Russia's closed airspace adds up to four hours onto some flights. United, British Airways, and Finnair are all avoiding the area.

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British Airways adjusted flight path between New Delhi and London.
Russia's airspace closure is leading US and European airlines to detour around the country, according to data sent to Insider from travel data provider OAG.

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How Russia is evading sanctions to keep $10 billion worth of seized Boeing and Airbus planes flying

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Four Russian airliners in a maintenance hangar.
Russia has gone to great lengths to keep its fleet of seized airplanes flying, including "cannibalizing" planes and buying from the black market.

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Airbus' A321XLR aircraft is set to fly in 2024. Take a look at the new plane and see what new routes it opens — coming soon to carriers like American and United.

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Airbus A321XLR plane takes off during the Paris Air Show
The Airbus A321XLR is on track to enter commercial service in 2024. United and American are among the airlines that have already placed orders.

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Spirit was named the second-worst airline in the US. Here's how I managed surprise fees on a flight from New York to Miami as a veteran low-cost traveler.

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Flying on Spirit from New York to Miami.
Low-cost Spirit Airlines was named the second-worst airline in the US for 2023, according to a recent report from AirAdvisor. But, it's not impossible to have a good flight on Spirit.

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Frontier is the worst US airline in 2023, and Spirit isn't far behind, according to recent study — see the list of the top 10 airlines

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Spirit and Frontier.
Spirit and Frontier.

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Private jets can be tracked. Here are all the sneaky ways billionaires can still fly unseen.

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A private jet is seen on the tarmac at Friedman Memorial Airport ahead of the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 4, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Many of the billionaires who descended upon Sun Valley, Idaho, for their annual "summer camp" were enrolled in jet-dodging programs like LADD and PIA to avoid public following.

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American Airlines worker found to have been killed by accident after an airline investigator suggested it may have been suicide, report says

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Francisco De Jesus and his daughter were flying on American Airlines from Seattle to Charlotte, North Carolina.
Michal Ingraham worked for American Airlines at Austin airport.

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Lawmakers are trying to pass a bill that will make flying better — but it doesn't address the problems that make skiplagging so appealing

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A passenger waits near a Delta Airlines terminal in the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 13,
An airport passenger.

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The new low-cost US airline that promised to connect the East Coast with Japan and Korea is having a rough start

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Northern Pacific Airways Boeing 757 aircraft.
Northern Pacific Airways had to cancel its second-ever scheduled flight.

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Kyrsten Sinema raked in more than $100,000 from the airline industry as she pushed to alter pilot training requirements

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona at the Capitol on May 9, 2023.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona at the Capitol on May 9, 2023.

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