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Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Rescuers were still retrieving bodies out of the frigid Potomac River on Thursday morning, but the deadliest

In this article ULCC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Frontier Airlines plane near a Spirit Airlines plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Frontier Airlines said Wednesday it has again proposed merging with struggling rival Spirit Airlines, which is in

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT First Lady Melania Trump laughs as she watches US President Donald Trump cut with a saber into a cake representation of the new Air Force One design during the Commander-In-Chief inaugural ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20,

Ho Kwon Ping is the co-founder and executive chairman of Banyan Group. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Growing up, Ho Kwon Ping didn’t think he’d become a businessman, let alone a hotel tycoon. “I had not always wanted to be an entrepreneur,” he told CNBC Make It. “It’s just that the few times where

In this article AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Tokyo on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images American Airlines‘ first-quarter earnings outlook on Thursday fell short of analysts’ estimates, sending shares down more

A passenger arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 21, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong | Getty Images JetBlue Airways is offering early retirement packages to some of its pilots, their labor union told members on Friday. The carrier has been working to cut costs and raise up revenue with initiatives such

In this article AAL UAL DAL ALK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Travelers walk through O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Dec. 20, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images Higher airfare is in store this year as strong demand, even during the dead of winter, and limited capacity growth prompt airlines to

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing on Thursday released preliminary fourth-quarter financial results that were impacted by a nearly

Glyn Evans has been on 30 trips with the same travel company, but he can still pinpoint the moment that stands out as his favorite.   During a trip to Las Vegas, he served as best man for a couple on the same tour who got married on a whim. Yet unlike most weddings, the bride

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Airlines airplane proceeds to a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on December 4, 2024, in Newark, New Jersey.  Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty

In Salzburg, Austria last spring, I skipped around the fountain outside Mirabell Palace. Others did too. Some 60 years earlier, Maria and the von Trapp children danced around the palace’s Pegasus Fountain, singing “Do-Re-Mi,” one of most famous songs from “The Sound of Music.” The movie recounts the story of the von Trapp family, and

Vatican City is the world’s smallest country by size and population. That’s not stopping an estimated 32 million travelers from visiting this year for Jubilee 2025, a year-long global celebration among those of the Catholic faith. The Jubilee is a time of pilgrimage, prayer, reflection and a renewal of faith, said Jubilee spokesperson Caterina Rigoni.

Osaka, Japan. Jiale Tan | Moment | Getty Images The new year has many travelers thinking ahead to 2025 vacation plans — and how much those trips may cost. About half — 51% — of Americans say flight cost will determine their destination choices this year, according to Skyscanner. And 50% said hotel costs are

View of Space X’s Starship on the launch pad for its seventh test flight, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters Several commercial flights were diverted or delayed after SpaceX’s Starship rocket broke up during its seventh flight test on Thursday. Dozens of flights were affected, according to flight-tracker Flightradar24. The Federal Aviation

A Spirit Airlines plane at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Leslie Josephs/CNBC Spirit Airlines is cutting about 200 jobs across the company as the struggling budget carrier seeks to reduce costs after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November. “These decisions were not made lightly, as we know they impact professional and personal lives,”

In this article ULCC LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 departs Los Angeles International Airport en route to Las Vegas on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images The Department of Transportation on Wednesday sued Southwest Airlines, alleging the carrier operated chronically delayed flights,

Boeing 737 Max planes sit at the airport in Renton, Washington. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Boeing handed over 348 airplanes in 2024, about a third fewer than it did a year earlier as the aerospace giant struggled with a crisis after a midair door panel blowout a year ago and a machinist strike in the

Singapore has the world’s most powerful passport, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index. The nation-state was one of six countries which tied for the top spot in 2024 in the list produced by the migration consultancy Henley & Partners, which ranks passports by the number of destinations that holders can access without needing a

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Airlines, speaking on CNBC’s Power Lunch on Dec. 17th, 2024. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Delta Air Lines‘ first-quarter outlook on Friday topped analyst expectations as the carrier forecast strong travel demand to start the year, which CEO Ed Bastian said

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Snow blankets the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a winter storm moves into the area on Jan. 10, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights on Friday as a massive winter storm snarled travel across the Southern