With wildfires continuing to burn in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, United Airlines has issued a travel waiver to help affected customers. The waiver is for passengers booked on UA flights out of Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) between January 7th and 9th.
Several airlines waived change fees for flights to airports in the Los Angeles area as wildfires tore through the county.
Major airlines issued flight alerts and people in Los Angeles scrambled to evacuate as an out-of-control wildfire raged in the southern California city on Wednesday.
American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest, JetBlue and other carriers waived change fees and fare differences to the Los Angeles area. The wildfires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures. A Delta Air Lines executive said sales of Los ...
A United Airlines passenger recalled the moment he caught a bird's-eye view of the raging wildfires engulfing the Los Angeles area, describing the sight as "Mordor from ‘Lord of the Rings’.
With multiple wildfires and high winds impacting the greater Los Angeles area and other parts of southern California, local airports and many common tourist destinations are affected.
Seattle-Tacoma has grown extensively over the past eighty years to get to where it is today, from having no commercial airlines to over 30 providing regularly scheduled service. The airfield that exists today was originally developed in the years following World War II when it was designed to replace Boeing Field.
Air Canada, Air India, American Airlines, and United Airlines operate non-stop US-India flights. They carry a small proportion of the total traffic, and Cirium Diio information shows they have fallen. For example, in January 2025, there are 284 one-way flights, down 10.4% from January 2024.
Greater New York City to Greater Los Angeles connects the two most populous metro areas. Booking data shows that in the year to October 2024, approximately 5.5 million passengers (15,000 daily) flew between them.
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Global warming changed the behavior of the jet stream, and a new pattern is now clear: sapping moisture from the West Coast and freezing the East.
The Russian athlete was sitting in the exit row of the plane while an airline employee said he'd have to switch seats of get off the flight.