Tag: Air Travel

Fight to add more long-haul flights into DC-area Reagan airport heats up

Samantha-Jo Roth · April 28, 2023 11:03 pm

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DC airport brawl: Delta attacks the anti-competitive regulations protecting United

Timothy P. Carney · April 27, 2023 9:06 pm

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Yes, you should stand up when your plane lands

Timothy P. Carney · April 24, 2023 2:16 pm

FILE - Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Billy Nolen, testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine the implementation of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

FAA administrator to depart amid crisis

Brady Knox · April 21, 2023 11:58 pm

Air travel has bounced back, DC not so much

Jeremy Lott · April 21, 2023 5:02 am

FILE - In this July 17, 2013 file photo, a United Airlines jet plane landing at Los Angeles International Airport, in Whittler City Calif., passes in front of a Waxing Gibbous moon. United Airlines reports quarterly earnings on Thursday, April 24, 2014. ( AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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MLB pitcher thinks airline flight attendants are his wife’s personal servants

Christopher Tremoglie · April 19, 2023 2:47 pm

Southwest Airlines planes are parked at the terminal at Long Beach Airport on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Long Beach, California. Southwest Airlines planes were grounded nationwide for what the airline called an intermittent technology issue, causing more than 1,800 flight delays just four months after the carrier suffered a meltdown over the Christmas travel rush.

Southwest nightmare continues as ‘technical issues’ delay 1,800 flights

Jack Birle · April 18, 2023 6:17 pm

"Jesus wouldn't join the NRA,"Â wrote filmmaker Abigail Disney in an op-ed.Â (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

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The quality of mercy is not popular these days

Timothy P. Carney · April 18, 2023 9:26 am

The Justice Department, six states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the merger of US Airways and American Airlines Tuesday.

Plus-size air travelers petition for free extra seats and other accommodations

Heather Hunter · April 15, 2023 5:50 pm

You can't push against the seat until the other person returns the reclining seat to its upright position. You can't scream and swear and throw things. If you do, the airplane will land at the nearest airport and let the cops put you in a seat you'll find even less comfy, Chapman writes. (iStock Photo)

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Airline etiquette: Trading seats to help a family sit together isn’t complicated

Timothy P. Carney · April 15, 2023 11:11 am

The Obama administration is considering restricting or revoking passports held by Americans suspected of fighting for the Islamic State. (iStock Photo)

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Passport control at Dulles is a national embarrassment

Ryan Bourne · April 14, 2023 10:54 am

A mother and her baby girl sit in a passenger airline seat, the sun shining brightly in through the plane window.

Mothers express dismay over airline union plans to scrap ‘lap baby’ seats

Breccan F. Thies · April 13, 2023 5:25 pm