airlines
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PublishedAugust 7, 2018
Airlines, consumer groups spar over proposed changes to travel regulations
Legislation under review in Congress would affect seating, overbooking, price transparency, extra fees, pilot training, disruptive passengers and more.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2018
Air travel the ‘fastest and cheapest way to fry the planet’
Before you step onto that plane, consider its environmental costs.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2018
NAACP lifts travel warning against American Airlines
The civil rights organization issued its advisory in October after receiving complaints of discrimination.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2018
FAA rejects regulations on cramped airline seating
A couple decades ago, the distance between one seatback and the seatback in the next row used to be 35 inches. Now it's 28 and regulators say it still meets evacuation standards.
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PublishedApril 17, 2018
Passenger, nearly sucked out of jet, dies after engine blows
The pilot of the Southwest Airlines flight makes an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2018
Airlines do better at keeping flights on time
They show a slight improvement over last year in January, but December was better.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2018
Last year set new record for U.S. air travel
A total of 965 million airline passengers flew, a 3.4 percent increase over 2016.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2018
Travel fare aggregator Orbitz fears old website was hacked
The breach potentially exposed details such as addresses, payment card information and dates of birth, but not Social Security numbers, of customers who made purchases in 2016-17.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2018
Surge in airline hiring draws aspiring pilots
Smaller airlines in the U.S. are struggling with a shortage as they lose pilots to bigger carriers.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Passenger counts at Maine’s biggest airports reached new heights last year
Portland and Bangor set all-time records in 2017, with more than 1.8 million passengers passing through the Portland International Jetport.