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False claims that there’s a help desk in Vienna Airport for passengers who accidentally travel to Austria rather than Australia are circulating on Facebook and Threads. 

One post, shared 33,000 times on Facebook, says: “If you’re having a bad day, just remember that the airport in Vienna has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia.” 

The same claim about nearby Salzburg Airport went viral last year. As we pointed out at the time, the claim appears to have come from a photo, which a post on Threads has shared, showing a sign that says: “Sorry, this is Austria not Australia! Need help? Please press the button.” 

Several photos of the sign and the claim have been circulating online for years. One example includes a picture of the…

Summer travel in the U.S. has been a nightmare, both for travelers flying domestically and internationally.

American travelers should prepare for end-of-summer challenges, from the recent travel surge over Labor Day to intense summer storms becoming more frequent.

If you’re traveling soon, it’s helpful to check how your departing airport or chosen airline is stacking up in terms of cancellations. Forbes Advisor compiled data from FlightAware and found that more than 150 flights have been canceled at the top 10 airports for cancellations as of midday Thursday.

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By Perry Wilson

Ponoka and Lacombe airports recently hosted dedication events for a missionary plane dubbed ‘Bush Hawk,’ for charity project MiracleAir.

The Hansen family, who are behind the project, were in Ponoka on Sept. 19 and in Lacombe on Sept. 20.

What does the Ponoka airport have to do with remote villages of southeast coastal Nicaragua? The story began when Nancy Hansen and her husband Norman decided to not do what many of her fellow Nicaraguans have done — leave home and never return.

Instead the couple answered what they considered God’s call to help Nicaraguan villagers. They operated an airbase from where Norman could fly a simple aircraft to wherever help was needed and there was an airstrip.

He did an airdrop of medicine to counter snake venom, to save…