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Zach Wichter focuses on travel and tourism, particularly air travel within the United States. His coverage includes government announcements, expert commentary, and "how-to" guides related to air travel.
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By: Zach Wichter, Josh Rivera, Eve Chen
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By: Eve Chen, Zach Wichter, Josh Rivera
Several U.S. carriers issued ground stops for all their flights early on Friday following a global tech outage, which caused a domino effect for some.
By: Zach Wichter
It's been a bad few days for Delta Air Lines passengers. While much of the global aviation industry was affected by Friday's CrowdStrike
By: Zach Wichter
Travelers who rely on mobility devices may find a more streamlined check-in process at American Airlines, as the carrier rolled out automatic device tags across its network.
By: Zach Wichter
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating Southwest Airlines after a series of safety incidents in recent months.
Delta is still struggling to recover from last week's CrowdStrike outage. Here's why its own computer systems may be partly to blame.
By: Zach Wichter
Airline meltdowns are seemingly becoming an annual tradition. Something weird happens, the entire industry melts down, most carriers recover
By: Zach Wichter
For the first time since Friday's CrowdStrike outage , Delta Air Lines' operations seem to be more or less normal.
By: Greg Giesen, Zach Wichter
USA TODAY NETWORK When CrowdStrike hit last Friday , the airline industry was thrown into disarray as Delta, American and United were grounding planes and canceling flights.
By: Zach Wichter
Delta Air Lines was able to run most of its flights Wednesday, but it still has a long road to fully recovering from last week's CrowdStrike outage.
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