Sep 26 WATCH: Biden announces 'true cost' airline ticket rule at White House Competition Council meeting By Seung Min Kim, David Koenig, Associated Press Airlines made nearly $5.3 billion in baggage fees and nearly $700 million on cancellation and change fees last year, according to Transportation Department figures. Airlines charge a variety of other fees for extra legroom and other perks that are not tracked by… Continue reading
Sep 03 Threat to Mississippi from stolen plane ends in arrest, no injuries By Emily Wagster Pettus, Nikki Boertman, Associated Press An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a small airplane Saturday and threatened to crash it into a Walmart, circling for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean… Continue reading
Mar 01 WATCH: Biden banning Russia from U.S. airspace because of Ukraine By Zeke Miller, David Koenig, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press President Joe Biden announced Tuesday night in his State of the Union address that the U.S. is banning Russian flights from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Aug 04 U.S. plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official says. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watchdog urges more action to protect planes from hackers By David Koenig, Associated Press The agency said the Federal Aviation Administration has not developed a training program for cybersecurity or test airplane computer systems that could be vulnerable to attack. Continue reading
Mar 16 U.S. airlines seek billions in aid as outbreak cripples travel By David Koenig, Associated Press U.S. airlines are asking the federal government for grants, loans and tax relief that could easily top $50 billion to help them recover from a sharp downturn in travel due to the new coronavirus. Continue reading
Jan 22 New rules could bump emotional-support animals from planes By David Koenig, Associated Press The days of passengers bringing rabbits, turtles and birds on planes as emotional-support animals could be ending. Continue reading
Jan 10 Messages show Boeing employees slid 737 Max problems past FAA By David Koenig, Associated Press In internal messages, Boeing employees talked about misleading regulators about problems with the simulators. Continue reading
Jan 01 Global air crash deaths fall by more than half in 2019 By David McHugh, Associated Press The To70 consultancy said Wednesday that 257 people died in eight fatal accidents in 2019. That compares to 534 deaths in 13 fatal accidents in 2018. Continue reading
Mar 12 Trump tweets 'airplanes are becoming too complex to fly' By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump lamented the complexity of modern airplanes Tuesday in the wake of two deadly crashes in the past five months, appearing to speculate on the cause of the disasters before aviation experts from the United States and elsewhere… Continue reading