Airline News

What's it gonna take for the press of this country to cover the story of Frontier Airlines? Does the flying public feel so safe as to allow the maintenance of their commercial aircraft to be performed overseas ...

A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly binding the hands of a teenager sitting next to him on a Southwest Airlines flight and trying to tape her older sister's hands as well.

In this June 14, 2008 file photo, workers load bags into a US Airways plane at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va.

PHOENIX a ' Regional carrier Mesa Air Group Inc. says it has reached a tentative contract with its pilots union after 10 months of negotiations.

Associated Press A October 8, 2008 A PORTLAND, Ore. -- JetBlue Airways has added a daily flight from Portland International Airport to Long Beach, California.

A reported decision by Delta Air Lines to block "inappropriate" Web sites from its planned in-flight Wi-Fi service could be just the tip of the iceberg for airlines' control of Internet use.

SYDNEY, Australia : Passengers told of terror in the sky when their Qantas Airways plane suddenly plunged nose-first over Australia, tossing travelers around the cabin, causing fractures, concussions and ...

Regional airline Mesa Air Group is cutting 250 jobs, about 6% of its work force, as it struggles with declining air traffic and a contract loss.

BRITISH AIRWAYS is planning to close its Glasgow cabin crew base, putting almost 140 jobs under threat, it was revealed yesterday.

Frontier President and CEO Sean Menke said Monday the service has done better than he expected.

Ryanair is set to use the economic meltdown as a springboard for a cutprice transatlantic airline offering fares as low as 10 a trip.

United Flight 167 was headed to Los Angeles from Boston but had to land in Chicago around 8:30 p.m. because of sick passengers on the plane, said Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride.

A 29-year-old Denver man accused of assaulting two teenage girls on an airplane flight has been arrested by federal authorities.

Sun Country Airlines declared itself insolvent and filed for bankruptcy yesterday.

JetBlue Airways will not build a 300 room crew lodge on land at the Orlando International Airport.

Nine major U.S. airlines are farming out aircraft maintenance at twice the rate of four years ago and hire outside contractors for more than 70 percent of major work, the Transportation Department's inspector general says. Contractors overseas handled one-quarter of the outsourced maintenance.

American Airlines Inc. is expanding its presence in Latin America by adding three new Brazilian destinations to its growing network of flights servicing Latin America.

An American Airlines employee works on an MD-80 jet at the carrier's maintenance facility in Tulsa.

Southwest Airlines Co. said Thursday its September traffic passenger was down compared with September 2007. Dallas-based Southwest reported 7.4 million passengers in September down from just under 8 million a year ago — an 8 percent drop.

Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots want their seniority list merged with Northwest Airlines Corp.'s pilot list based on pilots' status and aircraft category, while Northwest pilots insist the fair and equitable method is by seniority...