Air Travel

Some flights are less than 100 miles, and they're the backbone of the U.S. air system, linking small towns and big cities. But short routes were in decline even before jet fuel costs spiked.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke out against Delta Airlines after it announced plans to use artificial intelligence to set individualized airfares.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is talking up the expansion of service at Tweed-New Haven Airport which will include direct flights to Puerto Rico this fall. But some of the airport’s neighbors worry about increased noise and air pollution.

At least a dozen areas around the airport have hosted sensors the size of miniature refrigerators that measure air pollution as planes take off. The goal is to use the data in conversations with local leaders.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is introducing new legislation to hold airlines accountable for delays and cancellations.

The Town of East Hampton is prohibited from deactivating or closing its Wainscott airport, according to a ruling Wednesday in state Supreme Court.

Thirty-thousand U.S. flights have been canceled since Memorial Day.

Millions of travelers in the Northeast will take to the highways and the skies for the Fourth of July weekend.

The Town of East Hampton on Long Island will begin the process of permanently closing its airport. This comes after the town failed to convert the facility from public to private.

Airline worker unions have urged Congress to pass a bill that would mandate masks nationwide on all forms of transportation.Sara Nelson is president of…