WNBA to launch full-time charter flights for teams

• Women's professional sports at large are experiencing an unprecedented boom.

Zoom in: "We intend to fund a full-time charter for this season," Engelbert said Tuesday per AP.

• The program will begin "as soon as we can get planes in places" and will cost the WNBA around $25 million per year for the next two seasons, she added.

Flashback: The WNBA had said during its draft last month that it planned to again pay for charter flights for the playoffs and for any consecutive games that required air travel.

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