Airports

Trapped in an arrivals hall in a Malaysian airport, Hassan Al Kontar has the vagaries of the modern global systems of asylum to blame. To pass the time, he narrates his strange new life through selfie videos.

• By Abby Seiff

A new book by a German historian looks at the conflicting history of segregation in commercial air travel.

• By Peter C. Baker

The loss of the U.S. Airways hub signaled the start of Pittsburgh's remarkable turnaround. Does that make United Airlines' departure from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport a cause for celebration?

• By Jim Russell