Air travel

Officials are advising the public to be prepared for long lines, busy terminals and possible delays at airports around the country as a busy week of holiday travel kicks off.

Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day. The two weekends on either side of Christmas...

Background music is no longer an afterthought at many airports.

Frontier Airlines announced its “all you can fly” pass is will $299 for a limited time offer before going up to $499.

Asia-Pacific is home to many of the busiest flight routes in the world, even though capacity on many routes has not yet reached 2019 levels.

TSA dogs are highly trained to detect air currents trailing behind people, like the wake created by a boat, officials said.

Airlines are racing to add comforts such as lie-flat seats, entertainment systems with bigger screens and even suites with closing doors.

A bird strike at LaGuardia Airport in New York City forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at JFK.

Tammera Holmes, a Chicago-area native and pioneer in aviation, was laid to rest this week. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

After years of delays, the major Real ID deadline in the U.S. is set to arrive in 2025 — and that won’t be the only big license change coming next year.

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.

Southwest Airlines says it is ending its cabin service earlier on its flights starting next month.

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

Hitting the road for Thanksgiving? You’ll be joining nearly 80 million other people traveling for the holiday, auto club AAA says, with most of them going by car — and some days are expected to be filled with traffic.