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Video shows fire coming from Frontier flight after landing in Las Vegas
There were reports of smoke in the cockpit before the flight made a hard landing in Las Vegas, officials said.
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JetBlue to open airport lounges in New York and Boston in battle for big spenders
JetBlue joins Delta, American and United in opening airport lounges to cater to high-spending travelers.
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Delta passengers left with bloody noses, ears after severe cabin pressure issues
A spokesperson for the airline said that Flight 1203 from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet.
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Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet narrowly avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane
Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted a takeoff in Nashville to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane.
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US airlines cool hiring after adding 194,000 employees in post-Covid spree
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.
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Engine troubles for airline Cathay Pacific force the cancellation of dozens of flights this week
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.
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Where are low-cost airlines cutting back now? New planes
Cash-strapped, low-cost and deep discounter airlines are putting off spending billions of dollars on new aircraft to save money as they try to return to steady profitability and face the impact of engine repairs.
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2 workers killed, 1 injured after incident at Delta maintenance facility
Delta did not specify the nature of the incident, but local reports said it may have involved an airplane tire explosion.
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Plane with 62 people aboard crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil's Sao Paulo state
A plane with 62 people aboard has crashed into a residential area of a city in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, but it’s not immediately clear how many people were injured or killed.
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Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it $380 million in revenue
Delta Air Lines on Thursday said last month’s CrowdStrike outage and subsequent mass flight cancellations cost it some $550 million
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Proposed US rule bans airlines from charging parents additional fees to sit with their children
Under the proposal, released Thursday, U.S. and foreign carriers would be required to seat children ages 13 or younger next to a parent or accompanying adult for free.
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Man sentenced to prison for trying to open cockpit on LA-to-DC flight using plastic shank
Prosecutors said the passenger was affected by his use of methamphetamine and wasn’t trying to cause a crash.
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Southwest Airlines is ending open seating
The airline will begin assigning seats to passengers, ending its 50-year trademark of allowing passengers to select their seats.
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Family takes long road trip to North Dakota due to Delta disruptions
Thousands of passengers are trying to make up for lost time amid several Delta flight disruptions from the global I.T. outage. Delta is slowly getting back to normalcy, saying the worst of the delays are “behind us.” News4’s Joseph Olmo talks to a mother who decided to drive to North Dakota rather than waiting out for another flight.
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Woman stuck at DCA due to Delta disruptions misses celebrating that her sister is cancer-free
Delta disruptions still continue days after the Microsoft tech outage, leaving some passengers stranded at DCA. One woman has been in the airport for two days, causing her to delay celebrating her birthday and her sister’s 10th anniversary of being cancer-free. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.
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Stuck at Dulles, couple says their trip to Tanzania will take four days due to tech meltdown
One couple at Dulles said it’ll take them four days to get to Tanzania amid the tech outages. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
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Alaska Airlines, flight attendants reach ‘record' tentative labor deal
Alaska’s flight attendants’ tentative agreement ends a drought of new contracts for cabin crews that have been seeking pay raises for years.
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FAA investigating after Southwest Airlines plane flew unusually low over Oklahoma City
Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines jet that triggered a low-altitude alert as it prepared to land in Oklahoma City but was still nine miles from the airport.
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Here are the top 25 airlines in the world, according to AirlineRatings.com
Qatar Airways is the “Airline of the Year,” according to AirlineRatings.com. The Doha-based airline’s back on top after falling behind Air New Zealand in 2023.
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American Airlines calls legal filing blaming girl, 9, for plane bathroom recording ‘an error'
A troubling discovery last September on a Boston-bound plane received an unexpected response from American Airlines in a legal filing.