David Koenig

Southwest passengers wait to check in at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Miami. Southwest Airlines appears to be fixing problems that caused the cancellation of nearly 2,400 flights over the previous three days. By midday Tuesday, Southwest had canceled fewer than 100 flights, although more than 400 others were running late. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Amid Southwest Airlines’ woes, unsupported “sickout” claims take flight

October 13, 2021 at 11:25 a.m.

When Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, citing bad weather and air traffic control issues, unsupported claims blaming vaccine mandates began taking off.

Passengers queue up at the ticketing ...

Southwest cancels hundreds more flights; passengers stranded

October 11, 2021 at 8:31 p.m.

Southwest Airlines canceled more than 350 flights Monday following a weekend of major disruptions that it blamed on bad weather and air traffic control issues. The pilots union accused the...

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off ...

White House presses airlines to get employees vaccinated

October 1, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.

Alaska Airlines and JetBlue are joining United Airlines in requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, just as the Biden administration steps up pressure on major U.S. carriers to require...

Travelers wear face coverings in the ...

How 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy

September 6, 2021 at 5:28 p.m.

DALLAS -- Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you're likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like.

Delta Air Lines will charge unvaccinated employees $200 per month

August 25, 2021 at 10:42 a.m.

Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline's top executive says is...

Travelers make their way through the ...

Southwest, American delays hint at hard summer for travelers

July 5, 2021 at 12:22 p.m.

This summer is already shaping up to be a difficult one for air travelers.

Travel numbers climb as Americans hit the road for Memorial Day weekend

May 28, 2021 at 11:17 a.m.

Americans hit the road in near-record numbers at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, as their eagerness to break free from coronavirus confinement overcame higher prices for flights, gasoline...

FILE – In this March 13, 2020, file photo, Katherine Quezada shows off her engagement ring as she takes a selfie with her new fiance, Fernando Carranza, in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle the during the last day before Disneyland closes because of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Anaheim, Calif. Carranza proposed to Quezada in front of the castle earlier that day. Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure park will reopen to visitors on Friday, April 30, 2021. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million

April 30, 2021 at 3:40 p.m.

Disneyland reopened on Friday and cruise lines welcomed the news that they could be sailing again in the U.S. by midsummer, as the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19...

EXPLAINER: Why a United Airlines plane鈥檚 engine exploded over Denver

February 23, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.

The investigation into an engine explosion on a jetliner taking off from Denver is focusing on a fan blade that appeared to be weakened by wear and tear, a development...

Snow and ice grips a neighborhood in East Austin on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Day six of the statewide freeze and still millions of Texans are without power. (Bronte Wittpenn /Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond

February 17, 2021 at 10:26 p.m.

The power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically Arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system designed when the weather's seasonal shifts were more consistent and predictable — conditions that...

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