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The airline world is being roiled by the new airline trend towards unbundling charges. Once the costs of baggage, meals, drinks, pillows and blankets were included in airline fares. Today, most airlines are beginning to charge for these as extras — add-ons to the basic charge of getting passengers from Point A to Point B.

In light of the news that US Airways would not longer provide even water on aircraft to passengers, we have been looking for ways to get around this. You can’t bring water from home because you are limited to 3oz or less of liquid.

Good money, bad money. Midwest Airlines, which used to be Midwest Express and is sometimes dubbed the bottomless money pit of Milwaukee, has saved itself from bankruptcy with yet another investment by TPG, the Texas Pacific Group.

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. is not a household name in the airline business. But the company, which operates regional jets under the brands of larger partners, is turning some heads in the industry thanks to a pair of recent deals where the airline used its relatively healthy balance sheet to

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. is not a household name in the airline business. But the company, which operates regional jets under the brands of larger partners, is turning some heads in the...

As happens once in a while, the investigators of the crash of BA038 at Heathrow back in January are rather coming to the conclusion that, despite the millions of comparable flights the industry has made, we don't know as much about a basic element of long-haul flight as we thought we did.

Head’s up if you’re headed out of Los Angeles International. Discount airline AirTran is changing terminals. Beginning tomorrow (Friday, September 5), flights which had operated out of Terminal 3 will arrive and depart from Terminal 6, Gate 69A to be...

The U.S. Department of Transportation released its monthly Air Travel Consumer Report yesterday, and it’s time once again for David Burns' list of awards -- some good and some not-so-good -- for the nation's airlines.

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop by Scott Carmichael Sep 4th 2008 @ 10:30AMA 35 year old "well dressed businessman" was arrested yesterday when he refused to turn off his laptop for the final approach of his Qantas flight.

British Airways is saying that, in its third attempt to cement closer cooperation with American Airlines, it is optimistic of achieving success, according to a report in The Financial Times. In August, the airlines jointly announced plans to form closer ties to reduce operating costs and reduce their financial exposure in what continue to be challenging economic times.