Aug 08 WATCH: How to buy plane tickets in the AI era By Tim McPhillips, Daria Nastasia Delta is using artificial intelligence to help set some airfare prices. That has sparked fears that the airline, or any airline in the future, could create a custom price for you, using your data to find how much you would… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 4:39 What to know about Delta's use of AI to adjust ticket prices in real time By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery The next time you purchase an airline ticket online, there’s a chance the price was influenced by artificial intelligence. Delta Airlines is the first major carrier to begin using AI to set ticket fares, the latest development in an industry… Continue watching
Jul 27 Passengers evacuate smoking jet at Denver airport after apparent landing gear problem By Jeff Martin, Associated Press Video aired by local media showed people sliding down the inflatable chute near the front of the plane while clutching luggage and small children. Some passengers, including at least one adult carrying a young child, tripped at the end of the… Continue reading
Jul 08 WATCH: Travelers no longer required to remove their shoes in U.S. airport security, Noem announces By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will announce a new TSA policy “that will make screening easier for passengers, improve traveler satisfaction, and reduce wait times,” her agency said. Continue reading
Jul 08 After 20 years, American travelers may no longer be required to remove shoes before boarding plane By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press If implemented, it would put an end to a security screening mandate put in place almost 20 years ago, several years after "shoe bomber" Richard Reid's attempt to take down a flight from Paris to Miami in late 2001. Continue reading
May 14 WATCH: FAA official confirms hotline between military, air traffic controllers in Washington hasn't worked for more than 3 years By Josh Funk, Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration official in charge of air traffic controllers, Frank McIntosh, confirmed the agency didn't even know the hotline hadn't been working since March 2022 until after the latest near miss. Continue reading
May 05 What you need to know about REAL ID and the May 7 deadline By Bridget Brown, Associated Press Your license or identification card soon will need to be REAL ID-compliant to fly domestically in the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 27 WATCH: Senate hearing examines D.C. midair collision and NTSB preliminary report By Josh Funk, Associated Press During the hearing, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board and members of Congress again questioned how the FAA hadn’t noticed an alarming number of close calls near Ronald Reagan National Airport and addressed the problem before the January… Continue reading
Mar 21 London's Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire shut down Europe's busiest airport By Brian Melley, Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press A fire at an electrical substation knocked out power to Heathrow Airport for most of Friday, forcing Europe's busiest hub to shut down for roughly 18 hours, causing widespread cancellations and rerouting headaches, and stranding roughly 200,000 passengers. Continue reading
Mar 14 What to know about the aircraft that caught fire after landing in Denver By Thomas Peipert, Sarah Brumfield, Colleen Slevin, Matthew Brown, Associated Press, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed Thursday at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing clouds of smoke. Airport officials said 12 people were taken to hospitals… Continue reading