Mapped: 19,000 US flights canceled due to the huge winter storm — marking the worst weekend for air travel since COVID

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Ground crews de-ice an American Airlines jet at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on January 24, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.
An American Airlines plane being de-iced at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Saturday.

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Major airlines drop rebooking fees as winter storm heads for key US cities

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Holiday travelers at the airport.
Airlines are expecting more than 30 million passengers during the Thanksgiving travel period.

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Elon Musk has met his match in Ryanair's finely-tuned trolling

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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary poses in front of a backdrop at a press conference at Ryanair's headquarters on October 8, 2025, in Madrid, Spain.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has a long history of making provocative statements to get attention.

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US authorities accuse a Canadian man of posing as airline staff to fly for free hundreds of times on US airlines

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A United Airlines airplane passes by an American Airlines plane at O'Hare Airport in Chicago

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Ryanair is embracing the feud with Elon Musk and says it's hand-delivering a ticket to X's Dublin office

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Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary during a press conference at The Mayson Hotel, Dublin, after tech billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of buying the budget airline to
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary at Wednesday's press conference.

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Ryanair launches 'Great Idiots' seat sale 'especially for Elon' as feud escalates

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A collage of a Ryanair Boeing 737 Max and Elon Musk pouting in thought and wearing a DOGE cap.
A Ryanair Boeing 737 Max, and Elon Musk.

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Some flight attendants at ultra-low-cost carriers make more than United crew. Here's how much they earn.

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Allegiant Air flight attendant Chris Killian talking to passengers as the plane pushes back from the gate at Las Vegas airport.
An Allegiant flight attendant.

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'Fire him': Elon Musk and the billionaire CEO of Europe's biggest airline trade insults over Starlink

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A collage of Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary pictured during a press conference with his hand on his face, and Elon Musk wearing a suit
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said he wasn't interested in Elon Musk's Starlink.

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Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan before a spare plane came to rescue them

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A view shows the Golden Horse Monument featuring former Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov riding an Akhal-Teke, Turkmenistan's national horse, in Turkmenistan's capital of Ashgabat on June 28, 2023.
A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat.

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Delta is buying Boeing 787s for the first time. Here's why United and American may feel the pressure.

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Delta 787 rendering.
Delta's 787 order reinforces its push for premium long-haul revenue.

Delta Air Lines

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