holiday travel

Orlando, New York City and Chicago are among the cities with the cheapest flights this Memorial Day weekend according to Priceline.

Southwest Airlines returned to a relatively normal flight schedule Friday, as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.

“Rather than risking the flights getting canceled, we decided for the sake of needing to get back to work, we would jump in the car instead,” Huante said. The road trip became their best plan when Huante’s mom made an offer they couldn’t refuse. “My mom said, ‘You take my car. I’ll go get the oil changed. Get the...

In a video statement released Tuesday, Southwest CEO Robert Jordan apologized for the airline’s struggle to operate during the busy holiday travel week.

Lines at LaGuardia snaked throughout Terminal B Monday, but it sat virtually empty on Tuesday as hundreds of pieces of luggage piled unclaimed in the baggage area. Check-in counters looked like ghost towns because no one was flying.

People who have been stuck at airports across the U.S., including LaGuardia, waiting for their scheduled Southwest flights will likely have to wait a bit longer. Gaby Acevedo reports.

NBC New York has team coverage.

The arctic blast has arrived, delivering New York City its coldest Christmas Eve in 150 years. Extreme winter weather has devastated states across the country, including New York where the state’s governor is asking for emergency federal aid as she declares the snowstorm “one of the worst in history.” “I’ll be asking the federal government for a declaration of...

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Gaby Acevedo, Brian Thompson and Tracie Strahan check in with the latest from Long Island, the Jersey Shore and New York City as the storm intensifies.

A monstrous winter storm jeopardizing holiday travel across America ratcheted up in intensity Friday, flooding parts of New York and New Jersey, tearing down trees in Connecticut and paralyzing swaths of the country at the worst time. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the Big Apple ahead of the storm, encouraging holiday travelers to either move up…

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Thousands of U.S. flights have been canceled and hundreds delayed, as the New York City area battles drenching rains and wild winds from a monstrous winter storm that has jeopardized holiday travel for nearly 200 million Americans. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Thursday evening as the storm arrived, encouraging people who are looking to travel…

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4