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  • AllegiantBanking

    Allegiant Air to acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5 billion

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • BastianPolitics

    Delta took $200 million hit from longest government shutdown in history, filings reveal

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Travelers line up at the security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 2024, ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.Travel & Leisure

    73 million Americans will be driving and nearly 18 million will go through TSA in the busiest Thanksgiving travel season in 15 years

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • airlinePolitics

    Congress is already preparing for the next shutdown, writing a bill to pay air traffic controllers when the parties inevitably clash again

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • airlineLaw

    Normal airline service resumes Monday at 6am ET, FAA says, just in time for Thanksgiving travel

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • AirportLaw

    Trump’s FAA refuses to give timeline on when flights will be normal after shutdown ends

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea on October 29, 2025 in Japan.North America

    “Get back to work, NOW!!!”: Trump pressures unpaid controllers as FAA grounds thousands of flights

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • Airplanes at airportPolitics

    Trump demands $10,000 bonuses for air traffic controllers who worked during shutdown and pay cuts for those who didn’t amid flight chaos

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • Travelers wait and check for their flights at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (Gabrielle Lurie /San Francisco Chronicle via AP)Travel & Leisure

    Worried your flight will be canceled? Here’s what to know about refunds and how to deal with airlines

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • mapLaw

    1,000 canceled Friday flights just a fraction of travel total as America keeps moving—for now

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • arirlinesNorth America

    ‘You can’t expect people to go in to work when they’re not getting a paycheck’: Travelers sympathize despite 800 downed Friday flights

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • shutdownNorth America

    Hundreds of flights are getting canceled every day. Here’s what to know about the 10% reduction caused by the government shutdown

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • BoeingLaw

    Boeing won’t face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people

    By Rio Yamat, Jamie Stengle, and others
  • flightsNorth America

    FAA official says he’s never seen so many flight cancelations in 35 years working in aviation

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • An FAA Air Traffic Control Tower stands above Terminal 5 as the airport terminal building sits closed awaiting demolition to be rebuilt ahead of the 2028 Olympics as seen across the tarmac during the 10th annual Aviation Career Day at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    FAA says nearly half of major air traffic control facilities are now experiencing staffing shortages as shutdown drags on

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press