Airlines

The Senate panel is calling airline executives to testify next week about their carriers’ fees.

Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection after the airline faced years of mounting losses, a failed merger and more demanding consumer tastes.

Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the first major U.S. passenger carrier to do so since American Airlines 13 years ago.

Flight 298 departing from Honolulu for LA when it was ordered to expedite its climb to avoid crashing into mountainous terrain earlier this week.

A Spirit Airlines flight Florida to Haiti was diverted to the Dominican Republic on Monday after the aircraft was struck by gunfire when it attempted to land in Port-au-Prince.

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., left passengers frightened when one of the travelers assaulted a deaf, nonverbal man who was asleep on the aircraft on Monday. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport left passengers frightened when one of the travelers assaulted a deaf, nonverbal man who was asleep on the aircraft on Monday.

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport left passengers frightened when one of the travelers assaulted a deaf, nonverbal man who was asleep on the aircraft on Monday. Jodi Hernandez reports.

American Airlines is cracking down on people who crowd the boarding area ahead of their assigned group.

American Airlines is cracking down on people who crowd the boarding area ahead of their assigned group.

The story of a Marine veteran who was asked to get off a Delta Air Lines flight at San Francisco International Airport because of her T-shirt has sparked outrage – and support.

The Til Valhalla Project, which uses proceeds from the sale of shirts and other merchandise to create memorials for fallen service members, has seen a spike in sales since the incident. Garvin Thomas reports.

German airline Lufthansa was fined $4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it discriminated against Jewish passengers.

In the long list of issues with in-flight entertainment, passengers on a recent flight from Sydney to Tokyo may have been exposed to a new one: A sexually explicit movie playing on every screen.

There were reports of smoke in the cockpit before the flight made a hard landing in Las Vegas, officials said.

JetBlue joins Delta, American and United in opening airport lounges to cater to high-spending travelers.

A spokesperson for the airline said that Flight 1203 from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet.

Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted a takeoff in Nashville to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane.

Hiring by U.S. airlines is cooling after the industry added tens of thousands of jobs to build up for the post-Covid travel surge.

Cathay Pacific has canceled nearly 70 flights since Monday after an engine issue forced a flight heading to Zurich to turn back around to Hong Kong, according to the BBC.