Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google’s parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year.

Most flights have been canceled at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport and Lynchburg Regional Airport as a winter storm continues to impact Virginia and beyond.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered Delta and Aeromexico to dissolve their longtime partnership because of his concerns that Mexico isn’t being fair to U.S. airlines.

Delta Air Lines says a flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was hit by serious turbulence, sending 25 people to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags.

The Biden administration is looking into airline frequent-flyer programs and whether they devalue points that consumers have earned.

The government wants to know how airlines handle personal information about their passengers.

In case you needed yet another incentive to cram all your travel items into a carry-on, Delta Airlines has just boosted the cost of your first checked bag by 17%.

Flight attendants are about to get an extra hour of required rest between shifts.

Good news for anyone looking to go to the Big Apple! Delta Airlines now offers a direct flight from Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport to LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

The European Union will no longer recommend medical masks be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc.

Federal officials are proposing more than $160,000 in fines against eight airline passengers over incidents involving alcohol.

The number incidents involving unruly airline passengers is growing, and so are the fines imposed by federal safety officials.

If you're flying on a plane or taking a train, be ready to keep wearing that face mask for a few more months.

As much as passengers are eager to return to the skies, they likely don’t miss all the frustrations that come with airplane travel.

Corporations have given more than $50 million in recent years to state lawmakers who have seized on Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election to push for new restrictions on the right to vote.

ROANOKE, Va. – “I thought I was going to play college basketball,” jokes Kevin Bloomfield, sitting on a stool at the RAMP Building in downtown Roanoke, his “sometimes” office. He said he didn’t have a plan for anything beyond basketball, noting that in hindsight, he had no idea how big college basketball players really are. His path to fortune clicked one day in college, when he heard about the then-new internet browser called Netscape, going public. And within two minutes he dropped a number on me.”At first, Bloomfield declined the offer as he had several others. If you do those three things and all the other things around those three things when you have a chance to be successful,” Bloomfield said.

Airlines hope such a document would allow countries to relax travel restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the virus. More than two dozen airline and business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote to the White House about the matter on Monday, March 8, 2021. However, the groups said that vaccination should not be a requirement for domestic or international travel. The groups include the main U.S. and international airline trade organizations, airline labor unions and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The White House did not immediately comment.

Amid fears of new variants of the virus, new restrictions on movement have hit just as people start to look ahead to what is usually a busy time of year for travel. Amid fears of new variants of the virus, new restrictions on movement have hit just as people start to look ahead to what is usually a busy time of year for travel. For millions of migrant workers, it usually is the only chance to visit their hometowns during the year. Travel into the European Union is severely restricted, with entry bans and quarantine requirements for returning citizens. For air travel, “the short-term outlook has definitely darkened,” said Brian Pearce, chief economist for the International Air Transport Association.

As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, face masks have become a requirement in business around the world. Delta Air Lines has put 120 passengers on its no-fly list after refusing to comply with the carrier’s requirement to wear a mask while aboard one of its flights, according to a report from CBS News. We’ve already banned 120 flyers from future travel with Delta for refusing to wear masks on board.”Atlanta-based Delta is also expanding its COVID-19 testing program to cover its entire workforce over the next four weeks. That will include at-home screening for employees, starting with those who live in two virus hotspots, Florida and Texas. Most major U.S. airlines now require masks to be worn on flights, but until recently enforcement has been spotty.

An all-female flight crew inspires more than 100 girls. This viral photo is from a Salt Lake City to Houston flight last week -- where Delta Airlines took 120 girls between 12 to 18-years-old to NASA's johnson space center. The girls came from area stem schools and got to see women run all aspects of their flight. The plane had an all-female pilot and flight crew, ramp agents and gate agents on the ground, and women in the control tower giving pilots instructions. Delta says 5% of its pilots are women.

A Delta Airlines flight to Fort Lauderdale descends 30,000 feet in just minutes and makes emergency landing in Tampa, after issue with cabin pressure. Distributed by LAKANA. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Delta Airlines via CNNNEW ORLEANS - As the newly named Tropical Storm Barry barrels toward the Gulf Coast, several airlines have announced that they're offering travel waivers. United Airlines says it's issuing travel waivers for those whose trips include about a dozen airports along the Gulf Coast through Sunday. As Barry moves west through the Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Airlines shows travel waivers through Saturday for those on flights involving Panama City Beach and Pensacola, Florida. Delta has a travel waiver listed on its website through Sunday for those traveling through six airports in the region. The travel alert website for American Airlines offers travelers going through seven Gulf Coast airports, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the chance to rebook without change fees.