Even with the higher prices for gas and plane tickets, some locals are going ahead with plans to travel. In some cases, though, those plans will be scaled back a bit.

Sunday set a travel record for U.S. airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

Spirit’s twice-daily flights will begin operating on July 10.

Officials at the San Antonio International Airport say they’re expecting a record-breaking spring break travel season with more than 340,000 travelers flying in and out of the Alamo City between March 8 and 12.

Booking a flight with earned miles or points is not synonymous with a free ride.

Beginning Jan. 11, the low-cost carrier will fly nonstop from the San Antonio International Airport to the Tampa International Airport four times a week.

An announcement regarding the San Antonio International Airport that officials are calling “mega” and “historic” will be made Thursday.

The average annual salary for a controller in 2021 was $129,750, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and controllers also get to have top-notch benefits working for the government.

Air travel is expected to be be sky high this summer. So, before you book, Consumer Reports weighs in on how customers rate airlines.

The government is rolling out a new “dashboard” that lets travelers see which which airlines let families with young children sit together on flights at no extra cost.

There are steps people can take to help be calmer and enjoy a flight.

Starting Nov. 17, the airline will offer daily, nonstop routes from San Antonio to Las Vegas and Nevada.

Now American Airlines is hoping to sell and ship some of its excess wine directly to peoples’ homes. There is a new program called American Airlines Flagship Cellars that will give customers a chance to buy wine by the bottle in custom “curated” cases or via a monthly subscription plan that costs $99 per month. American Airlines’ single-bottle wine offerings range in price from about $13 to $40, and the most expensive offering is a $300 three-pack of champagne. The wine bottles are among those that would have been served to customers with American Airlines’ flagship tickets, a luxury seating option on international and transcontinental flights. The coronavirus pandemic has battered the travel industry, leaving dozens of planes grounded and international travel greatly reduced.

DALLAS – Southwest Airlines is lifting the threat of furloughs or pay cuts for thousands of workers now that U.S. airlines will get up to $15 billion more in taxpayer aid contained in the coronavirus-relief bill. American and United Airlines, which together furloughed 32,000 employees in October, said Monday they will bring those workers back temporarily. This month, Southwest warned nearly 7,000 workers that their jobs could be in danger if their unions did not accept pay cuts of about 10%. Southwest Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly told employees Monday that federal relief “was always our preferred plan, and it means we can stop the movement toward furloughs and pay cuts that we previously announced.”Kelly said Dallas-based Southwest doesn’t expect the need for any furloughs or pay cuts in 2021. This spring, as the pandemic caused a nosedive in travel, airlines warned of massive layoffs unless Congress provided federal aid.

U.S. airlines began furloughing more than 32,000 employees on Thursday after a federal prohibition on job cuts expired. American Airlines and United Airlines said that they could reverse the furloughs if Congress and the White House quickly agree to provide billions more in taxpayer help to the embattled airline industry. The White House included $20 billion for airlines in a $1.6 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal, moving closer to House Democrats' $2.2 trillion plan. Airlines and their unions are lobbying for money to keep workers on airline payrolls for six more months, through next March. They received $25 billion, mostly in cash, to pay employees through Sept. 30 in exchange for avoiding layoffs or furloughs.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has put out what some are calling an aggressive enforcement of mask-wearing on the company’s flights. ”If you board the plane and you insist on not wearing your mask, we will insist that you don’t fly Delta into the future,” Bastian told Today in an interview Wednesday. The CEO said the stance is one he’s taking in order to keep crew and passengers safe during the pandemic. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Delta flights have been booked to 60% of their capacity, Today reported after speaking with Bastian. “We’ve had some customers indicate that they have (an) underlying condition that makes wearing a mask dangerous for them,” Bastian said.

Alcohol sales may have boomed during the lockdown, but our return to air travel will be an altogether more sobering experience. Airlines including Easyjet and KLM in Europe, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines in the United States, and Asias Virgin Australia, are suspending all or part of their alcoholic drinks service in response to COVID-19. Food service will resume gradually in coming months. Alcohol isn't off the menu, though -- it's chosen to ax its hot drinks service instead, throughout July. The AmericasDelta Airlines isn't serving alcohol on domestic flights or within the Americas, but beer, wine and spirits can be found on all other international flights.

The Trump administration said Friday it will let Chinese airlines operate a limited number of flights to the U.S., backing down from a threat to ban the flights. The decision came one day after China appeared to open the door to U.S. carriers United Airlines and Delta Air Lines resuming one flight per week each into the country. United, Delta and American Airlines suspended flights to China before mid-March. Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines continue flying those routes. The Transportation Department announced Wednesday that it would prohibit all passenger airline flights from China no later than June 16.

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