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U.S. lays out enforcement priorities for animals on planes

The government is telling airlines and passengers how it will enforce rules governing animals that people bring on planes. The Transportation Department said Thursday that airline...

DATE: Aug 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Consider security rules when flying with cremated remains

DALLAS – Imagine flying your mother’s ashes home and instead finding them spilled in your checked suitcase. A few travelers have shared horror stories about trying to carry the cr...

DATE: Jul 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Chief says shorthanded TSA will handle July 4 travel surge

The chief of the Transportation Security Administration says travelers should see only a slight increase in checkpoint wait times over the four-day July 4 holiday weekend despite the diversi...

DATE: Jul 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Grounded Max jets could contribute to higher summer fares

The grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets likely means that fare increases this summer will be larger than already expected and airlines will struggle to handle disruptions such as storms that sh...

DATE: May 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Delta tops long-running ranking of U.S. airlines

Delta Air Lines comes in first in a long-running study that ranks U.S. airlines by how often flights arrive on time and other statistical measures. Researchers who crunch the numb...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Airlines to give customers ‘nonbinary’ choice under gender

DALLAS – Major U.S. airlines say they will soon change their ticketing process to give passengers the option of identifying themselves as other than male or female. The gender opt...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens

Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you – from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes operated by American Airlines, Delta...

DATE: Mar 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Discounts to insurance: Many ways seniors can save on travel

DALLAS – Most seniors have more free time for leisure activities including travel, but money is tighter when the paychecks stop at retirement. Retirees who want to travel can make...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

United courts the affluent travelers with more premium seats

United, Delta and American Airlines are engaged in an airlines arms race to grab the most affluent customers. Now highly profitable after losing billions in the 2000s, they are pl...

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. aviation system is starting to show strains from shutdown

The partial government shutdown is starting to strain the national aviation system, with unpaid security screeners staying home, air-traffic controllers suing the government and safety inspe...

DATE: Jan 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Herb Kelleher, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, dies at 87

DALLAS – Not many CEOs dress up as Elvis Presley, settle a business dispute with an arm-wrestling contest, or go on TV wearing a paper bag over their head. Herb Kelleher did all t...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

In a plot twist, Spirit tops U.S. airlines in on-time arrivals

DALLAS – Spirit Airlines tops the latest ratings for on-time flights, a big turnaround for a discount carrier that consistently ranked as the tardiest airline in America three years ago. ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel