Air travel

In a viral TikTok video, “Captain Steve” explains the three dings he uses onboard to communicate to flight attendants.

In a viral “friendly PSA” on TikTok, a pilot shares what can happen if just three or four people’s phones try to receive an incoming phone call.

A grenade was found inside a man’s carry-on luggage at LaGuardia International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is pumping nearly $70 billion dollars into improving and expanding passenger rail across the U.S. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us that traveling by train can also be good for the planet.

Airlines For America, a trade group that represents American Airlines, United and Delta, said the proposal “will drive up ticket prices” and “negatively impact carrier operations.”

The woman boarded a Nov. 26 Delta flight without a boarding pass and after bypassing two “identity verification and boarding status stations,” TSA said.

The woman is in custody in France, a source told NBC News.

A stowaway bypassed screening measures before being discovered on a flight from New York to Paris amid the Thanksgiving travel rush, authorities said Wednesday.

Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.

In airports across the U.S. and globe, the moving sidewalks that get passengers to gates are disappearing.

Officials in the Justice Department, which oversees the DEA, ordered that the searches be suspended pending an internal evaluation.

A passenger rushed a flight attendant to open a door mid-flight on an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to DFW Airport on Tuesday, but other passengers stepped in and duct taped the man’s arms and legs until the plane landed.

After a couple lost a bag despite having an AirTag, an airliner didn’t help locate the luggage. Here are baggage tips. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. 

Flying with Thanksgiving food? Here’s everything you need to know before getting to the airport security checkpoint with that frozen turkey.

The AirTag said the checked bag was inside the airport, but United Airlines said it couldn’t find it. The bag later traveled 30 miles away.

Airplane food might soon get a little tastier.

AAA projects that 79.9 million Americans will go 50 miles or more away from home over the Thanksgiving holidays.

Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the first major U.S. passenger carrier to do so since American Airlines 13 years ago.

The airline hasn’t posted an annual profit since 2019 and lost more than $335 million in the first half of the year.

With air travel reaching new heights, the Department of Transportation has stepped in with new refund rules to help passengers get their money back if trips don’t go as planned.