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Police say a Delta Air Lines passenger, bound for Seattle, decided to skip his flight, break out onto the tarmac of a Southern California airport and steal an airport vehicle. Kris Van Cleave reports on what happened next.
The jet was on a flight from Barcelona to Boston with 296 passengers when it was diverted, media reports said.
Delta Air Lines had four emergency landings this week, two due to reports of cabin fumes and two due to apparent pressurization issues. Kris Van Cleave has details about Thursday's incident.
Four major U.S. airlines have quietly changed their policies to ban humanoid and animal-like robots from their flights.
U.S. airlines say higher jet fuel prices are costing them billions more than they anticipated at the beginning of the year.
A Delta Air Lines flight landing in Chicago was hit by a firework as it was coming to land at Midway International Airport on Saturday.
The Points Guy's annual ranking gives extra weight to affordability this year as higher fuel costs and airline fees squeeze travelers.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Routes that are under a certain distance will no longer offer food and beverage service, the airline said.
It's not just Spirit Airlines struggling with rising fuel costs. All of the "big four" carriers, such as American, Delta, United and Southwest, reported a strong first quarter. But most of their gains were offset by the price of fueling their planes. Al Root, an associate editor at Barron's, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
The International Energy Agency warned that Europe could be about six weeks from a major shortage of jet fuel due to supply chain disruptions stemming from the conflict in Iran. Kris Van Cleave reports.
Delta is the third major U.S. carrier to hike its bag fees, as airlines face surging jet fuel costs and other headwinds from the Iran war.
A Delta flight was on its final approach to land at LaGuardia Airport, but the pilots were talking to controllers in the JFK tower about 10 miles away on the wrong radio frequency. Kris Van Cleave reports.
Delta is temporarily halting specialty services for members of Congress, citing strain on its resources during the partial government shutdown.
Travelers hoping to bypass some of the increasingly long wait times at U.S. airports can enroll in the TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program, which is now operating at 65 locations.
A Delta Air Lines flight took off, then had to turn around because of concern that a violent passenger would try to enter the cockpit. Kris Van Cleave reports.
A LATAM Airlines flight from Peru landed safely in Atlanta — then blew out multiple tires, prompting an emergency response.
A Temple University law professor alleges in a suit that he breathed in contaminated air on a Boeing craft, leaving him physically impaired.
The Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, is packed with historical items from the company's earliest days in the air. "CBS Saturday Morning" takes a trip down memory lane with a special peek inside the museum's archives.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian told "CBS Mornings" he believes air travel "should return to normal" by this weekend after the government shutdown ended Wednesday night. He added that he has no concerns about upcoming Thanksgiving travel.
Dozens of airports across the U.S. will see thousands of flights canceled over the coming days as the Federal Aviation Administration deals with a shortage of air traffic controllers. CBS News' Karen Hua reports and Sean Cudahy, senior aviation reporter for The Points Guy, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Airlines are donating meals to unpaid federal aviation workers during the government shutdown as air traffic controllers missed their first paychecks.
Two Delta regional jets collided on a taxiway at New York's LaGuardia Airport. Kris Van Cleave reports.
There were no serious injuries after two passenger jets had a collision on the taxiway of LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
Two regional jets crashed into each other on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport when the wing of one aircraft hit the front end of another. One flight attendant was injured.
