![John Locher FILE -Baggage handlers and New York Liberty WNBA basketball team load bags onto buses at Harry Reid International Airport, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. The wait for full-time charter flights for WNBA teams finally is over with commissioner Cathy Engelbert announcing the league’s plans to start the program this season, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8a994e0019d54ce1831d094d13dc81ff/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE -Baggage handlers and New York Liberty WNBA basketball team load bags onto buses at Harry Reid International Airport, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. The wait for full-time charter flights for WNBA teams finally is over with commissioner Cathy Engelbert announcing the league’s plans to start the program this season, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
![Adam Hunger FILE - WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks before the WNBA basketball draft April 15, 2024, in New York. The WNBA will use league-wide charter flights for the first time this season, the league announced Thursday, May 9. The charters will begin at the start of the regular season. “We are thrilled to announce the launch of a full charter program as soon as practical for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, a testament to the continued growth of the WNBA,” Engelbert said in a statement. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ede6831bbf7a486a92d9d63b84d12af3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks before the WNBA basketball draft April 15, 2024, in New York. The WNBA will use league-wide charter flights for the first time this season, the league announced Thursday, May 9. The charters will begin at the start of the regular season. “We are thrilled to announce the launch of a full charter program as soon as practical for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, a testament to the continued growth of the WNBA,” Engelbert said in a statement. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
![Doug Feinberg FILE -New York Liberty basketball player Sabrina Ionescu, center, waits to go through the security line with the team's manager of basketball operations Micaela Reese behind her at Bradley Airport in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, June 25, 2023. The wait for full-time charter flights for WNBA teams finally is over with commissioner Cathy Engelbert announcing the league’s plans to start the program this season, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. . (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5fe9a9e7a12746a6950deab136e82bd8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE -New York Liberty basketball player Sabrina Ionescu, center, waits to go through the security line with the team's manager of basketball operations Micaela Reese behind her at Bradley Airport in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, June 25, 2023. The wait for full-time charter flights for WNBA teams finally is over with commissioner Cathy Engelbert announcing the league’s plans to start the program this season, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. . (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg, File)
![Jessica Hill Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) walks off the court with teammates after losing to the Connecticut Sun in a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d0355e6050f94b6294b88189b1ee1faa/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) walks off the court with teammates after losing to the Connecticut Sun in a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
![Lm Otero FILE - Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike dribbles the ball during the second half of the team's WNBA basketball basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas, June 14, 2023. The WNBA will use league-wide charter flights for the first time this season, the league announced Thursday, May 9, 2024. Ogwumike said the move is a big step forward. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/130b1be3695442f9b6253726e5ec425f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike dribbles the ball during the second half of the team's WNBA basketball basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas, June 14, 2023. The WNBA will use league-wide charter flights for the first time this season, the league announced Thursday, May 9, 2024. Ogwumike said the move is a big step forward. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
![Jessica Hill Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones (42) blocks a shot by Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark ( 22) in the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/139d3788dd624443b97019d468dd00fb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones (42) blocks a shot by Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark ( 22) in the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)