Transportation

Las Vegas airport passenger traffic flat in February

A United Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport remained mostly unchanged in February from the previous month, with about 1.6 million travelers arriving and departing. In January, about ...

25 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas air travel still depressed as pandemic persists

A United Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, passenger numbers at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas have remained significantly below pre-pandemic levels. McCarran recorded just over ...

24 February 2021
By Bryan Horwath

FAA enacting 'NextGen' air traffic maps in Las Vegas area

An Allegiant Air passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

New air traffic patterns go into effect Thursday in southern Nevada, switching to satellite navigational guides in what the Federal Aviation Administration calls its “NextGen” modernization to ...

24 February 2021
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Las Vegas Greyhound bus station to close after 50 years

The Greyhound bus station attached to the Plaza Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas on September 30, 2015.

The Greyhound bus station at the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas will close its doors on Tuesday after operating for nearly 50 years, transportation officials said. Plaza CEO Johnathan Jossel said in a post on Twitter that the station's closure was ...

23 February 2021
Associated Press

Company testing fully driverless cars on Las Vegas streets

An autonomous vehicle company has been testing its cars in Las Vegas without a human backup driver ready to take control in an emergency. The company Motional, a joint ...

22 February 2021
Associated Press

Welcome to Harry Reid International Airport: Commission OKs name change

An Allegiant Air passenger jet taxis to a runway for take off at McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

Visitors who fly to Las Vegas will soon be landing at Harry Reid International Airport. The Clark County Commission unanimously voted today to rename ...

16 February 2021
By Hillary Davis

Sen. Jacky Rosen backs changing name of Las Vegas airport

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., smiles during an editorial board meeting at the Las Vegas Sun offices in Henderson Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019.

Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen has expressed support for the Clark County Commission’s discussion on changing the name of McCarran International Airport because of the racist and ...

8 February 2021
By John Sadler

Deadly Grand Canyon copter crash likely caused by wind

In this Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, emergency personnel arrive at the scene of a deadly tour helicopter crash along the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon, in Arizona. The parents of a British tourist who died after the crash have filed a lawsuit.

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed in the Grand Canyon in 2018, killing five British tourists, told investigators that he wasn't able to control the ...

14 January 2021
By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

New Allegiant flights from Jackson Hole to Reno, Las Vegas

Allegiant Airbus A320

Allegiant Air has announced new nonstop air service between Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Reno and Las Vegas beginning in June. The new routes are among 21 the ...

12 January 2021
Associated Press

Las Vegas airport records 1.8M passengers in November

An airplane lands at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. WADE VANDERVORT

More than 1.8 million travelers passed through the Las Vegas airport in November, a slight drop from October and less than half the pre-pandemic traffic the airport saw ...

28 December 2020
Associated Press

Southwest plans to furlough 384 employees in Las Vegas

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport June 5, 2017.

Unless its economic outlook changes, Southwest Airlines is planning to furlough 384 Las Vegas-based employees early next year.

10 December 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Electric scooters around UNLV? Why officials are hesitant to give green light

Sharable electric scooters by Bird wait on sidewalks for pedestrian use in Cincinnati. The company is hoping to gain a foothold in Las Vegas.

The electric scooter-sharing company Bird has a vision of UNLV students riding their devices throughout campus and the nearby neighborhood. Bird would place its rentable scooters on campus and the adjacent Maryland Parkway corridor ...

4 December 2020
By Hillary Davis

Nevada DMV urging online services during busiest day of year

People wait in line at the DMV on West Flamingo, Monday, June 15, 2020.

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is warning people to do services online if possible. The agency told KOLO-TV in Reno the Monday after the ...

30 November 2020
Associated Press

Despite pandemic warnings, millions will travel for Thanksgiving

A sign reminds passengers of social distancing by a security checkpoint at McCarran International Airport Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

Callie Adamson of Henderson normally travels for Thanksgiving. Not this year. Because of the pandemic, she’ll be spending a quiet holiday at home, said Adamson, who has watched the virus surge in Nevada and had a ...

25 November 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Two people die in small plane crash; man on ground escapes

An investigator looks over the wreckage of a small plane after a crash near Pebble and Valley View Boulevard Thursday. Oct. 29, 2020.

A twin-engine aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff today in the southwest valley, killing two people and igniting a fire that damaged a construction trailer from which a man escaped while choking on fuel fumes. “It was awful," said Bruce Langson, the property owner. He said he heard ...

29 October 2020
From staff and wire reports
« Older Newer »