Airplanes

Travel app Hopper reported that last minute Christmas airfare prices are down 15% from this time a year ago and down 11% from pre-pandemic times. However, prices will rise fast.

Once the largest passenger aircraft built, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the factory floor in Everett, Washington after over 50 years of production.

Alaska Airlines says it has become the first U.S. airline to launch an electronic bag tag program, shaving the time travelers spend checking in at airports.

Carriers including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines are banking on the new 737 Max models to expand their flight networks and reduce fuel costs.

Delta Air Lines is upping the cost and requirements for travelers to gain access to their Sky Club lounges after facing complaints from customers of overcrowding.

The Transportation Security Administration said it conducted screenings of more than 2.56 million people at airport checkpoints the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines dropped its customer service phone line in the middle of the busy holiday season as it fully transitions to digital communications.

Qatar Airways said a plus-size model who claimed she was not allowed to board a flight because she was too "fat" to fit in an economy seat was aggressive with staff.

United Airlines predicted that the Sunday after Thanksgiving will be its busiest travel day since before the COVID pandemic, with an estimate of over 460,000 passengers.

Thanksgiving travel is expected to rise just shy of pre-pandemic levels this year. AAA forecasts that 54.6 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more.

The Transportation Department said six airlines collectively paid over $600 million to passengers who were owed a refund due to a canceled or greatly altered flight.

The TSA says its employees will undergo extra training on proper screening of passengers' items after a disruptive traveler was found in possession of a box cutter.

A Frontier Airlines passenger took a box cutter onto a plane headed to Tampa from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the airline says.

Following the severe weather impacts of the deadly Tropical Depression Nicole, Florida airports have begun to resume service. Some were damaged in the storm.

Tropical Storm Nicole knocked out power for more than 330,000 Florida customers on Thursday morning after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Vero Beach.

Pilot unions are rejecting tentative agreements from their respective airlines, demanding that they want "industry leading" contracts that offer a better work-life balance.

The American Airlines pilot union rejected a proposed pay hike on Wednesday after it failed to gain enough votes. Only five people voted in favor of the tentative agreement.

A Delta Air Lines flight was diverted and made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon after smoke filled the plane's cabin. The crew found an issue with an engine.

Boeing and Airbus are competing to be the first aerospace company to break through to the next generation of aircraft that are safer, have low drag and reduce carbon emissions.

United Airlines pilots said Tuesday that they had voted to reject the tentative agreement that was presented earlier this year, with 94% of the pilots opposed.