Tag: Air Travel

Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines kicks toddler and family off plane over passengers’ objections: Watch

Mandy Mayfield · March 15, 2018 6:44 pm

In this June 27, 2017, file photo, a United Airlines jet taxis to a gate at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Shares of United Airlinesâ parent tumbled Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the companyâs weak forecast about revenue trends for the rest of the summer. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Senators introduce WOOFF Act after dog dies on United flight

Mandy Mayfield · March 15, 2018 5:40 pm

President Trump signs a document in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Trump’s tariff is the wrong way for trade enforcement — but there is a right way

Douglas HoltzEakin · March 15, 2018 4:01 am

A service dog strolls through the isle inside a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport while taking part of a training exercise, Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Newark, N.J.

John Kennedy demands answers from United Airlines after dog dies in airlines’ care

Melissa Quinn · March 14, 2018 7:51 pm

United Airlines expressed regret and accepted full responsibility for the incident. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Dog dies after United flight attendant forces passenger to place carrier in overhead bin

Mandy Mayfield · March 13, 2018 9:24 pm

"Airports need flexibility and local control to finance major construction projects. This market-driven reform will help modernize our nation's airports and return power to local decision-makers," said Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., in a statement last year after the bill was introduced.

Air traffic control won’t be privatized. Now what?

Diana Stancy Correll · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

The Department of Homeland Security's agriculture specialists at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport found two live adult Khapra beetles, one dead immature larva, and several cast skins in two pounds of insect-infested cow peas during a standard inspection Feb. 23. (Udo Schmidt / Wikimedia Commons)

‘Most destructive pest’ found in passengers’ luggage at DC-area airports: Customs officials

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2018 12:36 am

"Research and development is the heartbeat of 3M," said 3M CEO Inge Thulin. (AP photo)

Why a US economic bellwether believes the best is yet to come

James Langford · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Pilots struggled to touch down at Washington, D.C.-area airports Friday as strong winds swept through the area.

Dramatic video shows airplane aborting landing attempt during Washington, DC windstorm

Anna Giaritelli · March 2, 2018 9:09 pm

Delta CEO: Ending NRA discount was a way to ‘remain neutral’ in gun debate

Katelyn Caralle · March 2, 2018 4:14 pm

In this 2016 photo, a Delta Air Lines plane takes off at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta. Republicans in the Georgia state legislature vowed to kill the Delta tax break on fuel after the airline announced it would no longer offer discounted fares to National Rifle Association members, and they passed a bill to that effect on Thursday. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Georgia lawmakers pass bill to kill Delta tax break after it cut ties with NRA

Associated Press · March 1, 2018 9:04 pm

In this photo from Friday, traders Frank O'Connell, James Riley, and Michael Smyth, left to right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The three major stock market indexes tumbled Thursday, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding as much as 586 points, after Trump outlined a plan for the U.S. to charge levies of 25 percent on overseas steel and 10 percent on overseas aluminum. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S. stock markets discover a Trump trade they don’t like

James Langford · March 1, 2018 9:00 pm