

(CNN) — Navigating airports and airplanes can be stressful at the best of times. As millions of travelers take to the skies over the busy holiday period, that built-in stress can hit new heights. In ...

To learn from their wisdom, CNN Travel chatted with Florida-based flight attendant Hunter Smith-Lihas, who works as a flight attendant on a major US airline, and veteran Australian ...