Oakland Airport to open second COVID-19 testing site, as it becomes travel partner with Hawaii

Oakland International Airport and CityHealth Urgent Care will open a second coronavirus testing facility at the airport as it becomes a certified testing and travel partner with the state of Hawaii.

Southwest to begin non-stop service from Oakland to Palm Springs

The flights will depart Oakland at 9 a.m. and 6:45 p.m., with returning flights from Palm Springs arriving back in Oakland at 10 a.m. and 5:50 p.m.

Free rapid Covid-testing at Oakland International Airport

Testing at airports, it is hoped, will ease the minds of would-be travelers who are worried about the safety of flying amid the ongoing pandemic.

Passengers brawl on plane over masks

A man who refused to wear a face mask on a Utah-bound flight was escorted off the plane in Arizona after he and another man who asked him to follow the rules got into a physical altercation

United and American Airlines furloughing 32,000 employees

The moves by two of the nation's four biggest airlines represent the first -- and likely the largest part -- of involuntary job cuts across the industry in coming days.

American will furlough 19,000 as clock runs out on airlines

American Airlines will begin furloughing 19,000 employees on Thursday after lawmakers and the White House failed to agree on a broad pandemic-relief package that includes more federal aid for airlines.

Ski resorts struggle to hire amid Trump's student visa ban

Trump argued foreigners pose a risk to American workers as the country tries to jumpstart its economy.

United Airlines will start offering rapid COVID-19 tests to some passengers at SFO

The airline announced Thursday that starting on Oct. 15, customers traveling on United Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hawaii will be able to take a rapid test at the airport.

26-year-old American woman linked to COVID-19 cluster in Germany could face 'high fines'

Officials in southern Germany are considering imposing hefty fines against a 26-year-old American woman linked to a cluster of coronavirus cases in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, including at a hotel that caters to U.S. military personnel.

US to stop enhanced COVID-19 screenings for arriving international travelers, CDC confirms

This “new approach,” which begins Monday, will no longer require international flights from China, Iran, the Schengen region of Europe, the U.K., Ireland or Brazil to be routed to one of 15 airports, the CDC confirmed.

Dramatic photos: California residents wake up to raining ash and smoke-filled skies

Others around the Bay Area also documented hazy horizons, red suns and gray skies -- all the result of the raging wildfires burning around California, which as of this week had scorched a record-setting 2.3 million acres of earth

Allegiant Air passenger removed after allegedly asking flight attendant to wear face mask

A man was removed from an Allegiant Air flight Monday morning to Punta Gorda, Florida after allegedly asking a flight attendant to put a face mask on, according to a report by Newsweek.

American Airlines allows crew to wear BLM pin, sparking backlash from some members

“Clearly we live in a time where it is so important to have a dialogue about this important issue of racism in our society and try to find common ground,” AA wrote in a company-wide announcement.