Kathryn Krupnik

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Kris Van Cleave |Kathryn Krupnik |Kelsie Hoffman

Tips on spring break travel With spring break in full swing, airlines and airports say they expect to be busier this season, which covers most of March and April, compared to prior years. The TSA expects a 5% jump in flyers over last year. At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, the country's second busiest airport, that means 4.8 million flyers over the next several weeks.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Kris Van Cleave |Kathryn Krupnik

2 hours agoSouthwest Airlines will charge to check bags for the first time, launch basic economy ticketsIt's happening: Southwest Airlines will start charging passengers to check bags for the first time. It's a stunning reversal that shows the low-cost …3 hours agoMajor U.S. airlines warn consumers aren't spendingThree of the largest U.S. airlines have cut their revenue or earnings forecasts since Monday's market close, with all citing weakening consumer …

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Kris Van Cleave |Kathryn Krupnik

Southwest Airlines boasts that its passengers' "bags fly free" — but not for long. Starting May 28 — just in time for the busy summer travel season -- only Southwest's most elite Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred members and passengers who book their top tier Business Select fares will receive two free checked bags. Frequent flyer A-List Members, Southwest-branded credit card holders and other select customers will be allowed one checked bag.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Scott MacFarlane |Kathryn Krupnik

4 hours agoA federal judge ruled that Jan. 6 rioter Edward Kelley's actions after his initial arrest were "separated from the defendant’s conduct in the D.C. Case by years and miles." WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot do not extend to the …

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Scott MacFarlane |Kathryn Krupnik

The FBI arrested a Texas man for allegedly beating one passenger, attempting to strike another, injuring a second passenger and vulgarly berating a flight attendant aboard an American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington Reagan National Airport earlier this month, CBS News has learned. It occurred five weeks to the day after the crash of an American Airlines flight on the same route.