Flights

Transportation

Austin's airport expects more flights amid record-breaking passenger surge

Nathan Bernier

The airport now has flights to 93 nonstop destinations with 266 daily departures.

Southwest airlines jets are stored at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.

Transportation

Flight attendant union criticizes Southwest Airlines’ plan to resume alcohol sales next week

Joseph Leahy

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines plans to reintroduce in-flight alcohol sales next week for the first time in nearly two years despite concerns over the high number of incidents involving unruly passengers.

A systemwide outage Monday night affected Southwest Airlines flights across the country.

Transportation

Southwest Airlines Grapples With Another Outage, Halting Flights

Jaclyn Diaz

Southwest Airlines flights were delayed across the country Monday night because of a problem with the company's weather data provider. Flights were again delayed on Tuesday.

Austin

Austin Playing Catch Up in International Air Travel

Hady Karl Mawajdeh

As metropolitan economies, like Austin, expand their global reach, international aviation plays a pivotal role—moving passengers from there to here.But,…

Austin

Photos: Space Shuttle Endeavor Buzzes Downtown Austin

Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard

We asked, and you delivered: Several KUT listeners have emailed photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavor flight over Austin this morning. Above, take a look…

Austin

Excitement Over Austin Skies: Space Shuttle & NORAD Jets to Fly Over

Laura Rice

The Space Shuttle Endeavor will take a low flight over Downtown Austin this morning.The shuttle is attached to the top of a 747, and the plane is…