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Furloughs Caused 1,200 Flight Delays on Monday, F.A.A. Says

With many air traffic controllers on unpaid leave, lawmakers criticized the agency for how it was handling the automatic budget cuts required by sequestration.

Outage grounds American Airlines flights

American Airlines grounded flights across the country Tuesday because of an outage of its main reservations system. Thousands of passengers were stranded at airports and on airplanes.

Man accused of slapping crying boy on flight turns himself in

An Idaho man accused of uttering a racial slur and slapping a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta Air Lines flight turned himself in to authorities Tuesday. Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, surrendered in that state, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta. He was charged with assaulting a minor, stemming from a February 8 incident aboard the Delta flight to Atlanta.

Flights resume at NYC airports after snowstorm

New York's airports are digging out from under nearly a foot of snow and allowing some flights to land Saturday morning, while Boston's Logan Airport remains closed....

Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power

An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights....

Thanksgiving air travel forecast: full flights

Passengers may have to compete with slightly fewer people getting to the airport this Thanksgiving, but flights will be as full as ever, airline industry officials said Thursday... But U.S. carriers have reduced capacity to match demand and offset higher costs, the association said. That means few empty seats.

Senh: Thanks airlines. Since there are less people traveling this year because of the economy and outrageous airlines fees, let's use fewer planes so the flights will be packed.