2 days ago - A severely bruised young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back Thursday to Paris, where she was embraced gently by her father, who tried to lift her spirits with a joke.
2 days ago - A young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris on Thursday to the waiting arms of her father, who gently embraced her and joked to lift her spirits.
4 days ago - 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.
9 days ago - Federal safety officials said Thursday they are investigating two incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in the cockpits of Airbus A330 planes may have malfunctioned, including one that took place ten days before the same type of plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 228 aboard.
10 days ago - Republic Airways Holdings said Tuesday it will buy struggling Midwest Airlines for $31 million in cash and debt, the second time in two days it has sought to rescue an ailing airline.
11 days ago - Republic Airways Holdings said on Tuesday it will buy Midwest Airlines, the second time in two days it has aimed to rescue an ailing airline.
23 days ago - Corporate travel and ticket sales of premium seats are down. Overall demand is weak. And fuel prices are rising - again. The one-two-three punch could be bad news for consumers this fall, as airlines face pressure to raise fares or cut more capacity to cover their costs.
23 days ago - American Airlines said Thursday that advance bookings through late summer are down from last year, and it will cut about 1,600 jobs as it reduces flights to contend with the lower demand.
23 days ago - Delta Air Lines Inc. will shave additional capacity later this year as it warns that more than $6 billion in benefits it expected from lower fuel prices, its merger with Northwest Airlines and previous capacity reductions will be overtaken by declining revenues.
23 days ago - While its major competitors suffer, discount carrier AirTran Airways expects to have "one of the best years in the company's history," Chief Financial Officer Arne Haak told an investor conference Thursday.