Airline News

Officials say a Southwest Airlines plane has rolled off the taxiway after landing at Midway Airport.

The parent of discount carrier AirTran Airways expects to post a loss for this fiscal year, its first annual loss since 1999, an executive said Tuesday.

ATLANTA : After a backlash from some of its elite fliers, Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest carrier, has halted a program on Delta-operated aircraft that allowed customers to purchase better seat ...

The largest passenger airline at a Washington-area airport says it is negotiating with the Maryland Aviation Administration to give up some of its boarding gates.

Nov 21, 2008 7:00 pm US/Eastern Reporting Mike Hellgren LINTHICUM, Md. Southwest Airlines wants to give up some of its gates at BWI Marshall Airport, to save money, in this tough economy.

Delta Air Lines said on Friday it plans to cut flights even further next year as it sees more signs of air travel demand slipping.

That's not turbulence. It's the Canadian chapter of Big Beautiful Women and Big Handsome Men dancing in the aisles.

Airport security lines have always been difficult for Leslie Heller and her family.

Brand new runways are opening at three major airports Thursday, giving the aviation community something to cheer about in a year of dismal economic and travel news.

Air New Zealand is cutting 200 full time jobs in a bid to save in excess of $20 million a year.

ERLANGER - Comair today appointed a new president who has had plenty of time on the front lines of the airline business - including getting his hands in the guts of a plane, much less the industry.

The Air France-KLM Group said Thursday its profit plunged in the second quarter as higher oil prices and financial charges weighed on the airlines' earnings.

The parent company of the French and Dutch national flag carriers reported a net profit of euro28 million ($35.4 million) for the July-September period, down 96 percent from euro736 million a year earlier, when earnings were boosted by asset sales.

Air France-KLM also abandoned its operating profit target for this year, but said it would remain 'clearly in profit.' The company had warned last month that its target of euro1 billion ($1.26 billion) in operating profit would be 'very difficult' to achieve.

A federal judge in Chicago found that a summer sick-out and work slowdowns by some United Airlines pilots was an illegal job action and said she would issue a preliminary injunction against their union.

Southwest Airlines will pay $7.5 million for bankrupt ATA Airlines' landing slots at LaGuardia International Airport in a move that will strengthen its meager presence in the nation's largest market.

AMR Corp. 's American Airlines said it may buy as many as 100 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners in a plan that will reshape the fleet of the world's largest carrier and reinvigorate the sales campaign of the delayed ...

A US Airways Express flight made an emergency landing Sunday without its nose landing gear.

Delta Air Lines Wednesday announced bold plans for international expansion during a time of economic turbulence, and executives say Detroit stands to gain as the airline starts integrating its routes with those ...

Managers of Hagerstown Regional Airport in Maryland are planning a party for Friday evening's launch of regular flights to Orlando, Fla.

Share prices of China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines were sharply higher after a report that Beijing plans to inject fresh capital into their parents.

Sen. Byron Dorgan says the president of Delta Airlines is slated to visit North Dakota to talk about the air carrier's plans now that it has acquired Northwest Airlines.