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BY NOAM ISMAAILI OCTOBER 4, 2023 13 MINUTES READ DALLAS – If you check our routes section, you may have noticed it is common practice for airlines to stop flying to some destinations and to open new routes. Just last month, Air India (AI) made the decision to no longer operate flights to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) at the end of

By  Christopher Elliott Special to The Seattle Times Travel Troubleshooter When Carolyn DiDonato booked her ticket from Trenton, N.J., to Fort Myers, Fla., she says she was hit with a hidden airline fee. On the last screen, concealed behind a drop-down menu, Frontier Airlines revealed that she would have to pay a nonrefundable $23 carrier

Imagine taking a flight you don’t want or need, to stretch your legs in the destination airport before heading straight back. Jerry (a pseudonym), who works in software sales, estimates that these kinds of flights make up about 15% of all his flights. Some Saturdays, he’ll take an immediate round trip from L.A. to the

Scott Neuman A new lawsuit brought by American Airlines against a controversial ticketing website is bringing renewed attention to “skiplagging,” or “hidden city ticketing” — a technique used by some passengers to get lower fares. What is skiplagging? It works like this: Say a passenger wants to travel from New York to Charlotte, N.C., but

FLIGHT RISKS By Sydney Ember and Emily SteelGraphics by Leanne Abraham, Eleanor Lutz and Ella KoezeAug. 21, 2023 On the afternoon of July 2, a Southwest Airlines pilot had to abort a landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. A Delta Air Lines 737 was preparing to take off on the same runway. The sudden maneuver avoided a possible collision by seconds. Near miss NEW

The U.S. aviation system is the safest in the world, but one close call is one too many. The FAA and the aviation community are pursuing a goal of zero serious close calls, a commitment from the Safety Summit in March. The same approach virtually eliminated the risk of fatalities aboard U.S. commercial airlines. Since 2009,

Marissa Nall By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 25, 2023 Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) reported a jump in revenue and net income during the second quarter, but its shares fell 10% by midday Tuesday over higher costs expected to affect its performance over the latter half of the year. The SeaTac-based

Longer, more intense heat waves fueled by climate change could make it harder for planes to get off the ground By Mike Lee, E&E News on July 25, 2023 Last Thursday morning, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby wanted to talk about the weather. And not in a good way. He told Wall Street analysts that a wave of thunderstorms had snarled

By Niraj Chokshi The New York Times Summer travel is off to a roaring start, with little sign of a slowdown on the horizon. And airline executives say they are doing all they can to keep up, including contending with bad weather and congestion in the skies and on the ground. Three of the nation’s