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Americans are looking to travel – and travel more – in the coming summer thanks to widespread vaccination.

Eleven U.S. airlines issued $12.84 billion in cash refunds to customers in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic upended the travel industry, the head of industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A) said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday.

According to the FAA, the database will keep a record of a pilot's employment history, training, qualifications and drug and alcohol records. It will also include FAA summaries of unsatisfactory pilot applications for new certificates or ratings. Air carriers will be required to review the information when considering a pilot for employment.

Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $17 million in civil penalties for production lapses related to 737 aircraft models in a settlement with the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency said.

Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $17 million in civil penalties for production lapses related to 737 aircraft models in a settlement with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Delta Air Lines President Glen Hauenstein said bookings for domestic travel would in June have recovered completely.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, is the most visited in the country, and it finally reopened to visitors Wednesday.

The recovery is accelerating at such a rate that the major U.S. carrier said yields on tickets purchased since the beginning of May for travel during the second quarter have "reached levels similar to 2019," according to a regulatory filing.

The Federal Aviation Administration is cracking down on five unruly flight passengers with fines that can amount to thousands of dollars.

The move from United is in support of President Biden's nationwide effort to encourage more people to get inoculated, according to a major U.S. carrier.

In an interview broadcast on Monday, President Tim Clark said he had not received any performance details of the jet's engines so far even though test flights began in 2020.

JetBlue founder David Neeleman’s newest venture, Breeze Airways, is ready for takeoff, the fifth airline startup of his career.

JetBlue Airways said Wednesday it will start transatlantic service late this summer, competing against bigger rivals on the lucrative route between New York and London.

While on that Dec. 23 Delta Air Lines flight from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Seattle, the passenger "repeatedly refused to comply with crew members’ instructions."

Boeing Co on Wednesday won approval from U.S. regulators for a fix of an electrical grounding issue that had affected about 100 737 MAX airplanes, clearing the way for their quick return to service after flights were halted in early April, the planemaker said.

Boeing Co. is nearing a fix for engine covers like the one that broke apart on a United Airlines 777 jet over Colorado earlier this year, people briefed on the matter said.

The passengers are facing thousands of dollars in fines after allegedly disobeying "cabin crew instructions" and disregarding "various federal regulations" such as wearing a face mask, the FAA said.

American Airlines is the first carrier to adjust its schedule as a result of the cyberattack.

Although the lawmakers are pushing for cash refunds, the senators stressed that, "at minimum," airlines should "not subject pandemic-related flight credits to an expiration date."

The Federal Aviation Administration is working with the North American Aerospace Defense Command to track any impact the Chinese rocket hurtling uncontrolled toward Earth might have on commercial air travel, the agency told FOX Business.