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United Airlines is blaming troubled plane maker Boeing for a $200 million hit to its earnings in the first three months of this year after a midair blowout led to the grounding of many of its Max 9 planes. In its first-quarter 2024 financial results published on April 16, the company said it had a pretax […]

HOUSTON—The captain of a United Airlines jet said the brakes seemed less effective than normal and the plane and brake pedals shook violently just before the Boeing 737 Max slid off a taxiway in Houston last month. According to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilots were uncertain about […]

An American Airlines flight landed safely at the Los Angeles airport on Wednesday after the pilot reported a possible mechanical issue, the airline said in a statement on Thursday. The aircraft, a 23-year old Boeing 777 plane according to Airfleets Aviation, took off from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, and landed at Los Angeles, California, without […]

DALLAS—American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and it is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to earn frequent-flyer points. The airline said Tuesday that checking a bag on a domestic flight will rise from $30 now to $35 online and $40 if […]

Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes. The airline said in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They said they resumed flying the Max […]

The recent holiday season saw delays and cancellations in air travel, which some say was primarily due to shortages in air-traffic controllers and the impact of private jets. A group representing major passenger airlines has urged the government to intervene in order to ease the situation. Airlines for America, which represents Delta Air Lines, United […]

United Airlines and Alaska Airlines have both reported finding loose parts on several 737 Max 9 planes during inspections, which were initiated after a door plug of an Alaska Airlines-operated flight blew off in mid-air last week. In a statement on Jan. 8, Alaska Airlines said that initial reports from its technicians, who were preparing […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. flight cancellations fell to the lowest rate in at least a decade in 2023, the U.S. Transportation Department said Wednesday, after a string of bumpy years for air travel. There were 16.3 million U.S. flights in 2023 and a cancellation rate of below 1.2 percent, the lowest since at least 2013, USDOT said, adding […]

The current ten-day peak travel period, ending on January 1st, is anticipated to witness an unprecedented surge in air travel, hosting an estimated 7.5 million passengers. The American Automobile Association (AAA) highlights this surge, marking a significant peak in year-end air travel.

The grandmother of an unaccompanied 6-year-old boy who was put on the wrong Spirit Airlines flight by staff wants answers after the carrier apologized for the error. Maria Ramos said it was one of the scariest experiences of her life when her grandson, Casper, did not disembark from his flight from Philadelphia. “They told me, […]

An off-duty pilot charged with trying to disable the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet in flight told police afterward he was suffering a nervous breakdown, had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier, and had not slept in 40 hours, court documents showed on Tuesday. Joseph David Emerson, 44, an Alaska Airlines pilot, was riding […]

DALLAS—American Airlines posted a $545 million loss for the third quarter as revenue was flat with last summer and costs rose, especially to cover a new contract with its pilots. American on Thursday cut its forecast of full-year earnings to between $2.25 and $2.50 per share, down from a previous forecast of $3 to $3.75 […]

The “state of war” that was dropped by the Hamas terror group in Israel this weekend has disrupted flight operations in and out of Israeli airports, with several major U.S. airlines either halting or re-routing flights. According to the flight tracking website Flightradar24, flights to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport by airlines like […]

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has acknowledged that the carrier’s pilots are shunning promotion to the captain’s chair, hurting its flight capacity in the fourth quarter, but expressed his optimism about the future. The main reason senior first officers cite for avoiding the promotion to captain is the unpredictable schedule that comes with the bigger […]

DALLAS—American Airlines said Wednesday it will appeal a court decision that would force the airline to break up its partnership with JetBlue Airways in the Northeast. American and JetBlue face a late-June deadline to end the agreement in which they coordinate flights and share revenue. The Justice Department sued to block the alliance, and a […]

SEOUL—South Korean police on Friday detained a man who opened a door of an Asiana Airlines plane minutes before it was due to land in the city of Daegu, causing panic among the passengers, officials said. The Airbus A321-200 plane landed safely at around 12:40 p.m. (0340 GMT). It had set off from the holiday […]

The Biden administration wants airlines to compensate passengers with money, food, and hotel rooms when flights get canceled or seriously delayed. But airlines are pushing back. A new mortgage rule for home buyers is in effect. Critics say the Robin Hood-like rule forces people with good credit to pay more to support people with bad […]