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FILE - In this May 28, 2021 file photo, travelers wait for their luggage at a baggage carousel at Miami International Airport in Miami. The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Travel rebound: 2 million people go through US airports

By David Koenig Jun. 12, 2021 10:59 AM EDT

People enjoy their vacations at the pool of Nissi Blue hotel in southeast resort of Ayia Napa, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Saturday, May 22, 2021. Cypriot hotel and other tourism-related business owners say they'd like to see the COVID-19 pandemic-induced uncertainty over travel bookings to the tourism-reliant island nation winding down by July when they're hoping authorities in Cyprus' main markets including the U.K., Russia, Germany and the Scandinavian countries will make it easier for their citizens to travel abroad. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Countries eager to reopen to travel as pandemic recedes

By David Koenig And Menelaos Hadjicostis May. 26, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

United Airlines, Nordson rise; Lordstown Motors, Dycom fall

May. 25, 2021 04:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Lordstown Motors Corp., down 72 cents to $8.95. ...

A customer walks out of a Zara store, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in New York. U.S. consumer confidence rose sharply for a second straight month in April, hitting the highest level in more than a year as consumer sentiment was boosted by a more rapid rollout of the vaccines and another round of support payments. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Consumer confidence ticks down in May, but remains strong

By Matt Ott May. 25, 2021 10:14 AM EDT

A banner designed last year for the Kayhi Class of 2020 by Ketchikan artist Matt Hamilton is on display at the intersection of Jefferson Way and Tongass Avenue in Ketchikan, Alaska on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Restaurants, bars and gyms in the Alaska port town of Ketchikan have been asked to close as officials attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19 after the city's pandemic risk level was raised to its highest level. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
The Latest: New Mexico adopts CDC guidance on facemasks

By The Associated Press May. 14, 2021 02:27 AM EDT

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Denver. On Monday, April 19, 2021, United Airlines said it is still losing money, and it's waiting for a turnaround in lucrative business and international travel to get it back to profitability. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
United Airlines stock plunges after another big loss

By David Koenig Apr. 20, 2021 04:24 PM EDT

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Denver. On Monday, April 19, 2021, United Airlines said it is still losing money, and it's waiting for a turnaround in lucrative business and international travel to get it back to profitability. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
United loses $1.36 billion as business travel remains weak

By David Koenig Apr. 19, 2021 05:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a passenger wears a face mask she travels after take off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. A new study says leaving middle seats open could reduce the risk of airline passengers contracting the virus that causes COVID-19. The study was published Wednesday, April 14, 2021 by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kansas State University. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Study finds that blocking seats on planes reduces virus risk

By The Associated Press Apr. 14, 2021 08:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 24, 2015 file photo, American-Brazilian businessman David Neeleman, right, talks to journalists during a join news conference with his partner Portuguese businessman Humberto Pedrosa, in Lisbon. Two new U.S. airlines are planning on starting service this spring, tapping into the travel recovery that is picking up speed. Breeze Airways is the latest creation of Neeleman, who founded JetBlue Airways more than 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
2 new airlines await Americans looking to fly somewhere

By David Koenig Apr. 08, 2021 11:02 AM EDT

Delta cancels about 100 flights, opens some middle seats

By Tom Krisher Apr. 04, 2021 04:50 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — Delta Air Lines canceled about 100 flights Sunday due to staff shortages, and it opened up middle seats a month earlier than expected in order...

FILE - In this June 10, 2020 file photo, a Frontier Airlines jet heads down a runway for take off from Denver International Airport as travelers deal with the effects of the new coronavirus in Denver. Fans of Frontier Airlines can now buy a piece of the budget carrier. Frontier shares were expected to begin public trading Thursday, April 1, 2021, and company executives are hoping to get a tailwind from what seems to be a recovery in air travel. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Frontier Airlines hopes IPO rides wave of travel recovery

By David Koenig Apr. 01, 2021 10:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a passenger wears a face mask she travels on a Delta Air Lines flight after taking off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Delta Air Lines will stop blocking middle seats in May, meaning that no more U.S. airlines will limit capacity on flights to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Delta's announcement Wednesday, March 31, reverses a policy that had been in place since last April. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Delta joins other US airlines in ending empty middle seats

By David Koenig Mar. 31, 2021 10:58 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2020 file photo, United Airlines planes are parked at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. With more people feeling increasingly comfortable with traveling now that vaccinations are taking place, airlines are trying to accommodate the pent up demand by adding flights worldwide. United Airlines said Thursday, March 25, 2021, that in May it’s adding 26 new nonstop routes between Midwest cities and popular vacation destinations. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
As freeze in air travel begins to thaw, United adds flights

By Michelle Chapman Mar. 25, 2021 09:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2021 file photo, travelers walk through the Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. The number of people flying in the United States has eclipsed the year-ago level for the first time in the pandemic period, although travel remains deeply depressed from 2019. The Transportation Security Administration said 1.34 million people passed through U.S. airport checkpoints on Sunday, March 14 topping the 1.26 million people that TSA screened on the comparable Sunday a year ago. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
US air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit

By David Koenig Mar. 15, 2021 02:56 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2020 file photo, a street sign is displayed at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks were mixed in early trading on Monday, March 15, 2021, as investors sifted a mixed bag of data from China. Wall Street continues to eye the bond market, where yields gave back some of last week's gains. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Asia shares mostly higher after US stocks gain for fifth day

By Yuri Kageyama Mar. 15, 2021 05:13 AM EDT

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 takes off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Investors have seemingly cleared airline stocks for takeoff, but the industry still faces a long and bumpy climb. The S&P 500′s airline index has jumped nearly 25% so far in 2021 as vaccine distribution ramps up and begins to clear the way for a full economic recovery. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Airline stocks cleared for takeoff, but turbulence ahead

By Damian J. Troise Mar. 11, 2021 02:10 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2020 file photo, American Airlines ticket agent Henry Gemdron, left, works with a customer at Miami International Airport during the coronavirus pandemic in Miami. The Transportation Department said Tuesday, March 9, 2021, that the airline industry employed 713,949 people full-time or part-time in January. That's up about 19,000 jobs from December but still well below employment levels in early 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
US airlines adding jobs, extending rebound from October low

By David Koenig Mar. 09, 2021 02:49 PM EST

FILE - The first Alaska Airlines passenger flight on a Boeing 737-9 Max airplane takes off, Monday, March 1, 2021, on a flight to San Diego from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Boeing says it got more new orders than cancellations for planes in February. Boeing said Tuesday, March 9, that it received 82 new orders and 51 cancellations last month, for a net gain of 31. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Boeing finally sees positive net orders for airplanes

Mar. 09, 2021 11:43 AM EST

Airline stocks rally, American cites plan to pay off loan

Mar. 08, 2021 04:31 PM EST
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Airline stocks rose Monday, spurred by signs that vaccine rollouts could set up a rebound in travel later this year. ...

This Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 photo provided by Hayden Smith shows United Airlines Flight 328 approaching Denver International Airport, after experiencing "a right-engine failure" shortly after takeoff from Denver. Federal regulators are investigating what caused a catastrophic engine failure on the plane that rained debris on Denver suburbs as the aircraft made an emergency landing. Authorities said nobody aboard or on the ground was hurt despite large pieces of the engine casing that narrowly missed homes below. (Hayden Smith via AP)
Boeing: 777s with engine that blew apart should be grounded

By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2021 08:32 AM EST