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WASHINGTON — A top Southwest Airlines executive apologized for the carrier’s winter meltdown in a Senate hearing over the travel debacle that separated thousands of flyers from their families, wedding ceremonies and even medications in the days after Christmas. “I want to sincerely and humbly apologize to those impacted by …

Nearly 1,000 flights within, into and out of the United States were canceled Tuesday as an ice storm swept over parts of the southern U.S. The storm was concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, leaving the region hardest hit by travel issues, with 288 flights canceled at Dallas Fort …

With recent airline fiascos triggering pileups of luggage at baggage carousels across the country, airports and airlines are increasingly using technology to help track down travelers’ missing possessions. The lost-and-found department at Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) in Georgia says it has logged in everything from a set of dentures …

Last week’s massive flight disruption that grounded thousands of planes was caused after “contract personnel unintentionally deleted files,” the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday. On Jan. 11, the FAA halted all departures nationwide after an outage to the Notice to Air Missions, or NOTAM, system. The FAA said in a statement …

A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely on a single engine after it issued a mayday call over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Qantas Flight 144 with 145 passengers aboard landed at Sydney Airport from Auckland, New Zealand, after a 3.5-hour flight between the neighboring nations’ …

They included Sonu Jaiswal, a 32-year-old resident of Ghazipur, India, who recorded the flight’s approach from his seat, according to a video verified by NBC News.  Jaiswal was traveling with his three friends, Anil Rajbhar, 25, Vishal Sharma, 27 and Abhishek Kushwaha, 26, according to a spokesperson for Ghazipur district …

Airlines were working to put travel chaos behind them Thursday after a computer outage forced the Federal Aviation Administration to halt all departures nationwide as it raced to resolve the issue. As of early Thursday morning, just over 440 flights in, to and out of the U.S. were delayed, according …

The U.S. aviation warning system that crashed for more than an hour Wednesday traces back its origins to ocean-faring ships and has been under continuous reforms for years, experts say. At least one aviation industry group has called for it to be replaced altogether. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all …

Passengers were stuck on an Amtrak train traveling from the D.C. area to Florida for almost a full day longer than expected after its route was diverted in rural South Carolina due to the derailment of a freight train. For Michael McFadden and his family, what began as a fun …

A sweeping computer glitch that halted domestic departures early Wednesday left airline passengers confused, frustrated and stranded at airports across the country. The Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system, which pilots rely on for the latest information on airport and airspace closures and safety, had “failed,” the Federal Aviation Administration …