The WNBA is adding charter flights for the entire playoffs and back-to-back regular season games this year.
FILE - WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert waves to the crowd before Game 2 in the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Las Vegas. The WNBA is adding charter flights for the entire playoffs this season as well as for teams that have back-to-back games in the regular season, the league announced Monday, April 10, 2023.
Last year, the league chartered for the WNBA Finals as well as for the road team in the Commissioner's Cup championship game. Since taking over in 2019, Engelbert has slowly added a few more charter opportunities for teams. She allowed playoff teams that were traveling for more than one time zone to fly charter if they only had a day between games in the past.
Griner is back in the WNBA after her nine-month legal fight in Russia, during which she was detained when customs officials said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage, then later arrested before being“We’ve been working with Brittney and Phoenix since she signed and our security experts,” the commissioner said. “Working on a plan, but we want it to be confidential. She wants to travel with the team sometimes.
“Longer term, if we can get a really good media deal we can do something more fully for these players,” she said.
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