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Cancun Travel Warning Issued After Taxi Drivers Attack Uber Drivers and Passengers
The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory for Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast Monday after medallion taxi drivers started harassing and attacking drivers from the ride-hailing app Uber and their customers.
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DOT Is Probing Whether Southwest's Schedules Were ‘Unrealistic' During Holiday Meltdown
Southwest canceled more than 16,000 flights over the holidays.
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Snow Creates Tricky Travel Conditions Across the State
Snowfall created tricky travel conditions across the state during the day and into the night Monday.
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Cloud Shot Up in Front of Hawaiian Airlines Plane Before Severe Turbulence, Report Says
The captain of the plane told investigators flight conditions were smooth with clear skies when the cloud shot up in front of the plane and there was no time to change course.
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U.S. National Parks, Including Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, Will Be Free on MLK Day — and 4 Other Days This Year
Though a majority of the nation’s parks are free year-round, roughly 100 of them have entrance fees ranging from $5 to $35 depending on the location.
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Corrupt File to Blame for FAA Aviation Meltdown That Delayed and Cancelled Thousands of Flights
Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Wednesday after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, and the government launched an investigation into the breakdown, which grounded some planes for hours.
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Travelers Stuck for 36+ Hours on Amtrak Train From Virginia to Florida
Passengers spent over 36 hours on a train when a freight car derailment stopped Amtrak Auto Train 53 in North Carolina overnight.
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FAA Temporarily Grounds Domestic Departures Citing Computer Outage
The Federal Aviation Administration grounded departing flights on Wednesday after it experienced a computer outage.
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Domestic Flights Temporarily Grounded by Computer Outage: Photos
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines around the country to halt all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern because of a computer outage.
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Flight Delays, Cancellations Pile Up After FAA System Outage Grounded US Planes
Flights across the United States were brought to a standstill Wednesday morning after a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Man Arrested for Urinating on Elderly Woman on New York-New Delhi Flight
Indian police have arrested an unruly airline passenger following a complaint by a woman aboard an Air India flight from New York that he urinated on her in business class.
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Southwest to Give Over $300 in Points to Customers Impacted by Cancellation Chaos
Southwest Airlines is trying to fix its relationship with travelers who got stuck by canceled flights over the holidays.
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Southwest Airlines Schedule Returns to Relative Normalcy After Week of Chaos
Southwest Airlines returned to a relatively normal flight schedule Friday, as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.
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Southwest Says It Will Return to Normal Operations Friday After Days of Chaos
The airline is trying to extract itself from a sustained scheduling mess.
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Why Is Southwest Having So Many Cancellations While Other Airlines Are Not?
It has less to do with the weather and more to do with something called the “point-to-point” model.
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How Does Southwest's Point-to-Point Model Work?
SWAPA, the union that represents Southwest Airlines’ pilots, says the way Southwest routes are designed is part of the reason the airline has had such a difficult time rebounding from winter weather delays and cancellations.
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Southwest Cancellations Continue as Rival Carriers Cap Fares to Help Stranded Flyers
The airline cut another 60% of its schedule even as operations at other airlines improved.
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Southwest CEO Releases Statement on Airline Troubles: ‘Truly Sorry'
In a video statement released Tuesday, Southwest CEO Robert Jordan apologized for the airline’s struggle to operate during the busy holiday travel week.
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US Airports See Luggage Pileups in Wake of Winter Storm Delays
Rows of baggage carts could be seen on the tarmac at Dallas Love Field Airport on Tuesday.
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Why Did Southwest Airlines Cancel So Many Flights? Here's What the Airline Said
Travelers dealt with widespread difficulties in the lead-up to the Christmas holiday weekend as a winter storm pummeled the U.S., but even as some of the effects of the storm lingered, much of the travel disruptions were expected to be cleared by this week — except for those who flew on Southwest Airlines.