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Holiday travelers stand in the airport

It’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – Passengers line up at the security checkpoint in Pittsburgh International Airport Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Americans are on track to set another record for holiday travel, topping the bar set in 2019

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

Sen. Richard Blumenthal

Senators grill airline executives about fees for seats and checked bags: ‘We’re all captives on your airplanes at a certain point’

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – In this photo made with a long exposure, motor vehicles move along Interstate 76 ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

‘Busiest Thanksgiving ever’ as 80 million expected to travel for the holiday and record numbers set to flood U.S. airports

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – A Frontier Airlines jet takes off from Denver International Airport on July 5, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

America’s struggling budget airlines are pursuing premium passengers to solve their problems

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian

Delta CEO Ed Bastian calls Trump administration a ‘breath of fresh air’ for airlines

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – Passengers wait in a line for help at the Spirit Airlines ticket counter at the Tampa International Airport Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)

What does Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy filing mean for travelers?

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, David Koenig, and others

FILE – A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus approaches Manchester Boston Regional Airport for a landing, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Major mistakes led to Spirit Airlines losing 97% of its value in 6 years and a bankruptcy filing

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

Eep Bolaño listens as IAM District 751 president Jon Holden announces that the union voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing’s machinists may have ended their strike but the embattled aerospace giant still faces a world of problems

By David Koenig, Lindsey Wasson, and others

IAM District 751 president Jon Holden greets union members after announcing they voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing machinists strike finally ends as workers vote to accept contract with 38% raise—but no pension

By David Koenig, Lindsey Wasson, and others

A picket sign sits outside the Angel of the Winds Arena as striking Boeing employees gather to cast their votes, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing union workers are voting on another contract offer—a 38% raise—that could end 7-week machinists strike

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

C-17 cargo plane

Boeing marked up soap dispensers by 8,000% amid $1 million in overcharges for Air Force, audit says

By Tara Copp, David Koenig, and others

Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility

Boeing workers’ anger over lost pensions behind vote to continue 6-week machinists strike

By David Koenig, Cathy Bussewitz, and others

Boeing employees, including assembler Tyrone Hipolito, center, work the picket line after union members voted to reject a new contract offer from the company, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing woes don’t stop as workers reject latest contract offer and continue 6-week strike

By David Koenig, Manuel Valdes, and others

FILE – An airline employee transfers a wheelchair to her station at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

American Airlines fined $50 million for failing to give wheelchair help to disabled passengers and damaging thousands of wheelchairs

By David Koenig and The Associated Press