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- The sticker price is displayed in the window of an unsold 2023 Navigator sports-utility vehicle at a Lincoln dealership on June 18, 2023, in Englewood, Colo. The strike by auto workers is almost certain to lead to higher prices for car buyers; it's only a matter of whether panic buying will make dealer lots look empty sooner than analysts expect. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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The auto workers strike will drive up car prices, but not right away — unless consumers panic
By DAVID KOENIG - AP Business Writer
Sat,09/16/23-8:40AM , 976 Reads
DALLAS (AP) — Car shoppers are heading for a new round of sticker shock if the strike by the United Auto Workers doesn’t end soon, particularly for popular vehicles that are already in short supply.
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- A United Airlines plane is pushed from the gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Aug. 11, 2023, in Houston. United Airlines flights were halted nationwide on Tuesday, Sept. 5, because of an “equipment outage,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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United Airlines says the outage that held up departing flights was not a cybersecurity issue
By DAVID KOENIG - AP Airlines Writer
Tue,09/05/23-12:50PM , 537 Reads
United Airlines said Tuesday that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling one of the nation's biggest carriers on a busy travel day.

Federal officials said United crews had been unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means.
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- Travelers stand in line at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Los Angeles. With Labor Day weekend just days away, airports and roadways are expected to be busy as tens of thousands of Southern Californians travel out of town. (Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Squeezing in one last summer trip over Labor Day weekend? Expect crowded airports and full flights
By DAVID KOENIG - AP Airlines Writer
Wed,08/30/23-6:22PM , 261 Reads
DALLAS (AP) — By some measures, air travelers have enjoyed a less stressful summer than last year, but canceled flights remain elevated as airlines face their last big test of the prime vacation season: Labor Day weekend.
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- Senior cabin crew member Magdalini Michailidou stands on the gangway prior the first holiday flight of the Corendon Airlines Europe to the Greek destination Rhodos at the airport Erfurt-Weimar in Erfurt, Germany, July 2, 2020. Corendon Airlines says that it will sell an adults-only zone — no one under 16 allowed — on flights between Amsterdam and Curacao starting in November 2023. The Turkish carrier says people traveling without children will get quiet surroundings, and parents won't have to worry that their crying or fidgeting kids will annoy fellow passengers. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
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For travelers who want to avoid babies and kids, one airline will test an adults-only section
By DAVID KOENIG - AP Airlines Writer
Tue,08/29/23-4:06PM , 638 Reads
DALLAS (AP) — One airline plans to find out if solitude-seeking travelers will pay a hefty extra charge to avoid sitting near babies and little kids.

Corendon Airlines says that it will sell an adults-only zone — no one under 16 — on flights between Amsterdam and Curacao starting in November.
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