<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>NBC News Travel</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link><description>NBC News Travel</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 NBCNews.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:01:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/MSNBC/Components/Media/NBC-promo-graphics/nbc-news.png</url><title>NBC News Travel</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link></image><item><dc:creator>Jing Feng</dc:creator><dc:creator>Vicky Nguyen</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:01:12 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>A Consumer Reports investigation finds Uber and Lyft riders often see different prices even when they request rides at the same time on the same route.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/uber-lyft-pricing-consumer-reports-rcna349712</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/uber-lyft-pricing-consumer-reports-rcna349712</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260611-uber-lyft-vsb-1943-4baa55.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Loren Elliott</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Lyft Ahead Of Earnings Figures</media:text><media:description type="plain">Lyft and Uber signage on a car at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260611-uber-lyft-vsb-1943-4baa55.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:01:12 GMT</pubDate><title>On Uber and Lyft, different prices for the same ride raise questions about fares</title><updateDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:46:58 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Rebecca Cohen</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:07:25 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>A former pilot flew commercial planes for nearly 17 years without the required license, Ontario police said.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/former-air-canada-pilot-flew-hundreds-flights-proper-license-police-sa-rcna349184</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/former-air-canada-pilot-flew-hundreds-flights-proper-license-police-sa-rcna349184</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260608-air-canada-ac-1016-e07bdf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Alvin Man</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Air Canada Boeing 777 taking off from Vancouver International Airport</media:text><media:description type="plain">An Air Canada Boeing 777 taking off from Vancouver International Airport in 2022.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260608-air-canada-ac-1016-e07bdf.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:07:25 GMT</pubDate><title>Former Air Canada pilot flew hundreds of flights without proper license, police say</title><updateDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:07:25 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>David K. Li</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Madonna Deverson</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Ed Flanagan</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Nollaig O&#39;Connor</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:09:44 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>James “Weston” Higginbotham’s body was found in a mountainous area outside of Kyoto after he’d been missing for about a week. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/auburn-student-whose-body-was-found-going-missing-japan-was-decompress-rcna349008</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/auburn-student-whose-body-was-found-going-missing-japan-was-decompress-rcna349008</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260608-3x2-james-weston-higginbotham-vl-1220p-3f31cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="631" width="946"><media:credit>via Facebook</media:credit><media:text type="plain">James Higginbotham smiles outside</media:text><media:description type="plain">James &#34;Weston&#34; Higginbotham.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260608-3x2-james-weston-higginbotham-vl-1220p-3f31cb.jpg" height="631" width="946"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:09:44 GMT</pubDate><title>Auburn student found dead in Japan often took ‘decompression’ hikes, friend says</title><updateDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:09:44 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Nicole Acevedo </dc:creator><dc:contributor>Jay Blackman</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Austin Mullen</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:31:37 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The JetBlue plane received an onboard alert warning about another nearby aircraft that was “not in communications with air traffic control,” according to the FAA.  </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jet-blue-close-call-fort-lauderdale-airport-faa-rcna348271</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jet-blue-close-call-fort-lauderdale-airport-faa-rcna348271</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-04/250429-JetBlue-se-311p-258a4d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Kevin Carter</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 airplane approaches San Diego International Airport</media:text><media:description type="plain">The midair scare occurred Monday evening as JetBlue Flight 1256 approached Fort Lauderdale International Airport.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-04/250429-JetBlue-se-311p-258a4d.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:31:37 GMT</pubDate><title>FAA probes close call between JetBlue plane and aircraft near Fort Lauderdale Airport</title><updateDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:31:37 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Erika Angulo</dc:creator><dc:creator>Matt Lavietes</dc:creator><dc:creator>David K. 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medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Adam Gray</media:credit><media:text type="plain">People exit a Long Island Rail Road train cart inside of a station</media:text><media:description type="plain">Long Island Rail Road employee Olivier Desinor leads striking workers in chants during a picket outside Jamaica Station in Queens, New York City, on Saturday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260517-lirr-vl-437p-19ed9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1500" width="2000"><media:credit>Gabriella Rudy</media:credit><media:text type="plain">People hold picket signs on the street outside</media:text><media:description type="plain">Long Island Rail Road employee Olivier Desinor leads striking workers in chants during a picket outside Jamaica Station in Queens, New York City, on Saturday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260517-lirr-vl-438p-141399.