Blizzard Grounds Flights in Chicago With Warning for Millions in Northern U.S.
Heavy snow was falling Friday morning across much of the Midwest and the Great Plains, including in major cities like Chicago.
Hawaii Travel and Maui Fires: What to Know About Hotels, Flights and Rentals
About 11,000 tourists have been evacuated and another 1,500 were slated to fly out of the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday, after wildfires inflamed by gusting winds killed at least 36 people, destroyed homes and businesses and caused outages to cellphone service and power. “Visitors who are on nonessential travel are being asked to…
Southwest’s Canceled Flights Draw Federal Scrutiny
ATLANTA — Federal scrutiny is growing. The chief executive is apologizing to customers. And as the meltdown at Southwest Airlines, one of the worst that industry observers have seen in decades, entered yet another day on Wednesday, irate customers remained stranded, separated from their families and some still carrying Christmas gifts they planned to deliver…
Thousands of Canceled Flights Upend Travel Plans Across U.S.
“It comes down to the structure of Southwest’s network and its exposure to hard hit areas like Chicago and Denver,” he said. No single region or airport bore the brunt of the cancellations. On Tuesday morning, more than 150 flights originating at Denver International Airport, or about 17 percent of its outgoing traffic, were canceled,…
Southwest and Other Airlines Cancel Thousands of Flights
Thousands of travelers were stranded at U.S. airports on Monday as a wave of canceled flights — many of them operated by Southwest Airlines — spoiled holiday plans and kept families from returning home during one of the busiest and most stressful travel stretches of the year. The cancellations and delays one day after Christmas…