Southwest Airlines plans to drop its tradition of more than 50 years and start assigning seats and selling premium seating for customers who want more legroom. The airline said Thursday that it has been studying ...
25 July 2024
Associated Press
The parent company of Allegiant Air said Thursday that its president will become CEO in September, replacing longtime chief executive Maurice Gallagher, who will remain chairman of the board. Allegiant Travel Co. said ...
18 July 2024
Associated Press
A child brought a toy gun onto a Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada bus earlier this month. Until recently, officials would likely not have realized the child was possessing the toy ...
30 June 2024
By Grace Da Rocha
The cost of your next flight is likely to go up. That's the word from the International Air Transport Association, which held its annual meeting Monday in Dubai, home to the long-haul carrier Emirates. While carriers recover from the groundings worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic, industry leaders told journalists that there are several costs likely to push those ticket prices ever higher ...
3 June 2024
By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
You didn’t think summer travel would be easy, did you? Highways and airports are likely to be jammed the next few days as Americans head out for Memorial Day weekend getaways and then return home. AAA predicts ...
23 May 2024
By David Koenig, Associated Press
Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government's highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by ...
13 May 2024
Associated Press
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers' privacy and civil liberties. In a letter ...
2 May 2024
By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada received $149 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for improving Maryland Parkway, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said. It is the largest ...
1 April 2024
By Ayden Runnels
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is satisfied that the Boring Company, which is set to expand an underground transportation system ...
13 March 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver,
Ayden Runnels
Interstate 15 will be closed both ways from Russell to Flamingo roads this weekend for demolition work, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. The freeway will be closed from 9 p.m. today through ...
16 February 2024
By Grace Da Rocha
A single-day record 103,978 travelers were screened by Transportation Security Administration officials at Harry Reid International Airport on Monday as visitors left Las Vegas following the Super Bowl. The previous record ...
13 February 2024
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
Taylor Swift was born in 1989. Travis Kelce wears jersey No. 87. American Airlines and United Airlines took notice. Whether you’re a Swiftie or a member of Chiefs Kingdom, if you need flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas and ...
29 January 2024
Associated Press
A proposed high-speed passenger train between Las Vegas and Southern California got another boost on Tuesday with Biden administration approval to issue $2.5 billion ...
23 January 2024
Associated Press
More than 115 million Americans are expected to travel over the Christmas and New Year holidays — more than a 2% increase from the same time last year and the second-highest ...
21 December 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver
As President Joe Biden headed to Las Vegas today, his press secretary again expressed condolences to those impacted by Wednesday’s fatal shooting at UNLV and called for more action to ...
8 December 2023
By Casey Harrison
