Air travel

Passengers traveling in and out of Newark at the end of the week shouldn’t expect smooth sailing. Here’s the latest at the New Jersey airport.

Nearly half of LA County does not have a Real ID, according to the DMV.

Nearly half of California driver’s license holders do not have a Real ID, the DMV said. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

The series of still photographs taken from surveillance camera video shows the fuselage, containing the engine and rotors, separating from the helicopter’s tail.

An outage of radio and radar systems controllers use to guide planes into Newark last week exposed decades of underinvestment and staffing shortages.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said travelers who have not obtained a REAL ID by the deadline can fly after additional identity checks

The claims, which the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t confirmed, emerged a week after Newark airspace controllers lost all communication for as long as 90 seconds.

People can fly domestically with a standard license for now, but there’s a catch. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

Air travelers can still temporarily using a regular driver’s license, but they will be pulled aside.

Since its conception in 2005, the deadline to enforce REAL IDs has been delayed several times — with the current deadline scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

The aborted landings follow a deadly midair collision in January between a passenger jet and Army helicopter in Washington that killed 67 people.

A former California Highway Patrol captain has been indicted by a federal grand jury after he was accused of slapping a male flight attendant’s buttocks during a cross-country flight to Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said.

A woman has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines following an alleged sexual assault on an April 2024 flight from San Francisco to Dallas, according to Chicago-based Romanucci & Blandin.

Travelers will soon need Real ID to fly domestically. But does that include children?

Most adults catching a flight in the U.S. starting May 7 will be required to present a passport or an upgraded state-issued identification card that meets federal Real ID standards.

Airlines are trimming their domestic schedules as leisure traveler demand comes in lighter than expected.

The evidence is anecdotal, but psychologists and flight attendants say they are seeing and hearing increased worries about flying.

Video from the New York Port Authority shows the moment an accused stowaway boarded a flight to Paris by pushing past a distracted gate agent.

The flight, which had 200 passengers onboard, was canceled and evacuated following the incident on Monday.

Video showed flames and heavy smoke coming from the engine of the Airbus A330 before passengers were seen escaping from the plane on emergency slides.