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Holiday air travel interrupted by morning storms at O'Hare, Midway
The start to Labor Day weekend travel in Chicago was interrupted by morning storms, causing delays at both O’Hare and Midway International Airports. NBC Chicago’s Sandra Torres reports.
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1 hospitalized after United Airlines flight en route to Chicago diverted due to severe turbulence
A person was hospitalized after a United Airlines flight from Cancún to Chicago was diverted to Memphis due to severe turbulence. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.
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1 injured after turbulence forces O'Hare-bound United flight to land in Memphis
One person was taken to a hospital Wednesday after a United Airlines flight was diverted to Memphis, Tennessee, because of severe turbulence, officials said.
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United Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize a strike ahead of Labor Day weekend
Flight attendants for United Airlines at O’Hare International Airport voted to authorize a strike ahead of busy Labor Day weekend travel. NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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United flight attendants authorize strike as busy Labor Day travel weekend approaches
As travelers prepare for a busy Labor Day weekend, flight attendants announced Wednesday morning at O’Hare Airport they are preparing for a strike.
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Comedian Eric André says he was racially profiled at airport
“It’s one of the many times I’ve been racially profiled at the airport,” André, 41, said in an Instagram video Sunday, warning viewers flying through Melbourne to “please be careful.”
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‘Unauthorized' helicopter flight ends with crash on hotel roof killing pilot
A man has died after an unauthorized helicopter flight in Queensland, Australia ended in a crash on a hotel roof, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people from the building as flames engulfed the aircraft.
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4 killed when single-engine plane crashes in Oklahoma City
Authorities in Oklahoma City say four people have been killed in the crash of a small plane. Fire Capt. John Chenoweth says the four were killed when the plane crashed Tuesday at a small airport on the outskirts of the city.
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An airline now allows women to avoid sitting next to men. Here's how travelers are reacting
Indian airline IndiGo is trialing a booking feature that allows women to see the genders of passengers when they book their seats, the company said.
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Witnesses will tell a federal safety board about the blowout on a Boeing 737 Max earlier this year
The National Transportation Safety Board is about to hold a two-day hearing into the blowout of a panel from the side of a Boeing 737 Max airliner.
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Frontier Airlines pilot arrested at Houston airport before takeoff
A pilot was arrested at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) before he was scheduled to fly the plane to Dallas-Fort Worth International.
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Summer is ‘high season' for flight delays. Here's what travelers need to know
Financial compensation for flight delay and cancelation varies by airline.
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Extreme heat makes flying harder. Airlines and airports say they aren't sweating it.
As climate change drives up temperatures, the industry is adding runway space for planes, limiting pets in cargo and “taking steps” to prevent hot soda from exploding.
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Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history
Southwest is under pressure to drum up revenue from an oversupplied U.S. market and an activist investor.
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US files details of Boeing's $244 million plea deal related to 737 Max crashes
The Justice Department submitted an agreement with Boeing on Wednesday in which the aerospace giant will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading U.S. regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people.
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The technology outage left you stranded when your flight was canceled. Here's what to do.
U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling to restore operations on Tuesday, more than four full days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and disrupted global air travel.
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FAA investigating after 2nd Southwest flight flies unusually low in as many months
Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet over water while it was still about five miles from its intended landing spot in Tampa, Florida.
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Delta Air Lines says cancellations continue as it tries to restore operations after tech outage
Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights.
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American Airlines reaches tentative labor deal with flight attendants union
Fort Worth-based American Airlines has reached a tentative labor deal with the union representing its 28,000 flight attendants.
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Flights worldwide grind to a halt due to massive tech outage
A massive tech outage on Microsoft systems caused flights worldwide to grind to a halt Friday morning, NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.