Of the 2 million people clogging airport security lines and gate areas again each day, one crowd is still largely missing: business travelers.

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I recently rewatched the movie “Meet the Fockers,” reflecting upon the protagonist’s mishaps with airline travel. As Americans, including those with disabilities, who pay taxes, we recently subsidized the survival of the airlines as these private-public entities because of the ...

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American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both posted second-quarter profits on Thursday thanks to generous federal pandemic relief.

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Air travel can be difficult in the best of times, with cramped planes, screaming babies, flight delays and short tempers. Throw in a pandemic, and the anxiety level can rise quickly.

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The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints Friday.

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WOW Air is getting a month‘s head start on the debut of flights from BWI to Reykjavik and expanding the service to year-round.

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(AP) If you’re flying somewhere for Thanksgiving, expect planes and airports to be even more crowded this year. U.S. airlines expect to carry 24.6 million passengers over the 12 days surrounding Thanksgiving, up 1.5 percent from last year. The worst ...

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(AP) The CEO of the Washington region’s airports authority says it is growing in all the wrong places. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority chief Jack Potter, who oversees Reagan National and Dulles airports, says passenger growth is strong at Reagan, where ...

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(AP) A car-racing group in Cumberland wants to resume racing at the local airport next year. The Cumberland Times-News reported Tuesday that National Road Autosports has asked the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority to consider the request at its October meeting. ...

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Beontra, part of Bethesda-based aerospace company Lockheed Martin, and Copenhagen Airport are partnering to offer a new consulting service to help airports maximize available data to improve operations, Lockheed announced. Copenhagen Airport has been named the “Most Efficient Airport in ...

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