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Alaska Air Group, which operates Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reports that its second-quarter profit rose 37 percent despite rising fuel prices, as it accounted for fuel hedges that will close in future ...

A Qantas jumbo jet carrying 345 passengers made an emergency landing Friday with a gaping hole in its fuselage after a mysterious "explosive decompression," officials said.

Standard & Poors downgraded the debt of some of the nation's largest carriers on Friday, saying high fuel prices are likely to cause heavy losses this year at American, United and Northwest Airlines.

Southwest Airlines Co. earned a profit in the second quarter and beat Wall Street expectations by continuing to rely on financial deals that lowered its fuel costs.

Aviaition Partners Boeing has started its certification testing of blended winglets for the 767-300ER. An American Airlines 767 is being used for the testing.

At least four outgoing flights have been delayed at New York's MacArthur Airport after a bomb threat was called into a Southwest Airlines office in Houston.

A passenger plane en route from London to Melbourne has made an emergency landing in the Philippines after a large hole appeared in its fuselage.

The best stimulus package in the world right now is being run not by the federal government but Southwest Airlines .

Southwest Airlines Co. , the only big U.S. carrier that's still profitable, said second-quarter net income increased 15 percent as fuel contracts bought in advance helped protect it from rising prices.

AirTran Airways says it will expand service at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee by offering nonstop flights to eight cities.

Northwest Airlines Corp. reported a second-quarter loss of $377 million on Wednesday as it took another large accounting charge and fuel expenses continued to rise sharply.

The losses keep piling up for airlines, as three of the nation's biggest carriers said Tuesday high fuel costs overwhelmed higher revenue in the quarter that ended June 30.

PowerRating -- American Airlines has flown a Boeing 767-300ER which has been newly modified with Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets on 20 July 2008 for the first time.

Federal aviation inspectors would have to wait two years before taking airline jobs where they deal with their old government boss under legislation passed by the House Tuesday.

Continued hemorraghing of red ink today from airlines. Three big ones, United, US Airways and JetBlue, all swung to losses in the second quarter because of high fuel costs.

Airline shares rocketed higher Tuesday, even before US Airways LCC CEO Doug Parker said the industry could be profitable in 2009.

A flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress has made an emergency landing in New Orleans after a loss in cabin pressure.

American Airlines has dropped its lawsuit against Google Inc. over its search engine directing some users to advertisements for the airline's competitors.

When United Airlines ' parent UAL Corp. reports second-quarter results Tuesday morning, one thing is certain: they will be deeply in the red.

A Northwest Airlines jetliner heading to Chicago made a safe emergency landing in Wisconsin on Monday after the pilot reported a pressurization problem, an airline spokesman said.