Woman Says She Was Sexually Assaulted on American Airlines Flight

In a lawsuit filed last week, the woman said the airline did not come to her aid when a man attacked her on a red-eye flight last year.

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Single Travelers Are Finding Love in Airport Lounges

For some people, the calmer, semi-exclusive spaces away from the deadening realities of modern air travel have become a prime place to find romance.

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Times Investigation Into the Deadly Crash at National Airport: 5 Takeaways

New details show that the failures leading up to the midair collision of a regional jet and an Army helicopter were more complex than previously known.

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American Airlines Will Offer Free Wi-Fi on Most Flights Next Year

Starting in January, members of the airline’s AAdvantage loyalty program will have free access to wireless internet on 90 percent of its fleet, the company said.

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Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport

Two American Airlines jets clipped wings on a taxiway, officials said. Representative Grace Meng said that, in 10 years of flying to and from Washington, “This has never happened to me.”

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Heathrow Airport Closure Wreaks Havoc on Travelers Worldwide

Flights for thousands of passengers were disrupted by the shutdown at the London airport, one of the world’s major transport hubs.

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Flights Resume at Heathrow After Substation Fire Shut Down Airport

The blaze forced Britain’s largest airport to cancel or divert more than 1,000 flights on Friday and removed a linchpin of global air travel. Counterterrorism police were investigating the cause of the fire.

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Heathrow Airport Closure Wreaks Havoc on Travelers Worldwide

The flights of thousands of passengers were disrupted by the shutdown on Friday at London Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports.

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Plane Fire at Denver Airport Forces Passengers to Evacuate Onto Wing

The flight had been diverted to the airport after experiencing “engine vibrations,” the authorities said. Six passengers were taken to a hospital for evaluation.

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Unruly Passenger Swallows Rosary Beads on American Airlines Flight

The man also kicked a flight attendant, an arrest affidavit said. He and his sister said they were traveling to Haiti to escape “religious attacks of a spiritual nature.”

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