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Frontier Airlines is filling in the dots on its route map, announcing three new nonstop routes between current destinations.

If you want to get to your destination on time-- it may not matter where you are going.

The vertical passenger seat - or "standing cabin" - may be the next big cost-cutting move in aviation, according to a new report whose author says the concept could be here within five years.

It's one of those stories that start in the middle. Midflight from Washington, D.C., to Denver on Monday, pilot Gerhard Brandner hit some bad weather that forced him to land in Wyoming.

Air New Zealand today will become the first airline in the world to fly away with the "stretch" version of Boeing's Dreamliner a?? the 787-9 .

June was kind of a flat month - operationally speaking anyway - for United Airlines .

American Airlines saw its passenger traffic increase 1 percent over the same month in 2013, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday.

Alaska Airlines said it's the first airline to use Boeing Co.' s new "Space Bins" on its 737-900ER planes, which will increase overhead storage on the plane by nearly 50 percent.

The dead woman found in the trunk of an abandoned car on Monday has been identified as Decarol Deloney-Cain, 54, a flight attendant and mother of three children from Crown Point.

A coalition of immigrant rights advocacy groups is suing the federal government over the fact that few minors have legal representation during deportation proceedings.

The Denver-based airline, which already flies from DIA to Chicago Midway International Airport, announced Wednesday that it will begin going into the Windy City's larger airport as well on Oct. 1. It will operate daily flights between the two busy airports five days a week - on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

Walmart opened its downtown Honolulu store Wednesday at 8 a.m., taking over the space previously occupied by Macy's and Liberty House at 1032 Fort St. Mall.

The airline said travelers will get an email with ready-to-print boarding pass and an option to download a mobile boarding pass 24 hours before their flight.

The Transportation Department said Wednesday that 76.9 percent of flights arrived on time in May, down from 79.6 percent in April and 79.4 percent in May 2013.

Southwest Airlines Co. said Wednesday that a key revenue figure rose sharply in June, which hinted that the carrier was able to charge higher average fares at the start of the summer travel season.

A near all-black Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has been delivered to launch customer Air New Zealand, giving Boeing fans and aviation nerds a dramatic introduction to this latest model of the fuel-efficient plane.

United Airlines will rely on its own employees for more than 400 jobs at Phoenix Sky Harbor and three other airports while it contracts out more than 600 jobs at 12 smaller airports.

After an already delayed Denver-bound plane was forced to temporarily land at a Wyoming airport until severe weather cleared up, passengers were left stranded on the tarmac for about an hour.

Tickets are free for the event, but must be earned through acts meant to help end extreme poverty around the world.

A Frontier Airlines pilot treated his passengers to pizza when storms diverted a Denver-bound flight to Cheyenne, where the plane was stuck for a couple of hours.