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1500" width="2000"><media:credit>Gabriella Rudy</media:credit><media:text type="plain">People hold picket signs proclaiming a strike while marching on the street outside</media:text><media:description type="plain">Long Island Rail Road employee Olivier Desinor leads striking workers in chants during a picket outside Jamaica Station in Queens, New York City, on Saturday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260517-lirr-strike-vl-124p-b6c754.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 17:31:35 GMT</pubDate><title>New York faces chaotic Monday commute with Long Island Rail Road strike</title><updateDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 12:34:28 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>David K. Li</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Austin Mullen</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Jay Blackman</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:36 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Eleven people survived a plane crash at sea and then spent five harrowing hours in a raft before they were plucked to safety in a “miraculous” rescue, officials said Wednesday</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plane-crashes-florida-rescue-rcna344919</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plane-crashes-florida-rescue-rcna344919</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260513-Orlando-Melbourne-International-Airport-ch-1032-ea75cd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1669" width="2500"><media:credit>Walt Simpson</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Orlando Melbourne International Airport.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Orlando Melbourne 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runway.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-passenger-jet-fatally-strike-person-denver-international-r-rcna344450</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-passenger-jet-fatally-strike-person-denver-international-r-rcna344450</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260510-Denver-AirportIncident-ww-1512-e989df.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1672" width="2500"><media:credit>David Zalubowski</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Several Frontier Airlines jets on a tarmac. </media:text><media:description type="plain">Frontier Airlines jetliners sit on the tarmac outside the A concourse of Denver International Airport on May 9, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260510-Denver-AirportIncident-ww-1512-e989df.jpg" height="1672" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 23:49:40 GMT</pubDate><title>Video shows passenger jet fatally strike person on Denver airport runway</title><updateDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:56:05 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Dalila Muata</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 09 May 2026 14:00:42 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Spirit Airlines was the budget-friendly carrier America loved to hate.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/get-losers-re-buying-airline-spirit-revival-plan-going-viral-rcna343953</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/get-losers-re-buying-airline-spirit-revival-plan-going-viral-rcna343953</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260507-Spirit-Airlines-ch-1350-5f181f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Ronaldo Silva</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Spirit Airlines,</media:text><media:description type="plain">Aircraft parked out of service at Orlando International Airport.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260507-Spirit-Airlines-ch-1350-5f181f.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 14:00:42 GMT</pubDate><title>‘Get in loser, we’re buying Spirit’: One man’s viral plan to revive the airline</title><updateDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 14:23:09 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Patrick Smith</dc:creator><dc:creator>Minyvonne Burke</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Dennis Romero</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:23:10 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The government of Spain said Tuesday that it will receive the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak at one of its ports in the Canary Islands</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-cruise-ship-stranded-crew-evacuation-human-transmission-rcna343606</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-cruise-ship-stranded-crew-evacuation-human-transmission-rcna343606</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260505-2-cruise-rs-7e70e3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1886" width="2829"><media:credit>via Qasem Elhato</media:credit><media:text type="plain">APTOPIX Cape Verde Hantavirus Ship</media:text><media:description type="plain">Health workers get off the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, a cruise ship carrying nearly 150 people as it remains off Cape Verde on Monday, May 4, 2026 after three passengers died and several others fell seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak. </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260505-cruise-rs-d79a42.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1665" width="2500"><media:credit>AFP via Getty Images file</media:credit><media:text type="plain">This aerial picture shows a general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia</media:text><media:description type="plain">The MV Hondius cruise ship stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on Tuesday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260505-2-cruise-rs-7e70e3.jpg" height="1886" width="2829"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:23:10 GMT</pubDate><title>Spain says it will harbor cruise ship at center of suspected hantavirus outbreak in its Canary Islands</title><updateDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 02:32:01 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Patrick Smith</dc:creator><dc:creator>Dennis Romero</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Reuters</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Camille Behnke</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Erika Edwards</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Patrick Martin</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:57:19 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has been refused permission to dock, with nearly 150 people still on board — two of them seriously ill</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-cruise-ship-docking-cape-verde-hondius-who-rcna343415</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-cruise-ship-docking-cape-verde-hondius-who-rcna343415</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260504-hondius-cruise-ship-mb-1118-881a58.