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The no-frills airline is to sell through Travelport's Worldspan and Galileo systems from March 19, despite ruling out such a move just six months ago.

The global airlines industry has lowered its profit forecast for 2014 due to rising jet fuel prices, but says Venezuela's financial policy, Ukraine's political upheaval and a vanished Malaysia Airlines plane add to the uncertainty in its outlook.

I'm not sure which is worse: the hype and disinformation on mass media about the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, the irresponsible lack of candor, clarity, and timely information and responses from the Malaysian authorities, the flood of conspiracy theories, or the frustration and mystery of not knowing.

The Oregonian reports that 29-year-old Jared McKay appeared Tuesday in federal court, accused of interfering with a United Airlines flight crew after the plane left Chicago on its way to Portland.

The former career fireman, now a Waikato dairy farmer and regional councillor, was alerted to the Japanese woman's near fatal condition on board Air New Zealand flight 90. She was sitting directly behind him when he felt kicking against his chair.

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The agency that oversees public transportation in Chicago is suing American Airlines for falsely claiming to buy "vast amounts of jet fuel" from a small office in a rural community to avoid paying tens of millions of dollars in taxes in the nation's third-largest city, where the actual work is done.

A judge in the Cayman Islands fined a Louisiana man $600 on Tuesday for forcing a Delta Air Lines flight to make an emergency landing after he got into a drunken argument with his wife aboard the plane on their anniversary.

A Surrey man accused of smuggling four kilograms of heroin into Canada inside two suitcases he'd bought in India has been acquitted on all charges.

Shares of Southwest Airlines have received an average rating of "Buy" from the nineteen analysts that are presently covering the stock, American Banking News.com reports .

Hawaiian Airlines is increasing its fee for checked bags. Beginning Monday, you'll pay $25 for your first checked bag - up from $17.

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A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 is equipped with a new, split scimitar winglet that adds a downward foil to the vertical one.

Admission: Guided tours are $21.75 for adults and $6 for children ages 5-12; younger children are not permitted.

Southwest Airlines announced on Monday that it is hoping to add nonstop service between Charleston and Dallas Love Field.

Airlines are still tallying up the damage from this winter's storms, but solid demand for travel means they are likely to weather the rocky start to 2014 in good shape.

Delta planes line up at their gates while on the tarmac of Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah in this file photo taken September 28, 2013.

Stocks drifted to a slightly lower finish Monday as investors sifted through a blend of discouraging economic data from China and Japan as well as ongoing uncertainty over Russia's incursion into Ukraine.

American Airlines is getting more than $425 million from selling takeoff and landing rights, or slots, at New York's LaGuardia Airport and Reagan National Airport outside Washington.

Doug Parker said his airline was paid more than it expected to get for the rights - called slots - at the busy airports.