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November 10, 2025
The fourth day of the flight restrictions saw airlines scrap over 2,300 flights cancellations Monday and more than 1,000 flights…
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March 11, 2025
Southwest Airlines’ calling card is their free checked bag policy; as of May 28, only specific ticket classes will receive…
March 10, 2023
The Biden-Harris administration is heading to court to stop JetBlue from purchasing Spirit Airlines Inc. to protect consumers.
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December 30, 2022
After canceling over 50% of its flights during the holiday weekend, Southwest became this week’s hot topic.
July 10, 2022
With furloughed staff and COVID callouts, the airline industry has faced an uptick in flight cancellations. Here's how to prepare…
July 2, 2022
About 2.49 million passengers went through security checkpoints at U.S. airports Friday, according to figures released by the TSA.
June 26, 2022
If a flight only becomes more expensive the more you search for it, your persistence may be part of the…
May 27, 2022
Domestic airline fares for summer 2022 are averaging more than $400 a round trip — 24% higher than this time in…
JetBlue airplanes thegrio.com
April 13, 2022
After Frontier and Spirit Airlines announced their merger in February, JetBlue announced plans to pursue their own bid for Spirit. 
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April 2, 2022
Looking to get away without blowing your travel budget? These websites will help you find cheap flights on the fly.
December 26, 2021
Airlines continued to cancel flights because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19 during one of the busiest travel times of…
July 4, 2021
The Biden admin will propose that airlines must refund fees on checked baggage if the bags aren’t delivered to passengers…
April 25, 2021
Alaska Airlines has banned Republican state senator, Lora Reinbold, for refusing to follow preventative mask requirements.
February 13, 2021
U.S. airlines leaders say mandaating coronavirus tests for domestic flights would undermine the already fragile industry.
October 11, 2020
U.S. officials are interested in reopening international travel between the popular destinations thanks to widespread coronavirus testing.
Emirates COVID-19 travel airlines thegrio.com
August 5, 2020
Emirates wants people to return to flying and is adding incentives like coronavirus funds and even funeral costs if you're…
flyingwhileblack
June 11, 2018
[griojw id=”y6FETpZO” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   An elderly man in Florida was pretty unfriendly, hurling racial slurs while flying the friendly skies,
March 21, 2018
For Black folks, travel sometimes means flying the unfriendly skies when we aggressions, micro- and macro- on airplanes. So we’ve…