American, Delta and United are among the carriers planning to allow passengers to choose something other than ‘male’ or ‘female’ when buying their tickets.
Departing flights were suspended for about half an hour on Friday morning at the airport, one of the busiest in the world.
The European plane maker says it will stop deliveries in 2021 for the giant jet, which became less competitive as people changed the way they flew.
The mistake, for which Ms. McCain apologized, started a conversation about the role of implicit bias, and experts weighed in on what to do if you are in a similar situation.
The airline said the jets, made by Airbus, had not been part of its plans for some time.
The terminal was evacuated after the unidentified man jumped, causing passengers to flee unscreened into restricted areas.
The Argentine soccer player and his pilot disappeared over the English Channel last week as he was making his way to Wales to join his new soccer club.
A report found that the captain’s “moody and aggressive” behavior during the flight might have contributed to the crash last year, which killed 51 people.
The stoppage of flights to a main airport serving the New York City area comes as federal workers miss a second paycheck as a result of the government shutdown.
The stoppage of flights to a main airport serving the New York City area comes as federal workers miss a second paycheck as a result of the government shutdown.
The delays cascaded along the East Coast, reaching as far north as Boston, but La Guardia was the only airport that had been closed off to arriving flights.
Aviation unions have raised concerns about the shutdown’s effect on the safety of the nation’s air travel system.
In a joint statement, the unions that represent the nation’s air traffic controllers, pilots and flight attendants said the threat to safety was growing by the day.
The shutdown of Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday reminded travelers how vulnerable airports are to the threat of wayward drones.
With the shutdown now more than a month old, carriers have lost more than $100 million in revenue, a number that doesn’t capture the shutdown’s broader economic effects.
The soccer player contacted friends from a flight that later vanished over the English Channel, saying the aircraft seemed to be “falling to pieces.”
As many transportation security officers fail to show up for work, reserve employees are being flown in to bolster depleted ranks at some airports.
The disruption at Newark Liberty International Airport lasted about 90 minutes, after pilots reported seeing a drone about 3,500 feet over a nearby private airport.
Airlines’ most valuable customers — the ones who fly and spend the most — get lots of perks. For everyone else, it has become more complicated to qualify.