Air travel

Budget carrier Avelo Airlines signed an agreement to fly federal deportation flights from Arizona beginning in May, according to the company, whose founder acknowledged the decision may be controversial.

In a recent statement, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said the Real ID rollout has caused confusion throughout the country, and in Illinois.

A kite appears to have hit a passenger jet as it flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday afternoon, United Airlines said.

A small plane crashed into a home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Saturday afternoon, killing all on board and causing a fire, officials said, NBC News reported.

The U.S. has a severe shortage of air traffic controllers. There are currently 10,800 certified controllers but the country needs to have more than 14,000.

A Delta Air Lines flight had a reported close call Friday with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, NBC News reported.

Congress is holding a hearing Thursday about the January collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft.

Over the weekend, a flight that was leaving the Los Angeles International Airport had to divert after the pilot forgot their passport.

Melissa Sotomayor said in a now-viral video she was humiliated by the way she was spoken to. The airline said it had apologized to the mother.

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.