Airline News

Southwest Airlines EVP Ron Ricks sold 13,726 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd.

Southwest Airlines and Virgin American will buy the take-off and landing slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport that US Airways Group Inc and American Airlines must sell as part of their agreement to merge, three sources said on Wednesday.

WestJet Airlines signalled that the travel market remains strong, even though its November load factor fell from last year's record as its overall capacity grew faster than passenger traffic.

Qantas Airways said Thursday it will slash 1,000 jobs and suffer half-year losses of at least 250 million Australian dollars , increasing the likelihood that regulators will throw the flag carrier a lifeline by easing restrictions on foreign ownership.

US Airways Group Inc. announced a minor dip in passenger traffic last month compared with November 2012.

The Navy announced this week that its new P-8A Poseidon, the world's most heavily-armed airliner, has been deployed for the first time.

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Ryanair has not offered to take part in Italian airline Alitalia's poorly received 300 million euro capital increase, the chief executive of the Irish budget carrier said today.

The remains of a one-year-old male panther were found in the northbound lanes of I-75 near mile marker 92 in Collier County Monday night.

Indigo Partners purchased Frontier from Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings , which has owned the airline since buying out of bankruptcy in October 2009.

Grant Kerr keeps a sense of humour about Jetstar being a source of comedy for the 7 Days TV show.

The Supreme Court indicated Tuesday it won't offer much help to frequent flyers who want to sue when airlines revoke their miles or their memberships.

McGraw, 34, of Oakland, said she sees a psychiatrist and takes medication for post-traumatic stress disorder and a complex trauma obsessive compulsive disorder following years of childhood abuse and a history of family alcoholism, and also has seizures.

On one of the busiest flying days of the year, Delta Air Lines cancelled an Atlanta-bound commercial flight from Gainesville Regional Airport to accommodate the University of Florida men's basketball team.

Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg sued Northwest Airlines for what he says was unfair termination from its frequent-flier program.

No new planes will be added to Qantas Airways' existing fleet as the company embarked on saving measures that will push back the scheduled deliveries of eight Airbus A380s to 2019 at the latest.

Hawaiian Airlines is launching a codeshare program with Taiwan's China Airlines this month that will extend its network in Asia and allow members of both airlines' frequent flyer programs to earn and redeem miles on both airlines.

The unidentified man was paddling between the islands of Maui and Molokini when he was bitten by an unknown type of shark.

Passengers traveling through six U.S. airports have an added option for battling boredom this month.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $325,000 civil penalty against Dallas-based Southwest Airlines for allegedly operating an aircraft that had been improperly modified, violating Federal Aviation Regulations.