Air travel

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.

Chicago-area residents looking to get away for a trip to Europe next summer will be greeted by another nonstop option available out of O’Hare International Airport.

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.

American Airlines says it has a new boarding technology to crack down on what may refer to as “gate lice.”

American Airlines says it has a new boarding technology to crack down on what may refer to as “gate lice.” Here’s what that means.

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.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the airline “provided unsafe and undignified physical assistance to passengers” that at times resulted in injuries.

An Indian man is accused of masturbating and exposing himself while on a flight from Abu Dhabi to Boston, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

Those seeking “fonder farewells” should “use the car park,” a sign at Dunedin Airport tells travelers.

A Bay Area veteran said she was shocked and humiliated after being kicked off a Delta flight at San Francisco International Airport because of a T-shirt she was wearing.

A Southwest Airlines pilot who flew over 100 animals to safety from areas affected by Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene took his duty a step further and gave one of the rescues a new family.

An Air India flight bound for Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada after the airline received an online threat, officials said on Tuesday.

Delta said its caterer “immediately shut down hot food production” and then suspended operations from the Detroit facility.

The Turkish Airlines pilot who died was 59 years old. The flight was operating from Seattle to Istanbul.

United Airlines is ramping up flights as Taylor Swift’s Eras tour heads toward its North American finale in cities like Miami, New Orleans, and Indianapolis.

When a United flight was diverted and passengers had an unexpected layover, the pilot took the time to buy everyone pizza.