Private toilets may sound trivial but they’re the latest focus in a highly competitive luxury air travel arms race.

Passengers aboard a Virgin Australia flight had to urinate in bottles after toilets on a plane failed to work, according to reports. Images circulating online appeared to show toilets filled with ...

Instead of water, airplane toilets use a vacuum mechanism to suck waste into a holding tank and, despite rumors, it's safe to flush while seated on the toilet. If you're reading this, you've probably ...

This awkward scenario could be a thing of the past though, thanks to a group of Brigham Young University physicists who figured out how to make airplane toilets quieter. After two years of trial and ...

Have you ever wondered what goes into making it possible to use the restroom at 30,000 feet (10,000 m)? [Jason Torchinsky] at the Autopian recently gave us an interesting look at the history of the ...