Airline industry

Passengers wait in line at All Nippon Airways' counter at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Saturday. A sign, right, reads "Flight cancellation counter."
Asia

Even the Pope couldn’t avoid the Airbus software fix that disrupted flights across the world

By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
November 29, 2025
The Rev. Brian Daley speaks with two airline employees after they prayed at Our Lady of the Airways, a Catholic chapel at Logan International Airport, in Boston on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Travel & Leisure

‘It’s a little escape’: Airport workers find refuge in airport chapels during Thanksgiving rush

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November 25, 2025
Travelers line up at the security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 2024, ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
Travel & Leisure

73 million Americans will be driving and nearly 18 million will go through TSA in the busiest Thanksgiving travel season in 15 years

By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
November 24, 2025
Transportation chief offers advice to increasingly angry Americans: ‘Let’s maybe go back to an era where we didn’t wear our pajamas to the airport?’
Travel & Leisure

Transportation chief offers advice to increasingly angry Americans: ‘Let’s maybe go back to an era where we didn’t wear our pajamas to the airport?’

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November 21, 2025
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday it will give 776 air traffic controllers $10,000 bonuses for "perfect attendance."
Politics

Just 776 FAA employees will get Trump’s $10,000 bonus, but unions say thousands who worked during the shutdown were left out

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November 21, 2025
Flights won’t just ‘bounce back’ after the government shutdown ends, airlines association warns. Here are all of the airports that are delayed
North America

Flights won’t just ‘bounce back’ after the government shutdown ends, airlines association warns. Here are all of the airports that are delayed

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November 11, 2025
US Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, speaks with reporters as he arrives for Senate votes to reopen the government on day 41 of the government shutdown at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025.
Politics

Swing-state Democrats turn on 8 centrists not facing reelection over hijacked shutdown

By Bill Barrow, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
November 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea on October 29, 2025 in Japan.
North America

“Get back to work, NOW!!!”: Trump pressures unpaid controllers as FAA grounds thousands of flights

By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk and The Associated Press
November 11, 2025
Transportation chief rules out air travel for many Americans this Thanksgiving unless shutdown ends as flights are ‘reduced to a trickle’
Politics

Transportation chief rules out air travel for many Americans this Thanksgiving unless shutdown ends as flights are ‘reduced to a trickle’

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November 9, 2025
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Economy

Canceled weekend flights climb past 2,500 as shutdown grinds on

By John Seewer and The Associated Press
November 9, 2025
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom says the government shutdown is affecting travel bookings for the upcoming holiday season.
North America

American Airlines CEO says the government shutdown is impacting holiday travel bookings: ‘Nobody wants to put up with hassle’

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November 8, 2025
Frontier CEO Barry Biffle suggested passengers buy second tickets to ensure they don't get 'stranded' during the government shutdown.
Law

Frontier’s CEO on air travel reductions: Buy a second plane ticket from competitors if you ‘don’t want to be stranded’

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November 7, 2025
Aviation
North America

The airline chaos is so bad that an expat has to fly to Canada and drive to Pennsylvania to visit her father with terminal cancer

By Matt Sedensky, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
November 7, 2025
Airline
North America

These are the airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown

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November 7, 2025
arirlines
North America

‘You can’t expect people to go in to work when they’re not getting a paycheck’: Travelers sympathize despite 800 downed Friday flights

By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
November 7, 2025

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