Author: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY

Airlines are hiring additional customer service agents to bring staffing back in line with surging travel demand.

Airlines offering transatlantic flights say COVID vaccination rates support border reopenings in time for summer travel.

Visitors to Maui must still comply with the state’s mandatory pre-departure coronavirus test requirement, even if vaccinated.

United signed a deal with startup Boom Supersonic for 15 supersonic aircraft. Don’t get excited yet: The planes won’t carry passengers until 2029.

Southwest Airlines did not say when it plans to resume alcohol sales. Some other airlines have already brought alcohol back to some degree.

The airline also said it plans to change in-flight announcements about the federal mask mandate in a bid to ensure compliance.

The southern California theme park reopened in late April but only to California residents. That is set to change on June 15.

Cooped-up Americans are expected to fly in pandemic record numbers this summer, and travelers face a return to semi-normal skies over Memorial Day.

The 28-year-old female passenger was charged with felony battery in the incident.

The FAA’s proposed $64,500 in fines against five passengers comes after the agency has proposed hundreds of thousands in fines for unruly passengers.