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The unofficial start of summer is offering a troubling look at what lies ahead for travelers during the peak vacation season.

After about two years of masking up on public transportation, wearing face coverings is now optional for travelers.

JetBlue Airways is trying to buy Spirit Airlines and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier.

When it comes to traveling, especially on a plane, you’ll definitely catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, as the old saying goes -- meaning, in simple terms, it pays to be nice.

The union for Southwest’s 16,000 flight attendants issued a letter to federal officials and the White House.

In the letter, the heads of Jet Blue, Southwest, Delta, American Airlines and others said the requirement is “no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment.”

The busiest day ever could come in the next few weeks, with spring break travel peaking April 9.

Someone onboard an Alaska Airlines flight airdropped a message to another passenger that was treated as a potential threat, according to federal sources.

Officials with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority said tests showed Clifton had a blood alcohol content of .17%.

Ponce is on Puerto Rico’s southern coast and is the U.S. territory’s second-largest city.

Hundreds of flights are being cancelled as the omicron variant creates havoc both for travelers and for airlines who are having to cobble together flight crews as infections rise among pilots and flight attendants.

According to a report by the American Automobile Association, 53.4 million people plan to travel 50 miles or more by car, plane, train, bus or cruise over the Thanksgiving weekend, a 13 percent increase from 2020.

Air Travel Headaches Travelers are lining up at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Friday, July 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh)DALLAS — (AP) — Air travel in the U.S. is hitting new pandemic-era highs, and airlines are scrambling to keep up with the summer-vacation crowds. However, air travel was still down 17% Sunday from the same Sunday in 2019. The resurgence of leisure travel, coupled with some bad weather, has led to delays and flight cancellations at airlines struggling to ramp up after being crushed by the pandemic. At least 40% of Southwest and Spirit flights were delayed and 19% of Spirit flights were canceled Sunday.

As of May 18, TSA checkpoint numbers have surpassed 27.5 million passengers.

These are the precautions airlines are taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirusPublished: April 28, 2020, 1:04 pmHere's what airlines are doing to protect passengers and employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

O'Hare 'people mover': Why it's shut down.

Air travel was transformed on January 22, 1970 when Boeing's 747 made its first commercial flight from New York City to London. CBSN looks back at the historic day in the weekly segment, "The Way it Was."