Air travel

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.

Just as sure as the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed this week, with Thanksgiving 2024 expected to be one of the “busiest travel periods on record,” the Transportation Security Administration said.

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.

Millions of Americans are preparing to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, with the Transportation Security Administration anticipating possibly record-breaking air travel in the coming week.

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.

After their son, who worked as a pilot, died by suicide, a couple now works to break the stigma of mental health for pilots. NBC Chicago’s Stefan Holt reports.

Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Transportation Security Administration is preparing for a possibly record-breaking travel week. NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

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.

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.

The deadline for needing a Real ID is fast approaching, but what should Illinois residents know about the upcoming change?

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.