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  • Alaska Airlines flight 1276, a Boeing 737-900, taxis before takeoff from Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The FAA has ordered the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after part of the fuselage blew out during a flight. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)Tech

    Alaska Airlines grounds all its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners one day after returning 18 to service

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others
  • File – The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline as plane approaches LaGuardia Airport on Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Holiday travel is kicking off on highways, trains, and airports this week. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)Lifestyle

    Holiday travel rush to airports has begun—and so far it’s seen the ‘lowest cancellation rate in the last 5 years’

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Travelers wait in line for service at the Southwest Airlines check-in counter at Denver International Airport on Dec. 27, 2022. Southwest Airlines will pay a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million agreement to settle a federal investigation into a debacle last December when the airline canceled thousands of flights and stranded more than 2 million travelers over the holidays. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Finance

    Southwest Airlines agrees to $140m settlement for flight canceling meltdown that stranded 2 million travelers in December 2022

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Crowds waiting in line at the airportLifestyle

    ‘That desire to get away is stronger than we have seen in a very long time’ as 115 million Americans expected to travel over the holiday season

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Travellers queue up to pass through the south security checkpoint at Denver International AirportLifestyle

    Record crowds are traveling for Thanksgiving this year as over 55 million Americans will hit the road for turkey time

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • JetBlue, Spirit AirlinesPolitics

    The White House is throwing down over a $3.8 billion merger, saying JetBlue is ‘intent on removing seats from planes and charging higher fares’

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • United Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft as seen flying, landing and taxiing at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos ATH at the Greek capital. The modern and advanced wide-body B787 airplane has the registration N14001, is ETOPS aviation certified and is powered by 2x GE jet engines. United is an American carrier, the third largest airline in the world by fleet, routs and passengers with its main hub and headquarters in Chicago and O’Hare airport in the US, the airline is member of Star Alliance aviation group. Athens, Greece on October 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Airline pilot indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the captain ‘multiple times’ if the flight was diverted for a passenger’s medical emergency

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this Jan. 20, 2011, file photo, a JetBlue logo is displayed on the side of a jet as it taxis at Boston’s Logan International Airport. JetBlue says it will expand its transatlantic flying next spring and summer. The airline said Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 it will operate daily flights from New York and Boston to Dublin from March through September, and it plans to fly between New York and Edinburgh from late May through September. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)Finance

    Biden administration kicks off court fight to stop JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines months after killing off its partnership with American

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • United Auto Workers members walk the picket line during a strike at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Finance

    UAW expands automaker strike as 6,800 workers walk out at Stellantis plant that makes Ram pickups, shutting down huge profit center

    By Tom Krisher, David Koenig, and others
  • LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 13: Alaska Horizon Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR takes off from Los Angeles international Airport on January 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Finance

    An off-duty pilot tried to shut down the engines of a flight to San Francisco in midair and had to be subdued, authorities say

    By David Koenig, Claire Rush, and others
  • Shawn FainSuccess

    UAW’s Shawn Fain to Detroit: ‘We’ve got cards left to play, and they’ve got money left to spend’

    By Tom Krisher, David Koenig, and others
  • FILE – United Auto Workers members hold picket signs near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., Sept. 29, 2023. As the auto workers strike approaches the one-month mark, more Americans sympathize with the striking workers than with the three big car companies that employ them. That’s one of the findings in a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Finance

    Striking UAW workers have 4 times as much support from Americans than the Big 3 Detroit carmakers they’re picketing

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Striking UAW auto workerSuccess

    UAW expands strike against Ford and General Motors by 7,000 more workers

    By David Koenig, Tom Krisher, and others
  • UAW striking auto workerSuccess

    Watch out for ‘the more nuclear option’ from Detroit’s striking auto workers, top analyst warns

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • UAW members cheer as employees walkout from the Fort Worth Parts Distribution Center on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Roanoke, Texas. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)Finance

    UAW ‘nuclear option’ of more widespread strike is next step against automakers, with only 12% of members now in walkout

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press