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  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – APRIL 18: Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on April 18, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Southwest suffered a brief disruption in operations this morning after a computer firewall issue forced the company to delay many of its scheduled flights. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Leadership

    Southwest Airlines lawyers have been ordered to get ‘religious-liberty training.’ The choice of instructor is raising eyebrows

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • United AirlinesSuccess

    America’s thirst for vacationing results in $10 billion raise for United Airlines pilots—up to 40% higher pay over the next 4 years

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • United Airlines pilots picket outside San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, US, on Friday, May 12, 2023. Thousands of United pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA), are participating in a nationwide picket on Friday as they push for higher pay. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Pilots to get up to 40% raises and other benefits in $10 billion deal struck by United Airlines and union: ‘Historic agreement’

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • At 6:30 AM, half an hour before the doors open at the Federal Building in Westwood people are already lined up in an effort to process their passportsFinance

    If you still need a valid U.S. passport in 2023, prepare for an unplanned excursion into the nightmare zone

    By Laurie Kellman, Rebecca Santana, and others
  • Holiday travelLifestyle

    After weather cancels thousands of holiday weekend flights, travelers brace for the unknown: A wave of 5G wireless systems

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Scott KirbyLeadership

    As his airline cancels thousands of July 4th weekend flights, United CEO apologizes for private jet trip: ‘It was insensitive to our customers’

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Robin HayesFinance

    American Airlines, JetBlue are trying to keep at least some of the agreement a court just found was illegal

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • American travelerPersonal Finance

    American summer travel is looking a lot like 2019

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Travelers are dropped off at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport shortly before the Memorial Day weekendFinance

    ‘We just had to grit our teeth’: Travelers facing pricier getaways and bigger crowds over Memorial Day holiday

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Robin HayesPolitics

    American Airlines, JetBlue alliance was ‘a naked agreement not to compete with one another,’ judge rules

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Passengers wait in line to check in for their flights at Southwest Airlines service desk at LaGuardia Airport, on Dec. 27, 2022, in New York. The Biden administration is working on new regulations that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline’s control. The White House said President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would announce the start of the rulemaking process Monday May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)Politics

    Biden administration plans to require airlines to pay stranded passengers and cover their meals and hotels

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • FILE – People pass through Salt Lake City International Airport on Jan. 11, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Federal officials said Thursday, April 13, 2023, that they have referred more than 250 unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible criminal prosecution since late 2021, including one as recently as last month, when a man tried to stab a flight attendant with a broken-off spoon. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)Lifestyle

    More than 250 unruly airline passengers have been referred to the FBI and a lot of plane incidents involved fights over wearing face masks

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2015 file photo, an American Airlines jet taxis on a runway as the the sun rises in the east sky looking from the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. The federal government is spending more money on airport improvements designed to reduce the number of times that planes must taxi across active runways. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday, March 30, 2023 to announce $29 million in federal money to help build a new taxiway at the nation’s second-busiest airport. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)Politics

    Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touts Biden airport investments and warns that serious safety problems are happening twice a month

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press
  • Pete ButtigiegPolitics

    Pete Buttigieg takes another loss as Transportation Secretary as Sinema holdout doom FAA nominee’s withdrawal on Sinema holdout

    By David Koenig, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • Merrick GarlandPolitics

    Biden administration sues JetBlue over $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines, claiming it could wipe out half of all low-ticket fares

    By David Koenig and The Associated Press