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As thousands of flight disruptions on Monday due to severe storms spanned across the East Coast, U.S. airlines have called on the the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to extend a waiver that allowed them to cut back on service.

The passenger who generated dozens of memes for accusing another passenger of being "not real" on an American Airlines flight is said to live in a multimillion-dollar house in Lakewood, Dallas, per a New York Post report.

Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old daughter, Moira, had just deplaned at Denver International Airport when two Denver police officers met them at the gate, calling them by name and notifying them that they had been reported for suspicious behavior.

A United Airlines passenger flew two hours across the US after the airline failed to reunite her with her bag.

A man has accused a United Airlines flight attendant of shaming him and his wife over their special needs child's behavior during a flight from New Delhi to Newark. 

United Airlines passengers described being trapped on their plane for seven hours on the runway in bleak conditions, before the flight was canceled.

Last month, American Airlines made headlines when it punished a teenager for "skiplagging." 

United Airlines recently introduced new, more high-tech first-class seats on some of its U.S. routes—the first update to its domestic first-class product since 2015.

Thirsty travelers flying through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will no longer be able to buy water in plastic bottles. Airport officials announced a ban on single-use plastic water bottles effective immediately in a Facebook post stating, “With ample water bottle refill stations across our terminals, we encourage guests to bring reusable water bottles to avoid waste.”

The teenager whose ticket was canceled after American Airlines realized that he wasn't planning to board his connecting flight didn't know that skiplagging was frowned upon.

Travelers looking to extend their summer can now treat themselves to a trip to Hawaii this fall thanks to these major discounts. Hawaiian Airlines'«Switch Up Your Surroundings» fare sale, is offering discounted one-way airfares to and from many popular destinations in Hawaii — with fares starting at $119 Some of the biggest deals on the one-way fares include:

A video of an American Airlines pilot dressing down his passengers has gone viral after his speech was posted on Instagram last week.

Southwest Airlines is one of the most popular airlines in the United States thanks to its friendly flight attendants, and its two-free checked bags policy, the open seating onboard the aircraft and the low prices. The airline also likes to offer sales on its flights, and there’s a new one that travelers are getting excited about. For the first time, Southwest Airlines has launched a buy one, get one 50% off on base fares.

United Airlines has banned a woman from flying with the airline after she forced a flight to divert from its intended destination, the airline told Insider in a statement.

20-year-old Marley Stevens has put out a viral PSA on TikTok not to fly with Frontier Airlines after she claimed the airline wouldn't let her on her flight over the weekend — and proceeded to reschedule her for a flight leaving two days later. She told Insider she flew to her destination on a different airline, but she's still awaiting her refund for the gaffe.

Enter the American Airlines “Your Vacation Spot” sweepstakes by April 1, 2016, for a chance to win the grand prize: a $10,000 American Airlines Vacations travel voucher.

Alaska Airlines is justly lauded for its Mileage Plan loyalty program, which among other features boasts 17 airline partners, allowing program members to earn and redeem miles for flights throughout the world.

Update, September 18: The FAA has issued updated guidance regarding usage of Samsung Galaxy 7 phones in flight, stating “passengers may not turn on or charge the devices when they carry them on board a plane. Passengers must also protect the devices from accidental activation, including disabling any features that may turn on the device, such as alarm clocks, and must not pack them in checked luggage.” The statement does not mention if any penalties are associated with failure to comply with this guidance. Read the full statement here.

OAG, which dubs itself an “air travel intelligence company,” has released its top-10 rankings of the most and least punctual airlines in 2016. The group analyzed 54 million flight records using full-year data from 2016 to compile the list, and for the purposes of the study defined “on-time” as “a flight that arrives or departs within 14 minutes and 59 seconds (under 15 minutes) of its scheduled arrival/departure time.”

Wi-Fi access isn’t free on Alaska Airlines flights. But at least for the next year, the airline’s passengers can use inflight Wi-Fi to send and receive unlimited texts for free.

Southwest manages to succeed where most companies, and airlines in particular, fail, selling a mediocre product, at a price that is rarely the lowest, racking up an industry-leading record of profitability, all the while maintaining a firm hold on the hearts and minds of its customers. Very few companies make so many people so happy so consistently.