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Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19.

Federal safety officials said Wednesday they are stepping up enforcement against unruly airline passengers after confrontations on flights to and from Washington, D.C., around the time of the riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.

These are the world’s top 20 safest airlines for 2021 as ranked by airline rating website AirlineRatings.com.

Delta’s preflight testing programs allow a small segment of Americans to travel to Amsterdam and Rome without having to quarantine upon arrival.

Top executives are split over whether business travel will ever return to the pre-Covid level, and the more-doubtful group controls corporate budgets: CFOs.

Even as the number of COVID-19 cases soar, more people in the United States traveled by plane on the day before Thanksgiving than any day since March. On Wednesday 1,070,967 people went through TSA checkpoints, according to figures from the Transportation Security Administration. In all 6.8 million people headed to airports across the country in the week leading up to...

American Airlines, British Airways and United Airlines launched preflight Covid-19 testing programs in hopes of restoring travel between the U.S. and the U.K.

Business travel might never look the same in the wake of the coronavirus.

Boeing, which is already shedding 16,000 jobs, said Wednesday it will cut thousands more through the end of next year as it prepares for a long slump in air travel and aircraft demand because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In contrast to cruise ships, airliners have not proven to be hot beds for COVID-19 infections, and experts say it’s because of unique airflow patterns on planes.

The number of passengers screened for flights in the U.S. topped one million in a day for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak last March, but it’s still about 60% fewer air travelers than this time last year.

Those who’ve been to Bradley Airport over the last several months have most likely noticed a significant decrease in congestion. Airport authorities said in April Bradley’s traffic was down 97% from that point a year before. Passengers are slowly returning to the airport but there’s still a striking difference. “Totally different, empty. I mean it’s very sparsely populated,” said...

Businesses around Bradley Airport that depend on the support of passengers are feeling the pinch amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Difficult times remain for Bradley International Airport and everyone that depends on it for their livelihoods. A document obtained by NBC Connecticut Investigates indicates passenger traffic numbers remain woeful at Bradley due to coronavirus. Some, like Julius Brown of New Haven, said they’re still traveling, despite the pandemic. “As long as I wear my mask and I got my...

Passenger traffic remains way down at Bradley Airport as rental car companies ask for a reduction in payments to the airport, NBC Investigates finds.

United Airlines says it is dropping a controversial $200 fee on consumers who change a ticket for travel within the United States

These are turbulent economic times for Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. Passenger numbers plummeted when the pandemic hit, and it has been a rough ride ever since. As the coronavirus crisis was taking off, business at Bradley Airport was doing the opposite. “One day we screened about 200 people at the airport where typically you’d be talking numbers upwards…

From UV light disinfecting check-in touch screens, to planes being cleaned with electrostatic mist and equipped with hospital-grade air filters, flying during the pandemic is a different experience than before

Planning a trip this summer? The Transportation Security Administration recently released a new set of security rules to help keep you and your fellow travelers safe from the coronavirus. Here’s what you need to know before you head to the airport.

Flying this summer is predicted to be more tedious than in the past, but experts say the pandemic is pushing positive change at airports at breakneck speed.  What’s on the horizon? Imagine shorter lines, cruising through checkpoints and not touching anything — except for your mobile phone — from your car door to your airplane seat. In fact, the technology…