Air France canceled up to 40 percent of its long-distance flights Wednesday because of a strike by pilots and other personnel over their right to hold unannounced walkouts.

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BERLIN — Europe’s aviation watchdog called for checks Wednesday on the entire worldwide fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbo jets for cracks on parts inside the wings.

Crown Princess will end its current cruise two days early following a spike in cases of gastrointestinal illness for the second straight week.

The fatal grounding of the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast has sharpened the focus on the largely unchecked boom of these ever-larger luxury liners, and nowhere more so than in Venice.

The fatal grounding of the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast has sharpened the focus on the largely unchecked boom of these ever-larger luxury liners, and nowhere more so than in Venice.

Princess Cruises has announced delayed embarkation times for the next sailings of Crown Princess and Ruby Princess, following an increased number of suspected Norovirus cases on each of the ships’ current voyages.

Police in the Cayman Islands say a 47-year-old U.S. tourist has died while scuba diving off popular North West Point in Grand Cayman.

The Federal Air Marshal program is rife with acrimony between supervisors and air marshals, creating a climate of “tension, mistrust, and dislike,” according to a report due to be released next week.

A search is under way in waters near Mexico for a British cruise ship passenger who apparently went overboard.