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• Spirit Airlines is introducing extra legroom seats with 32-inch pitch, available for purchase this month and rolling out on most flights by July 2025. • The updated Go Comfy fare will include extra legroom instead of a blocked middle seat, along with other perks like carry-on bag, priority boarding, and snacks. • Spirit's loyalty program is also getting revamped, with perks like complimentary upgrades to Go Comfy and Big Front Seats for elite members, based on availability. Spirit Airlines unveiled plans for new extra legroom seats, which it expects...

It’s not exactly a secret that air travel concerns are growing among Americans. As The New York Times noted, recent problems “have resulted in major delays and cancellations, led to safety concerns for travelers and emerged as a major challenge for the Trump administration.” To address this “major challenge,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy held a press conference in which he appeared desperate to pass the buck to the Biden administration, despite the fact that many of the recent problems emerged after the Trump administration got to work. But I was...

United Airlines Holdings Inc. expects flight reductions at Newark airport to linger through summer and into fall as the crucial travel hub struggles to recover from air traffic control glitches that have already disrupted hundreds of flights. “Hopefully, as we’ll get through the summer and fall, when staffing with the FAA improves, we can increase the number,” United Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Nocella said at an event Tuesday in New York, referring to the Federal Aviation Administration . “The most important thing,” Nocella said, is ensuring that each flight is...

United Airlines (UAL) CEO Scott Kirby tried to assuage flyers’ concerns about the chaos at Newark Liberty International Airport, saying that the major New Jersey hub is “absolutely safe.” Kirby delivered the message in an email to customers on Monday, following two weeks of crippling disruptions at the airport, where many air traffic controllers took leave after recently losing contact with planes for a brief period. The technology and staffing issues — along with a pre-scheduled renovation of a runway — have caused major delays and forced United Airlines to...

Avelo Airlines, a budget carrier, began deportation flights from Arizona on Monday under contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Flights departed from the Mesa Gateway Airport outside Phoenix, according to The Associated Press, which added that the company will use three Boeing 737-800s for the removals.

At least 11 flights have been diverted and others seriously delayed after an apparent bomb threat was made against a Ryanair flight to Brussels-Charleroi in Belgium. The aircraft at the centre of the scare was Ryanair flight FR6313, which touched down at 10.52am local time, after a journey from Faro in Portugal. The Boeing 737 is believed to have had 170 passengers on board. Shortly afterwards the airport was closed, with many aircraft diverted. Pegasus from Istanbul was the first flight diverted to the main airport in Brussels, just 31...

A new concessioner at Crater Lake National Park has, so far, been a breath of fresh air. ExplorUS, the Kansas-based company now in charge of Crater Lake’s lodging, dining, retail and boating operations, received a largely positive performance review from the National Park Service after its first year on the job, federal records show. Explor Crater Lake, a subsidiary of ExplorUS that operates at the park, received a “satisfactory” review from the National Park Service in 2024, according to documents provided to The Oregonian/OregonLive through a public records request. The...