Air travel

United Airlines said it has apologized to a mother who felt “humiliated” when crew members tried to get her to remove her son’s ventilator on a flight earlier this month, NBC News reported. Melissa Sotomayor said in a now-viral video that the flight crew on her March 8 trip from Tampa, Florida, to Newark, New Jersey, tried to make her detach her...

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was named busiest airport in the world in 2024, according to OAG Aviation.

Here are the 10 busiest global airports based on the number of seats in 2024.

Spring break travel across the country is heating up Friday amid major service disruptions at London-Heathrow Airport following a power outage. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

One of the world’s busiest airports came to a grinding halt Friday after a massive substation fire caused a power outage.

More than 1,300 flights were affected after a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Hundreds of thousands of passengers were stranded around the world.

As the busiest spring break travel day at O’Hare Airport gets underway, officials are warning that traffic to the airport could lead to major delays.

London’s Heathrow Airport closed Friday local time and will remain closed all day after a fire at a nearby electricity substation caused power outages at the major transportation center, NBC News reported. “Whilst fire crews are responding to the incident, we do not have clarity on when power may be reliably restored,” the airport said in a statement early Friday...

Officials say a Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the plane.

Air traffic control centers across the country are understaffed, according to data from the Federal Aviation.

No one was injured in the incident involving a Delta Connection flight that was making a “go-around” due to an approach problem Sunday, officials said.

How safe is air travel? Many passengers are asking that question as we see video after video of incidents involving airliners around the country and here in Chicago. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski checked in with an aviation expert to better understand the numbers.

Twelve people were hospitalized with minor injuries Thursday evening after an American Airlines plane caught fire after making an emergency landing at Denver International Airport.

Officials say an American Airlines plane has caught fire while at a gate at Denver International Airport.

Southwest Airlines made a stunning announcement on Tuesday, revealing it would begin charging passengers for checked baggage for the first time ever. Throughout its history, Southwest has been known for not charging for bags, even coining the trademarked phrase “Bags Fly Free,” or for assigning seats, but both of those things will change in coming years. Here’s what passengers...

Here’s what you need to know about why flying through unstable air can create safety hazards that affect airline passengers and crews.

There is a sabotage mystery at Air India that hasn’t hurt anyone yet, but has jeopardized safety, befuddled investigators and cost the airline millions according to aviation experts.

The airline said an investigation later revealed a number of items, including clothing, were flushed down a toilet and had become “stuck in the plumbing”

An international flight out of Chicago was forced to return to O’Hare International Airport after several bathrooms on the plane became “unserviceable” mid-flight and an investigation later revealed the reason why.

Police say 70-year-old Michael Reinath and 76-year-old Linda Gifford died in the Feb. 19 collision at Marana Regional Airport.