Air travel

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.

Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US Embassy reported Monday.

Passengers were watching the closing seconds of the Lions’ game on their seatback screens when the broadcast audio paused and the message “An announcement is in progress…” appeared. 

A Spirit Airlines flight traveling from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was diverted to the Dominican Republic after the aircraft was struck by gunfire Monday, the airline confirmed in a statement.

No one among the 190 passengers and seven crew members was injured Oct. 5 on Flight 1326 from San Diego, according to a NTSB preliminary report.

The Department of Transportation’s new refund policy for delayed and canceled flights is now fully in effect. NBC6’s Sasha Jones has more

Lori Lange had lost a ring that belonged to her mother and her diamond wedding ring when the Phoenix resident recently visited Boston on trip — lucky for her, another visitor who happened to be in the area “had his angel wings under his little red flannel shirt”

American Airlines is testing new technology aimed at cracking down on passengers who board before their group has been called.