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Since taking over the airport in 2010, the Massachusetts Port Authority has spent millions of dollars to spruce up the ailing facility's terminal and runways.

American Airlines Inc. announced Thursday that it is buying 90 jets for its regional partners, with options for 130 more.

The United Center will keep its name for the next 20 years as part of a new naming-rights agreement among the Blackhawks, Bulls, the arena and United Airlines that was announced Wednesday.

A Fire Service spokesman said three fire trucks were called to the chemical spill at an Air New Zealand cargo building on Ogilvie Crescent shortly before 11am.

The average price of a home in Metro is expected to jump by $35,000 to $800,000 next year, according to a just-released RE/MAX forecast.

U.S. airlines won a repeal of $380 million in fees they pay for aviation security each year as part of a congressional budget agreement this week that raised related charges on their passengers.

VIRGIN Australia's largest shareholders Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways and Air New Zealand will increase their stakes in the airline to almost 70 per cent as part of a $351.5 million capital raising.

Delta Air Lines Inc. , seeking a revenue boost from its long-haul jet fleet, is pulling some premium seats that often sit empty on international routes so it can expand the cheaper coach cabin.

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For the third year in a row, United Airlines has achieved a 100 percent rating in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index .

Is American Airlines a viable competitor for Delta Air Lines , United Continental , Southwest Airlines and other U.S. carriers? If the market's reaction to the American Airlines merger completion is anything to go by, then yes.

The CEO of Delta Air Lines says a bigger security fee being considered in Congress will be paid by travelers, not by the airlines themselves.

Thomas "Tom" Horton, chairman, president and chief executive officer of AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

As Bill Ayer prepares to retire as chairman of Alaska Air Group at the end of the year, one of the greatest achievements of his 31-year career has been to keep the company independent as the industry has consolidated into a handful of giants.

American Airlines emerged from bankruptcy protection and US Airways culminated its long pursuit of a merger partner as the two completed their deal Monday to create the world's biggest airline.

JetBlue is now flying to Haiti, the latest country in the carrier's rapidly growing Caribbean network.

Passengers check in at a JetBlue Airways terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary's hearts-and-minds mission to win back disenchanted travellers and deal with the budget airline's image problem took a further step forward yesterday as it offered passengers an "early Christmas present" of reduced baggage charges.

With the merger between Fort Worth-based American Airlines and US Airways now official, many critics believe it will lead to less competition and higher fares.

U.S. safety investigators are looking closely at whether an over-reliance on autopilot systems in modern aircraft has degraded human flying skills, increasing the risk of accidents.