The Biden administration is enlisting officials in 15 states to help enforce consumer-protection laws covering air travel.

American Airlines is ordering 260 new planes to meet growing travel demand and increase the airline’s supply of premium seats.

More details are coming out about a man accused of punching a flight attendant on an American Airlines plane this week.

Mayor Sylvester Turner said he is ready to go with the Terminal B expansion at Bush Airport. The $2.6 billion project would make modern improvements to ticketing, baggage, and security.

United Airlines has plans to redo, expand, and modernize Terminal B at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Airlines are canceling more than 1,500 flights across the U.S. in one of the worst days yet in the summer travel season.

U.S. airlines are pressing their case against requiring coronavirus testing of passengers on domestic flights. The CEOs of several major airlines met Friday, Feb. 12, with the White House's coronavirus-response coordinator to lobby against a testing requirement. They say it would further undermine air travel, which is still running at less than half its pre-pandemic level. Airlines reacted with alarm, however, when CDC officials raised the possibility of testing the much larger number of passengers on domestic flights. Airline unions have joined the push against testing domestic passengers.

Arriving passengers await their bags in the baggage claim area at LaGuardia Airport's Terminal B baggage claim area, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in New York. New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are asking visitors from states with high coronavirus infection rates to quarantine for 14 days. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are asking visitors from states with high coronavirus infection rates to quarantine for 14 days. Travelers from mostly southern and southwestern states including Florida, Texas Arizona and Utah will be affected starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Florida banned alcohol consumption at its bars Friday after its daily confirmed coronavirus cases neared 9,000, a new record that is almost double the previous mark set just two days ago. More than 24,000 new cases have been reported since Saturday, more than a fifth of the 111,724 cases confirmed since March 1. More than 24,000 cases have been reported since Saturday, more than a fifth of the 111,724 cases confirmed since March 1.

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) officials said today that TSA checkpoints at Terminal B will close on Sunday evening and remain closed until further notice. Passengers will have to use TSA checkpoints at Terminal A or C to get to Terminal B through the IAH Skyway or subway. Also, the two TSA checkpoints at Terminal A will be consolidated to the south location. At Terminal A North, the checkpoint will only be staffed with TSA personnel for the exit only. Airport employees will direct travelers away from the north checkpoint and direct them to the south checkpoint location.