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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.

American Airlines pilots and other employees watch a news conference with the CEOs of U.S. Airways and American Airlines at DFW International Airport on Feb. 14 begin trading today as US Airways and AMR Corp. formally close their merger and create the world's largest airline.

Airlines spokesman Morgan Durrant said in an email that the crew of flight 362 "followed established procedures" on Monday afternoon after the light was seen in the flight deck.

The King County elections office is conducting a recount Monday on the proposition in the city of SeaTac to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

A passenger who fell asleep while flying to Los Angeles says he awoke to discover himself alone and locked inside a dark, empty United Express plane in Houston.

US Airways chairman and CEO Doug Parker answers a question during a Dec. 2 interview while president Scott Kirby enjoys the response.