/tags/airlines Airlines en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:44:10 GMT /news/2025-02-12/frontier-makes-another-takeover-bid-for-spirit-airlines-and-it-is-rejected-again Spirit Airlines is rebuffing the latest takeover offer from Frontier Group, with the discount airline saying that it prefers focusing on its current reorganization plan. Spirit said that it believes that its restructuring will provide more value to stakeholders. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:44:10 GMT /news/2025-02-12/frontier-makes-another-takeover-bid-for-spirit-airlines-and-it-is-rejected-again Michelle Chapman, Associated Press /news/2024-01-20/winter-weather-is-snarling-air-travel-heres-what-to-do-if-your-flight-is-canceled Winter weather is causing flight delays and cancellations. Experts have tips on what to do when your itinerary gets scrambled by a storm. Airlines are required to provide refunds for customers whose flights are canceled for any reason. Airlines will try to put you on a later flight, but that depends on there being open seats. Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-01-20/winter-weather-is-snarling-air-travel-heres-what-to-do-if-your-flight-is-canceled Associated Press /news/2022-12-27/southwest-cancels-over-300-flights-from-denver-international-airport Southwest Airlines canceled over 300 flights Tuesday at Denver International Airport. This is just one of the thousands of cancellations nationwide over the past few days. Wed, 28 Dec 2022 01:16:45 GMT /news/2022-12-27/southwest-cancels-over-300-flights-from-denver-international-airport Beau Baker /regional-news/2022-11-17/thanksgiving-travel-expected-to-reach-pre-pandemic-levels-nationwide The American Automobile Association predicts national travel will be back up to pre-pandemic levels, with 54.6 million people traveling more than 50 miles for the holiday. Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:45:01 GMT /regional-news/2022-11-17/thanksgiving-travel-expected-to-reach-pre-pandemic-levels-nationwide Emma VandenEinde /regional-news/2022-10-20/researchers-pilot-new-process-to-achieve-100-bio-based-jet-fuel As the airline industry works to cut its carbon dioxide emissions, a team of researchers believe they've found a "runway" to 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 22:37:26 GMT /regional-news/2022-10-20/researchers-pilot-new-process-to-achieve-100-bio-based-jet-fuel Emma VandenEinde /news/2022-07-28/jetblue-agrees-to-buy-spirit-for-3-8-billion-after-bidding-war JetBlue has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines in a $3.8 billion deal, a day after Spirit and Frontier Airlines dropped their merger proposal. Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:14:58 GMT /news/2022-07-28/jetblue-agrees-to-buy-spirit-for-3-8-billion-after-bidding-war Associated Press /news/2022-07-08/spirit-airlines-again-postpones-vote-on-frontier-merger Spirit Airlines said Thursday it was again postponing a shareholder vote on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines to continue talks with Frontier and rival bidder JetBlue Airways. The vote was delayed from Friday until at least July 15. Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:31:00 GMT /news/2022-07-08/spirit-airlines-again-postpones-vote-on-frontier-merger Associated Press /regional-news/2022-07-05/spirits-delay-allows-airline-bidding-war-time-to-play-out Shares of Spirit Airlines rose Thursday after it postponed a vote for the second time on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines, allowing for a bidding war over the budget airline between Frontier and JetBlue Airways to play out. Tue, 05 Jul 2022 19:43:36 GMT /regional-news/2022-07-05/spirits-delay-allows-airline-bidding-war-time-to-play-out Associated Press /npr-news/2020-01-23/federal-government-may-tighten-restrictions-on-service-animals-on-planes One of the biggest changes is that the Department of Transportation would no longer require airlines to consider emotional support animals as service animals, as they have in the past. Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-01-23/federal-government-may-tighten-restrictions-on-service-animals-on-planes Merrit Kennedy /transportation/2019-09-13/report-says-airlines-carbon-emissions-are-growing-fast U.S. airlines are increasing their emissions of climate-changing gases much faster than they are boosting fuel efficiency, according to an environmental… Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:12:43 GMT /transportation/2019-09-13/report-says-airlines-carbon-emissions-are-growing-fast Associated Press