United Airlines may be about to one-up itself with a fancier regional jet. Back in 2019, the Chicago-based carrier debuted the Mitsubishi CRJ-550, a 50-seat regional jet with a first-class cabin and lockers instead of overhead bins, so everyone — in theory — could store their bags onboard. Fast forward seven years, and United is…

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As has been widely reported, the situation with Transportation Security Administration screening lines and staffing at airports across the country currently ranges from not great to absolutely terrible as the partial government shutdown stretches on. At my home airport — Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) — things have been worse than average, with screening…

It’s day 38 of the partial government shutdown and airport security wait times have hit a crescendo. For business travelers and families departing on spring break getaways alike, the biggest question in air travel today is, “How long will the security line be?” At several of the nation’s busiest hubs, the backups have climbed to…

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Across the country, lengthy security lines have plagued travelers heading out on spring getaways. We’ve seen three-hour backups at airports in Houston and Atlanta, and backups snaking through the terminal in cities ranging from New Orleans to New York. Travelers have faced mass uncertainty about how early to arrive for their flight. Airlines have had…

The recent conflict in the Middle East and the unprecedented airspace closures have canceled thousands of flights and disrupted the travel plans of an estimated 1 million passengers, myself included. I was booked on a Middle Eastern airline to the United Arab Emirates on the day the disruption began, and my essential travel home looked…

Hundreds of flights have been canceled, and New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is expected to remain closed until at least Monday afternoon after an overnight ground collision involving an Air Canada regional jet and a vehicle. Shortly after 11:40 p.m. Sunday, an Air Canada CRJ-900 inbound from Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) collided with an airport…

Travelers beware: An army of fake airline customer service centers is flooding every corner of the internet. They’re promoted in Google search results. They’re hidden behind AI-created websites. They’re shown in Facebook groups, on Twitter feeds, in Quora and Reddit threads, and more. For every online platform that a traveler visits, you can be sure…