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Airlines could hike charges on overweight baggage because passengers are...
Summary List PlacementAirlines could hike charges on overweight baggage as they try to account for heavier passengers, an industry expert told Insider. American Airlines confirmed to Insider on June 10...
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Flight attendants describe 'unprecedented' violence as travel returns and...
Summary List PlacementWhen Nas Lewis, a Chicago-based flight attendant, went to cut off an aggressive, intoxicated passenger from drinking more alcohol, he told her: "If I had a Black Lives Matter...
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Flight passengers are getting heavier and airlines are setting new weight...
Summary List PlacementAirline passengers have gotten heavier, but companies are unlikely to weigh individual passengers at the check-in desk to help keep an aircraft within its safety limits, two...
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American Airlines has canceled hundreds of flights due to staffing shortages...
Summary List PlacementAmerican Airlines has canceled hundreds of flights scheduled for the weekend and Monday due to staffing shortages, including employees out sick, as well as maintenance issues, ABC...
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Airline trade groups are asking the Department of Justice to step up...
Summary List PlacementAirline trade groups are looking to the Department of Justice for help in cracking down on unruly behavior onboard airplanes.Ten industry trade associations joined to send a...
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Southwest CEO says the airline doesn't have enough planes for 2022 as demand...
Summary List PlacementSouthwest Airlines is coming out of the pandemic in growth mode. But one thing holding it back is a lack of airplanes. Outgoing CEO Gary Kelly told CNBC's Squawk on the Street on...
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Flight attendants will get self-defense lessons to protect themselves from...
Summary List PlacementFlight attendants will get self-defense training from July to stop violent passengers assaulting staff, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced in a Thursday...
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It's not just flight attendants dealing with unruly passengers: airport...
Summary List PlacementAn airline passenger in Denver stands accused of biting two federal security officers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said.The federal agency, which is...
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Southwest Airlines is boosting its minimum wage to $15 an hour, giving raises...
Summary List PlacementSouthwest Airlines is hiking its minimum wage to $15 an hour as travel inches back towards pre-pandemic levels. "Southwest continually works to attract and retain the best...
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Airlines are not prepared for the surge in travelers because they don't have...
Summary List PlacementTravel is surging in the US and airlines are once again faced with shortages, but it's more than just pilots this time. Many US carriers shed older aircraft from their fleets in a...
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I used a credit perk to dine for nearly free at an airport restaurant and...
Summary List PlacementThis tiny piece of metal is known as the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card and costs me $550 per year. One of the ways I justify paying that fee is by offsetting it and making...
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United just made the largest aircraft order in its history for 270 new Boeing...
Summary List PlacementThe next era of United Airlines is now arriving.A Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft painted in United's new colors arrived at the carrier's Newark hub on Sunday ahead of a landmark...
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The TSA is paying $1,000 sign-on bonuses to airport security screeners as it...
Summary List PlacementThe Transportation Security Administration is offering $1,000 sign-on bonuses to airport screeners and hopes to hire 2,000 of them in the next three months, CNBC reported. The...
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I volunteer at a major airport and deal with hundreds of unprepared...
Summary List PlacementThe summer of vaccinated travel has arrived in the US, and it's wreaking havoc on some of the nation's airlines and airports. AAA estimates that 47.7 million Americans will travel...
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What to know about airline mask rules when flying with children as travel...
Summary List PlacementTraveling with children this summer will present a new set of challenges for parents. Airlines have largely abandoned social distancing practices such as blocking middle seats and...
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Airlines may soon be required to issue refunds for delayed luggage and...
Summary List PlacementAirlines could soon be on the hook to refund fees over delayed luggage and a lack of in-flight internet, according to the Associated Press. A proposal from the Department of...
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Airlines are back to overselling flights, and one traveler walked away with a...
Summary List PlacementAmericans flying this summer will be faced with not only long lines but also oversold flights.Airlines are back to filling flights to capacity, and then some, as travel demand...
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I flew on Breeze, the 'tech company that happens to fly airplanes' from...
Summary List PlacementBreeze Airways is America's newest airline and is taking the US by storm with 39 new low-cost leisure routes across 16 cities. It's the brainchild of iconic aviation entrepreneur...
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American Airlines passenger arrested after jumping from an emergency exit...
Summary List PlacementAn American Airlines passenger was detained on Friday after leaping out of a plane's emergency exit while it was still at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The flight to...
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I went inside United's brand-new Boeing 737 Max 8 with all new seat-back...
Summary List PlacementUnited Airlines received its first Boeing 737 Max 8 on Monday, the first of a massive 270-aircraft order announced on Tuesday.Read More:United just made the largest aircraft order...
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