Tag: Air Travel

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Bear, Delaware.

Buttigieg promises less chaos for travelers as 2022 nightmare season lurks in memories

Eden Villalovas · November 20, 2023 4:37 pm

American Airlines planes sit stored at Pittsburgh International Airport on March 31, 2020, in Imperial, Pennsylvania.

American Airlines offering $250,000 bonus for pilots from UPS and FedEx: Report

Asher Notheis · November 16, 2023 6:42 pm

Record 30 million travelers will board flights over Thanksgiving. Here’s what to know

Anna Giaritelli · November 13, 2023 9:15 pm

Travelers line up at the Southwest Airlines ticket counter in the departures area of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in New York.

Thanksgiving: Looming government shutdown could cause disaster for holiday travel

Misty Severi · November 13, 2023 5:34 pm

Social media can help holiday fliers, but beware of scams

Jeremy Lott · November 10, 2023 10:10 am

A Delta Airlines jetliner waits for a Southwest jetliner to taxi pst on the way to a runway for take off from Denver International Airport.

Flying for the holidays? Spike in airplane near collisions ‘must serve as a wake-up call’

Anna Giaritelli · November 10, 2023 12:41 am

$In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, photograph, an airman with the Royal Saudi Air Force walks away from a C-130 Hercules military cargo plane near Mukalla, Yemen, at an airport now serving as a military base for the United Arab Emirates. The port city of Mukalla, once held by al-Qaida, shows how fractious Yemen is and will remain even if the Saudi-led war in the country ends in an uneasy peace for the Arab world's poorest nation.$ Beltway Confidential

Reclining your airplane seat is generally fine. Retaliating against recliners is not

Timothy P. Carney · November 2, 2023 11:54 pm

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

Pilot indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot captain if plane diverted for medical event

Misty Severi · November 1, 2023 4:15 pm

Muslims in Russia protest arrival of Israelis by descending on airport

Jenny Goldsberry · October 29, 2023 9:33 pm

Migrants outside a New York City hotel.

New York City offers one-way plane tickets to illegal immigrants to get them out

Misty Severi · October 27, 2023 3:19 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, file photo, Alaska Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Sea-Tac International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Officials say an Alaska Airlines jetliner struck a brown bear while landing early Saturday evening, Nov. 14, 2020, killing the animal and causing damage to the plane.

Alaska Airlines pilot charged with attempted murder says he took ‘magic mushrooms’ before flight

Rachel Schilke · October 25, 2023 10:19 pm

Michael Whitaker testifies during his nomination to be administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration on Capitol Hill, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington.

Biden pick to lead FAA confirmed after vacancy of more than 18 months

Samantha-Jo Roth · October 24, 2023 10:46 pm