
Delta ups the ante in battle for NY travel market
Delta's formula for winning over New York travelers is simple: floor-to-ceiling windows, abundant power outlets and a burger joint with a cult-like ...
Greek strikes halt air travel
Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures ...

Israeli leader under fire for costly lifestyle
For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saddled with an image of a cigar-smoking, cognac-drinking socialite. Now a new ...

Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized ...
Militants kill 3 Yemeni air force pilots near base
Suspected militants shot and killed three senior Yemeni air force pilots traveling to an air base in the country's south on Wednesday, security ...

FAA: Air traffic system soon at full operation
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a ...
India's Jet Airways to sell $379M stake to Etihad
India's Jet Airways on Wednesday approved the sale of a 24 percent stake to Etihad Airways for $379 million, the first foreign investment in an Indian ...

Airline service improves but delays still possible
A day after flight delays plagued much of the nation, air travel was smoother Tuesday, but the government warned passengers that the situation could ...

Flight delays pile up amid FAA budget cuts
Flight delays piled up across the country Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers began taking unpaid days off because of federal budget cuts, ...

Airlines, pilots sue government to stop furloughs
Predicting a nightmarish air travel snarl that will stretch from coast to coast, the airline industry and the nation's largest pilots union joined ...

American cancels all US flights for several hours
A computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all ...

Feelin' queasy? More air turbulence over Atlantic
Tourists, exchange students, masters of the financial universe and other business travelers: It's time to buckle up. More pollution is likely to mean ...
Court leaves in place rule for ads on airfares
The Supreme Court is refusing to review a federal rule that requires airlines to include taxes in their advertised fares, a practice that carriers say ...

Lion takes on AirAsia with record jet orders
Indonesia's top discount carrier, which catapulted into the global aviation spotlight with record deals to buy Airbus and Boeing planes, is taking the ...

Airbus gets biggest order ever from Indonesia
Airbus signed its biggest deal ever on Monday, an order from Indonesian's Lion Air worth €18.4 billion ($24 billion) that President Francois Hollande ...

Delta Air Lines CEO opposes TSA policy on knives
The head of Delta Air Lines on Friday joined the growing opposition to the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing passengers to ...
Flight attendants protest new policy on knives
The vice president of a flight attendants union says a new policy that would allow airline passengers to carry small knives is "outrageous." Sara ...

TSA to allow small knives, bats, clubs on planes
Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month ...
Gov't: Budget cuts already causing airport delays
U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O'Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays in customs waiting lines as ...

FAA chief: Spending cuts could close runways
The government has no choice but to furlough air traffic controllers in the event of automatic spending cuts, raising the specter of widespread flight ...

SPIN METER: A dubious list of budget 'horribles'
President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the ...

China considers overhaul to streamline government
The Ministry of Railways operates ultramodern bullet trains but its singular focus on rail at a time of booming car ownership and air travel makes it ...

Snowstorm dies down, Midwest travel woes tick up
A major winter storm turned Midwest commutes into treacherous challenges Friday before the system petered out over the Great Lakes. At least four ...

AP Sources: American Airlines, US Airways to merge
The merger of American Airlines and US Airways, to be formally announced Thursday, caps a turbulent half-decade of bankruptcies and consolidation for ...

Airports returning to normal after Northeast storm
Airports in New York, Boston and Connecticut were ramping up service Sunday, as they worked to return to normal operations following a massive ...