Tag: Air Travel

A worker cleans a jet bridge at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, before passengers board an Alaska Airlines flight on March 4, 2019. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines owns Horizon Air. An off-duty pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, tried to shut down the engines in mid-flight and had to be subdued by the crew, according to a pilot flying the plane.

What we know about the Alaska Airlines pilot facing 83 counts of attempted murder

Rachel Schilke · October 24, 2023 7:57 pm

Off-duty pilot charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down jet’s engine midair

Misty Severi · October 23, 2023 6:59 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)

United Airlines tries to speed up boarding process with new priority system

Misty Severi · October 19, 2023 3:20 pm

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) speaks during a meet-and-greet on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Creston, Iowa.

Israel war: The cost of DeSantis’s rescue flight to the region

Rachel Schilke · October 18, 2023 9:18 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan appears before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in Washington.

Energy and Environment

EPA takes step toward regulating small aircraft emissions

Nancy Vu · October 18, 2023 7:50 pm

Israel war: GOP congressman rescues 96 stranded Americans

Jenny Goldsberry · October 15, 2023 1:51 pm

Israel war: El Al Airlines will break 40-year policy of not flying on Jewish Sabbath to get citizens home

Eden Villalovas · October 12, 2023 9:41 pm

Mourners react beside the body of Mapal Adam during her funeral in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

Flights between US and Tel Aviv halt as Americans in Israel try to flee

Anna Giaritelli · October 12, 2023 9:17 pm

Passengers arriving from the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles that made an emergency stop in Saudi Arabia upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.

Israel war: Airlines cancel flights to Tel Aviv after Hamas attack

Conrad Hoyt · October 10, 2023 5:06 am

Criminals target almost a dozen cars in smash-and-grab string near Oakland International Airport

Luke Gentile · October 4, 2023 3:27 pm

TSA finding guns in airline passenger luggage nearly every hour of every day

TSA finding guns in airline passenger luggage nearly every hour of every day

Anna Giaritelli · October 2, 2023 9:42 pm

Beltway Confidential

Airline etiquette: Here’s the proper rule regarding saving seats on Southwest Airlines

Timothy P. Carney · September 28, 2023 6:44 pm