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Flight attendants for American Airlines, bitter over stalled contract negotiations, staged a fake strike Wednesday that included airport picket lines.
Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.
Continental Airlines Inc. said Thursday it matched a move by other carriers to raise surcharges for travel on a few peak days in March and April to $30 each way.
The CEO of American Airlines says Japan Airlines would be taking a risk and suffer financially if it breaks ties with American and joins an alliance with Delta Air Lines.
If you plan to travel around the upcoming holidays, prepare to pay a little more — again.
Continental Airlines has changed teams in the battle among three large alliances of global airlines.
The recession has put the major U.S. airlines into two camps — the profitable ones that have low costs and a domestic focus, and the money-losing ones with higher expenses and big networks that are under global pressure.
American Airlines knows that not enough of you are flying.
Continental Airlines Inc. lost money in the third quarter as business travelers stayed home, causing a nosedive in airline revenue.
Southwest Airlines Co. is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
A pilot who was fired after his gun discharged in the cockpit is back at work after an arbitrator ordered him reinstated.
There isn't much suspense around the upcoming third-quarter earnings reports from U.S. airlines — most big carriers likely finished in the red — but a recent uptick in travel may indicate a recovery is about to take off.
Lengthy airline delays are twice as common now as in 1990 and will get worse as the economy recovers, according to a Brookings Institution report released Thursday.
The slump in revenue at U.S. airlines is slowing and the carriers' financial health should improve modestly over the next year, according to a major credit-rating agency.
American Airlines is dropping its long-standing health insurance plan for retired executives and support staff over 65 as the company battles rising medical costs and a decline in revenue.
The U.S. airline industry is shrinking to a size not seen since the months after the 2001 terror attacks.
Federal regulators are investigating American Airlines over structural repairs to its aging fleet of MD-80 series aircraft.
Airlines cut fares to get more passengers on planes and salvage the summer travel season, but now their job gets harder heading into the slower fall and winter months.
Federal regulators propose requiring modifications to the engines of some Boeing 777 jets to prevent ice from forming in fuel lines during long flights, a problem blamed for the crash of a British Airways plane last year.
Scott Hintz needed more miles with American Airlines to book a free trip to Morocco this spring, and he had several thousand miles from another carrier that he thought might be just the ticket.
Three U.S. airlines said Thursday that they made money in the April-June quarter, the start of the summer travel season, with help from cheaper jet fuel and extra fees on passengers.
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Airline traffic fell again in June, providing another sign that most carriers are likely to report large financial losses for the second quarter.
United Airlines has caused an uproar among travel agents with plans to force them to the pay credit-card fees when their customers buy tickets with plastic.
The Justice Department opposes Continental Airlines Inc.'s broad request for antitrust immunity to work more closely with United Airlines and other carriers in setting prices and schedules for international service.
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