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>AFP via Getty Images</media:credit><media:text type="plain">An outbreak of &#34;severe acute respiratory illness&#34; on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic has left two people dead and a third in intensive care in Johannesburg.</media:text><media:description type="plain">The MV Hondius cruise ship off the port of Praia, Cape Verde on May 3, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260504-hondius-cruise-ship-mb-1118-881a58.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:57:19 GMT</pubDate><title>Cruise ship at center of suspected deadly hantavirus outbreak refused permission to dock</title><updateDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 19:54:20 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Corky Siemaszko</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:36 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Spirit Airlines said in court papers filed Monday that it was forced to ground its fleet for good over the weekend because &#34;recent geopolitical events resulted in a massive and sustained increase in fuel prices.&#34;While the court papers did not specify the nature of those geopolitical events, jet fuel prices have soared in the two months since the start of the war in Iran.&#34;The Debtors and their advisors searched for increased capital and any sources of savings or liquidity, leaving no option unexp</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-doomed-sky-high-fuel-prices-due-recent-geopolitical-ev-rcna343466</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-doomed-sky-high-fuel-prices-due-recent-geopolitical-ev-rcna343466</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260504-spirit-airlines-ew-1126a-8debc2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Giorgio Viera</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Spirit Airlines</media:text><media:description type="plain">Spirit Airlines jets sit on the tarmac as the company ceased operations at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 2, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260504-spirit-airlines-ew-1126a-8debc2.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:36 GMT</pubDate><title>Spirit Airlines doomed by high fuel prices due to &#39;recent geopolitical events,&#39; court docs state</title><updateDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:36 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Kathy Park</dc:creator><dc:creator>Mirna Alsharif</dc:creator><dc:creator>Francie Ebert</dc:creator><dc:creator>Carmen Gonzalez</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Matthew Mulligan</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Nollaig O&#39;Connor</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 02 May 2026 20:37:39 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Passengers arriving at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport this weekend were still being dropped off for flights that no longer existed — learning only at curbside that Spirit Airlines had shut down overnight.“I just found out,” Ricardo Tejeda said Saturday after stepping off a shuttle</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-shutdown-what-to-know-rcna343222</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-shutdown-what-to-know-rcna343222</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260502-spirit-airlines-ww-1118-948f12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1664" width="2500"><media:credit>Scott Olson</media:credit><media:text type="plain">People walk by Spirit Airlines counters inside an airport.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Passengers at Chicago O&#39;Hare International Airport on March 10, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260502-spirit-airlines-ww-1118-948f12.jpg" height="1664" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 20:37:39 GMT</pubDate><title>After Spirit collapse strands travelers, here&#39;s what to know about refunds and rebooking</title><updateDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 18:14:42 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Rob Wile</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dc:creator>Yuliya Talmazan</dc:creator><dc:creator>Kathy Park</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Matthew Mulligan</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 02 May 2026 06:21:10 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Spirit Airlines will shut down and liquidate its holdings. With 17,000 employees, it was unable to bear the soaring cost of jet fuel during the Iran war.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/spirit-airlines-shuts-down-rcna343155</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/spirit-airlines-shuts-down-rcna343155</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260501-spirit-airlines-ww-1549-df2b10.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Kevin Carter</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Three Spirit Airlines jets sitting on a tarmac.</media:text><media:description type="plain">A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 taxis at Harry Reid International Airport behind parked aircraft in Las Vegas on March 15, 2025.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-05/260501-spirit-airlines-ww-1549-df2b10.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 06:21:10 GMT</pubDate><title>Spirit Airlines is closing down. Thousands of employees and travelers are impacted.</title><updateDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 20:42:03 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Rob Wile</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Garrett Haake</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:44:25 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Spirit Airlines could shut down as soon as tomorrow, a source says, as talks with the Trump administration about a bailout fail to reach a deal</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/spirit-airlines-bailout-shut-down-rcna343089</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/spirit-airlines-bailout-shut-down-rcna343089</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-03/250313-spirit-airlines-vl-133p-a8d46f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Charles Krupa</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A yellow Spirit Airlines plane flies in the sky above trees</media:text><media:description type="plain">A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus approaches Manchester Boston Regional Airport for a landing in Manchester, N.H., on June 2, 2023.