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Prepare for sticker shock if you are traveling this summer

DALLAS – Airlines and tourist destinations are expecting monster crowds this summer as travel restrictions ease and pandemic fatigue overcomes lingering fear of contracting COVID-19 during t...

DATE: May 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Travel

A $1.2 billion loss for Delta, but recovery is on the radar

Delta Air Lines lost $1.2 billion in the first quarter, more than expected, but executives said Thursday that the airline could be profitable by late summer if the budding recovery in air tr...

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tourism groups push U.S. to eliminate travel restrictions

Airlines and other tourism-related businesses are pushing the White House to draw up a plan in the next five weeks to boost international travel and eliminate restrictions that were imposed ...

DATE: Mar 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit

Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport security lines and busier traffic on airline websites....

DATE: Mar 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Exam finds multiple cracks in part of United jet’s engine

Microscopic examination supports early suspicions that wear and tear caused a fan blade to snap inside one engine of a United Airlines plane that made an emergency landing shortly after take...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. tightens definition of service animals allowed on planes

No more turtles, cats, pigs – or peacocks

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Holiday air travel surges despite dire health warnings

Nearly 1.2 million people passed through U.S. airports Sunday, the largest number since the pandemic gripped the country in March, despite pleas from health experts for Americans to stay hom...

DATE: Nov 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

United plans to furlough 16,000 workers, fewer than expected

United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to furlough 16,370 employees in October, a smaller number than the airline predicted in July because thousands of workers agreed to leave with the tra...

DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

United says it will drop widely scorned ticket-change fees

United Airlines says it listened to customers and is dropping an unpopular $200 fee for most people who change a ticket for travel within the United States. “When we hear from cus...

DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

American considering cutting flights to many smaller cities

DALLAS – American Airlines is planning to drop flights to up to 30 smaller U.S. cities if a federal requirement to continue those flights expires at the end of next month, an airline executi...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Air traffic is down, gun seizures up at U.S. airports

DALLAS – With air traffic nearing a five-month high, airport security is finding guns in passenger carry-on bags at three times the rate recorded before the pandemic. And 80% of t...

DATE: Aug 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

United sees revenue stalling at 50% without a virus vaccine

United Airlines executives said Wednesday that travel will rise when the number of new coronavirus cases drops but the airline’s revenue will stall around 50% of pre-pandemic levels until th...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel