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A gun in your carry-on? Some are calling for stiffer fines

With a surge in guns being discovered at airport checkpoints, some security experts are suggesting higher fines and even putting violators on a no-fly list to prevent firearms from getting o...

DATE: Feb 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Travel

Travel groups want to scrap testing requirement to enter U.S.

DALLAS – Airline and tourism groups are pushing to eliminate the government requirement that international travelers provide a negative test for COVID-19 before boarding a U.S.-bound plane. ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Travel

How Sept. 11 changed air travel: More security, less privacy

DALLAS – Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t a...

DATE: Sep 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

TSA extends into January mask rule for airline passengers

Federal officials are extending into January a requirement that people on airline flights and public transportation wear face masks, a rule intended to limit the spread of COVID-19. The Tran...

DATE: Aug 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Air travel hits another pandemic high, flight delays grow

DALLAS – Air travel in the U.S. is hitting new pandemic-era highs, and airlines are scrambling to keep up with the summer-vacation crowds. Despite rising numbers of coronavirus infections fu...

DATE: Aug 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. airlines say COVID-19 variants aren’t hurting bookings

Rising concern about the fast-spreading delta variant of COVID-19 is creating turbulence for the stocks of big travel companies, but airline executives say they don’t see any slowdown in tic...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Travel rebound: 2 million people go through US airports

DALLAS – The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time si...

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

United Airlines sees a supersonic future

United Airlines aims to bring back supersonic travel before the decade is over with a plane that is currently just an artist's drawing – even the prototype hasn't flown yet. The airline said...

DATE: Jun 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

United, after years of declining revenue, hits the thrusters

DALLAS – United Airlines, which lost the distinction of being the world’s biggest carrier after shrinking for several years, plans to regain lost ground by adding more flights from key airpo...

DATE: Feb 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Delta still in ‘recovery mode’

Airline cancels hundreds more flights on Tuesday

DATE: Aug 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Complexity makes airline computer systems vulnerable

Mergers create a technological hodgepodge

DATE: Aug 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bereavement fares disappear on most airlines

DALLAS – Airlines used to give discounts to passengers who were traveling to a relative’s funeral, but those days are just about gone. Now buying a ticket to attend a funeral or v...

DATE: Jul 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Travel