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-03/250313-spirit-airlines-vl-133p-a8d46f.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:44:25 GMT</pubDate><title>Spirit Airlines could shut down as soon as tomorrow, source says</title><updateDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 05:00:51 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>David K. Li</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:24:20 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Down-on-their luck Las Vegas hotel operators are going all-in on all-inclusive travel packages.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-all-inclusive-caesars-mgm-circa-rcna341636</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-all-inclusive-caesars-mgm-circa-rcna341636</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-vegas-all-inclusive-jg-2e6b7e.gif" type="image/gif" medium="image" height="267" width="400"><media:credit>Justine Goode</media:credit><media:text type="plain"></media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-vegas-all-inclusive-jg-2e6b7e.gif" height="267" width="400"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:24:20 GMT</pubDate><title>Will &#39;all-inclusive&#39; packages be the old-school remedy to stop Las Vegas&#39; decline?</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:24:20 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Allie Canal</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:08 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Trump administration is discussing a $500 million rescue deal for Spirit Airlines that could leave the federal government owning up to 90% of the company.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-bailout-concerns-rcna341526</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-bailout-concerns-rcna341526</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-vl-535p-83c057.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1359" width="2000"><media:credit>Justin Sullivan</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A yellow Spirit Airlines planes can be seen flying above a barbed wire fence in the foreground</media:text><media:description type="plain">A Spirit Airlines plane lands at Hollywood Burbank Airport, in Burbank, Calif., on April 16, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-vl-535p-83c057.jpg" height="1359" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:08 GMT</pubDate><title>Possible $500M Spirit Airlines bailout by Trump admin fuels warning from experts</title><updateDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:08 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Steve Kopack</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dc:creator>Garrett Haake</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Monica Alba</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:43:58 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Spirit Airlines, a discount carrier, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in under a year. It&#39;s in talks with the Trump administration for a bailout.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-trump-administration-bailout-rcna341430</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-trump-administration-bailout-rcna341430</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-ew-1053a-0d4fb1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Patrick T. Fallon</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320</media:text><media:description type="plain">A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 lands at Hollywood Burbank Airport on April 17, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-ew-1053a-0d4fb1.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:43:58 GMT</pubDate><title>Spirit Airlines nears deal with Trump administration for $500 million rescue package</title><updateDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:29:10 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Tim Stelloh</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Maya Rosenberg</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:34:40 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>A man who said his wife fell from a boat in the Bahamas has been arrested, his attorney said Thursday, five days after she was reported missing in the Caribbean nation.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coast-guard-opens-criminal-investigation-american-woman-missing-bahama-rcna267373</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coast-guard-opens-criminal-investigation-american-woman-missing-bahama-rcna267373</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260408-Lynette-Hooker-aa-731-0dc9d8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>via Facebook</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Lynette Hooker.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Lynette Hooker.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260408-Lynette-Hooker-aa-731-0dc9d8.jpg" height="1467" width="2200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:34:40 GMT</pubDate><title>Husband arrested after American woman&#39;s disappearance in Bahamas</title><updateDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:36:02 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Dennis Romero</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Austin Mullen</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Meriam Bouarrouj</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:03:29 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>An American woman was swept out to sea after she fell overboard during an evening dinghy trip with her husband off the Bahamas, police said</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/american-woman-missing-husband-reports-fell-overboard-bahamas-rcna266823</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/american-woman-missing-husband-reports-fell-overboard-bahamas-rcna266823</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260405-Hope-town-abaco-aa-926-648e23.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>Getty Images </media:credit><media:text type="plain">An aerial view of Hope Town, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas in 2022.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Hope Town, Great Abaco Island, the Bahamas in 2022.