How long does it take to get a passport? Longer than you think with new delays. Here's what you should know to get yours faster.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the State Department is receiving around 500,000 passport applications a week.

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A faulty defibrillator aboard an American Airlines flight led to a 14 year old's death, a new lawsuit claims

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Kevin Greenidge with his mother, Melissa Arzu.
Kevin Greenidge was 14 years old when he experienced cardiac arrest on an American Airlines flight. His mother is now suing the airline.

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An airline has offered passengers counseling after a flight was diverted when it was hit by 'severe wind-speeds' and high turbulence

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TUI Airlines Belgium Boeing 737-800 aircraft as seen departing from Eindhoven Airport. TUI has offered passengers on board a diverted flight counseling.

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Boeing lawyers argue 737 MAX crash victims didn't have time to feel pain as plane slammed into the ground

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Investigators look through debris from the 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash. Boeing's attorneys claim the plane hit the ground too fast for passengers to feel any pain.

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Fly less, sit in coach, and avoid gimmicky offsets. Here's how to make your next trip more sustainable, according to experts.

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25% of a flight's total emissions happen during takeoff and landing, which is a reason why layovers are discouraged and some airports are adopting optimized profile descents with idle engines.

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Budget airline seeks to limit disruption after 4 planes were reportedly seized by a New York-based hedge fund in an 'extreme and unusual' move

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Flair Airlines said the impact had been caused by a commercial dispute.

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Climate change is making plane turbulence worse, and it could make flights bumpier and more expensive

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The inside of the plane after Lufthansa Flight 469 hit "severe turbulence" en route to Frankfurt, Germany.

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A commercial pilot says collisions are super rare but investigators need to figure out if recent near-misses are coincidences or not

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An American Airlines plane on the runway.

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JetBlue is going after traditional airlines serving the transatlantic market with a new route to Paris starting at $479, undercutting both Delta and American

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A JetBlue A321neo LR in flight.
JetBlue's transatlantic expansion has to do with its fleet of Airbus A321 Long Range. The aircraft is Airbus' largest single-aisle plane, smaller and more efficient than usual transatlantic flights.

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A Southwest passenger says they felt their lungs 'burning' after the cabin filled with smoke mid-flight

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Southwest Airlines flight 3923 from Havana, Cuba to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday was forced to make an emergency landing.

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