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March 16, 2019

5 things to know about Boeing's problems over new airplane

Investigators at a lab in France and a field in Ethiopia are looking for clues into the second deadly accident involving ...

March 14, 2019

FAA relents, says it grounded 737 Max jets based on new data

As country after country grounded Boeing's 737 Max jets after a deadly crash Sunday in Ethiopia, U.S. air safety regulators ...

March 13, 2019

Pilots have reported issues in US with new Boeing jet

Airline pilots on at least two U.S. flights have reported that an automated system seemed to cause their Boeing 737 Max ...

February 26, 2019

Correction: Cargo Plane Crash story

In a story Feb. 25 about a cargo plane crash in Texas, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the first two bodies ...

February 24, 2019

Sheriff: No likely survivors in jetliner crash near Houston

A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into a bay east ...

February 23, 2019

Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens

Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you — from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems ...

February 20, 2019

FAA probes Southwest calculations of baggage weight on jets

Federal officials have told Southwest Airlines to fix the way it calculates the weight of luggage loaded on flights after ...

February 16, 2019

Airlines to give customers 'nonbinary' choice under gender

Major U.S. airlines say they will soon change their ticketing process to give passengers the option of identifying themselves ...

February 08, 2019

Expedia, Orbitz stop selling Venezuela tickets amid turmoil

Travel websites like Expedia and Orbitz have quietly stopped selling airline tickets for Venezuela amid recent political ...

February 06, 2019

United courts the well-heeled with more premium seats

United, Delta and American Airlines are engaged in an airlines arms race to grab the most affluent customers. Now highly ...

February 01, 2019

A deluge of drones fly over Super Bowl stadium, despite ban

The sky above the stadium that will host Sunday's Super Bowl is being "inundated" with an alarming number of drones, raising ...

January 26, 2019

Travel groups praise deal on shutdown after flight delays

Politicians couldn't overcome their differences and end the government shutdown over five weeks. Six air traffic controllers ...

January 24, 2019

Southwest 4Q profit falls, federal shutdown hurts revenue

Southwest Airlines says it has lost $10 million to $15 million so far from the partial government shutdown but overall travel ...

January 24, 2019

Q&A: A look at what happens when drones get near airports

The ability of drones to interfere with airliners — and inconvenience their passengers — has now been demonstrated on two ...

January 20, 2019

Winter storm forces airline cancellations, road troubles

A plane carrying 129 people skidded Saturday from a slick Chicago runway and a plow driver was killed when his truck rolled ...

January 20, 2019

The Latest: Slick road leads to 15-vehicle Missouri pileup

The Latest on a winter storm in the Midwest and New England (all times local): 6 p.m. A 15-vehicle crash has blocked a ...

January 16, 2019

United Airlines posts smaller profit but tops expectations

United Airlines reported Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit slipped 20 percent due to higher fuel and labor costs, but ...

January 15, 2019

Delta says shutdown is costing $25M in January revenue

Delta Air Lines expects to lose $25 million in revenue this month from the partial government shutdown that is also creating ...

January 15, 2019

No. of no-show airport security screeners soars in shutdown

The number of airport security screeners failing to show up for work around the country is soaring as the partial government ...