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260405-Hope-town-abaco-aa-926-648e23.jpg" height="1467" width="2200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:03:29 GMT</pubDate><title>American woman missing after husband reports she fell overboard during Bahamas trip</title><updateDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:33:30 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Kyle Stewart</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Monica Alba</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:35:13 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>House and Senate Republican leaders jointly announced a plan Wednesday to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-announce-plan-end-dhs-shutdown-tsa-airport-delays-rcna266286</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-announce-plan-end-dhs-shutdown-tsa-airport-delays-rcna266286</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-02/260228-Mike-Johnson-John-Thune-ch-1115-85b1b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Tom Williams</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Mike Johnson and John Thune.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol last year.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-02/260228-Mike-Johnson-John-Thune-ch-1115-85b1b3.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:35:13 GMT</pubDate><title>Republican leaders announce two-track plan to end the DHS shutdown</title><updateDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:40:54 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Rob Wile</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:33:55 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>American flyers still smarting from interminable airport security lines are about to get another shock</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/global-jet-fuel-shortage-raising-cost-air-travel-iran-war-rcna265990</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/global-jet-fuel-shortage-raising-cost-air-travel-iran-war-rcna265990</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260331-jetblue-southwest-airport-mb-1241-e64102.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Michael Nagle</media:credit><media:text type="plain">US Airlines Cut Flights, More To Come As Shutdown Drags On</media:text><media:description type="plain">A JetBlue plane at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 7, 2025. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260331-jetblue-southwest-airport-mb-1241-e64102.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:33:55 GMT</pubDate><title>A global jet fuel shortage is raising the cost of air travel </title><updateDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:33:55 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Matt Lavietes</dc:creator><dc:creator>Maya Rosenberg</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Mirna Alsharif</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:31:18 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Colombian officials discovered a body Friday amid the search for a U.S. flight attendant who went missing in the country last weekend</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/body-found-colombia-missing-us-flight-attendant-rcna265592</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/body-found-colombia-missing-us-flight-attendant-rcna265592</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260328-american-airlines-ch-1048-6083b5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Nicolas Economou</media:credit><media:text type="plain">American Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner Departs From Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.</media:text><media:description type="plain">United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner passenger aircraft spotted departing from the runway of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands on April 10, 2025.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260328-american-airlines-ch-1048-6083b5.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:31:18 GMT</pubDate><title>Body found in Colombia amid search for missing U.S. flight attendant</title><updateDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:36:51 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Mirna Alsharif</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:54:16 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Travelers frustrated by long security lines may not see immediate relief, even as Transportation Security Administration officers begin receiving pay again on Monday after working without wages for more than a month during the partial government shutdown</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-line-wait-times-at-airports-rcna265613</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-line-wait-times-at-airports-rcna265613</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260326-tsa-airport-ch-1025-aa40b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Elijah Nouvelage</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A TSA agent at a screening checkpoint.</media:text><media:description type="plain">A TSA agent at a screening checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 23, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260326-tsa-airport-ch-1025-aa40b1.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:54:16 GMT</pubDate><title>When will TSA lines go back to normal? Travelers may face delays for days or weeks</title><updateDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:54:16 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Melanie Zanona</dc:creator><dc:creator>Ryan Nobles</dc:creator><dc:creator>Kyle Stewart</dc:creator><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Brennan Leach</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Katie Taylor</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Jay Blackman</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:48:31 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The vote came hours after President Donald Trump signed an order directing DHS to pay TSA workers, who haven&#39;t received paychecks despite working during the funding lapse.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-johnson-dhs-house-rebels-senate-bill-ice-cbp-rcna265507</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-johnson-dhs-house-rebels-senate-bill-ice-cbp-rcna265507</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260327-mike-johnson-ch-1306-ea33c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Tasos Katopodis</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Mike Johnson.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on March 25, 2026 on Capitol Hill.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260327-mike-johnson-ch-1306-ea33c7.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:48:31 GMT</pubDate><title>House Republicans pass DHS funding bill that Senate Democrats call &#39;dead on arrival&#39;</title><updateDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:49:40 GMT</updateDate></item></channel></rss>