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Wintry weather causes NYC-area flight delays: What to know
Airline passengers trying to get an early start to the Thanksgiving travel season are facing some delays in the New York City area after a storm brought rain, snow and high winds to the tri-state on Friday. The New York City metro area’s three big airports — Newark, JFK and LaGuardia — have nearly 200 delays on Friday, according to…
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Why airline passenger walks to the terminal gate may get a little longer
In airports across the U.S. and globe, the moving sidewalks that get passengers to gates are disappearing.
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Areas of New York, New Jersey see first snowfall of the season
Areas north and west of New York City area seeing the first snow of the season Friday morning, particularly at higher elevations.
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DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling
Officials in the Justice Department, which oversees the DEA, ordered that the searches be suspended pending an internal evaluation.
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American Airlines passenger restrained with duct tape by man during mid-flight chaos
A passenger rushed a flight attendant to open a door mid-flight on an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to DFW Airport on Tuesday, but other passengers stepped in and duct taped the man’s arms and legs until the plane landed.
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Here are the Thanksgiving food dishes TSA will allow on flights
Flying with Thanksgiving food? Here’s everything you need to know before getting to the airport security checkpoint with that frozen turkey.
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TSA prepares for anticipated busiest Thanksgiving air travel period on record
The Transportation Security Administration is preparing for what it estimates will be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period of record. The TSA estimated it will screen 18.3 million people at the nation’s airports from Tuesday, Nov. 26 (two days before Thanksgiving) to Monday, Dec. 2, a 6% increase from the same time in 2023. In 2024, passenger volumes have reached a…
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Thanksgiving travel in the US to exceed pre-pandemic numbers
AAA projects that 79.9 million Americans will go 50 miles or more away from home over the Thanksgiving holidays.
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Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy: What it means for air travel
Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest U.S. budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling…
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What travelers need to know about Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy
Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the first major U.S. passenger carrier to do so since American Airlines 13 years ago.
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Budget travel icon Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection after mounting losses
The airline hasn’t posted an annual profit since 2019 and lost more than $335 million in the first half of the year.
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Traveling during holidays? What to know about the new DOT refund rules affecting airlines
With air travel reaching new heights, the Department of Transportation has stepped in with new refund rules to help passengers get their money back if trips don’t go as planned.
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Haiti's main airport shuts down as gang violence surges in the capital, US Embassy says
Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US Embassy reported Monday.
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‘Not now!' Lions fans roar at flight attendant during game-winning field goal
Passengers were watching the closing seconds of the Lions’ game on their seatback screens when the broadcast audio paused and the message “An announcement is in progress…” appeared.
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US airlines cancel flights to Haiti after Spirit plane hit by gunfire
A Spirit Airlines flight traveling from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was diverted to the Dominican Republic after the aircraft was struck by gunfire Monday, the airline confirmed in a statement.
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NTSB report details plethora of problems before Frontier Airlines flight made fiery emergency landing in Vegas
No one among the 190 passengers and seven crew members was injured Oct. 5 on Flight 1326 from San Diego, according to a NTSB preliminary report.
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What to know about the new airline refund rules
The Department of Transportation’s new refund policy for delayed and canceled flights is now fully in effect. NBC6’s Sasha Jones has more
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‘Hallmark moment': Stranger finds rings woman lost on Boston Common days before
Lori Lange had lost a ring that belonged to her mother and her diamond wedding ring when the Phoenix resident recently visited Boston on trip — lucky for her, another visitor who happened to be in the area “had his angel wings under his little red flannel shirt”
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American Airlines expands rollout of new tech aimed at cracking down on early boarders
American Airlines is testing new technology aimed at cracking down on passengers who board before their group has been called.
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American Airlines fined $50 million for violating disability laws
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the airline “provided unsafe and undignified physical assistance to passengers” that at times resulted in injuries.