
American Airlines tries to catch up on flights
American Airlines played catch-up Wednesday, resuming most flights and even adding a handful that were not on the schedule to help passengers stranded ...

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 ...
Airlines lagging in on-time performance
Airlines are struggling this year to get planes to the gate on time. The government said Thursday that 80.3 percent of flights by U.S.

Spring storm delivers snow, winds; delays travel
A large spring storm delivering heavy snow, strong wind and rain caused travel problems from Wyoming to Chicago on Tuesday, closing larges stretches ...

Berlin's airport project delays shame Germans
Rabbits scamper over quiet runways. Only the call of a crow disturbs the silence around a gleaming, empty terminal that should be humming with the din ...

FAA delays closing of airport control towers
The closings of control towers at 149 small airports, due to begin this weekend because of government-wide spending cuts, are being delayed until ...

Qatar delays airport opening after safety review
The chief overseer of Qatar's new international airport on Monday said the opening of the facility has been delayed because of the need to address new ...
United delays Denver-Toyko service as 787s sit
United Airlines is delaying its new Denver-Tokyo service — again — because its new Boeing 787 jets remain grounded. United said Friday that service ...

Spring snow closes US schools, cancels flights
Five days into spring, warm weather and budding flowers were just a rumor Monday as the East Coast endured another blast of winter. A wide-ranging ...

FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cuts
Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday released a final list of 149 air ...
Lufthansa strike forces flight cancelations
Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, are staging a several-hour strike that has prompted the company to cancel hundreds of flights.
Nigerian airline back in air after 2nd suspension
An aviation official says a Nigerian airline can resume flying, after being grounded twice in the past year. Nigerian aviation ministry spokesman Joe ...

Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net
The planned shutdown of up to 238 air traffic control towers across the country under federal budget cuts will strip away an extra layer of safety ...
LOT's grounded 787s set to fly this summer
Poland's state-owned airline said Friday that its two grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners may be among the first to resume flights, possibly in the summer

Boeing: Commercial 787 flights to restart in weeks
Boeing said Friday it sees commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming "within weeks" even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery ...
Airlines seek alternative for grounded 787
The prolonged grounding of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has forced some airlines to seek alternative arrangements, including renting other planes to fill ...

Snow ties up European planes, trains, roads
Frankfurt's airport closed, trains stopped running under the English Channel, and the French army was ordered to help clear roads — all because of a ...
172 flights canceled in Duesseldorf airport strike
Scores of flights have been canceled at Duesseldorf airport after security personnel walked off the job in a one-day strike to press their demands for ...

Berlin's troubled airport gets new CEO
A hard-nosed manager with a history of overseeing corporate turnarounds was named Friday as the new CEO of Berlin's airports, putting him in charge ...

Dublin Airport reopens after plane's wheel fails
Flights at Dublin Airport were temporarily suspended Thursday when a BinAir cargo plane's nose wheel collapsed after touching down, the second such ...
Storm halts Midwest flights, heads for Washington
A late-winter storm barreled through the Midwest, snarling air travel in and out of Chicago, and it will soon take aim at busy airports around ...
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 ...
Spain's Iberia cancels flights as strikes resume
Spanish airline Iberia says some 1,300 flights will be canceled this week as workers begin a second round of strikes to protest the loss-making ...

ANA president sees Boeing progress on batteries
The president of All Nippon Airways, Boeing's biggest single customer for its troubled 787 Dreamliner, said Friday that he believes the U.S.

Boeing reports 787 battery fix to Japan regulators
Boeing CEO Ray Conner met with Japan's transport minister and other officials in Tokyo on Thursday to explain his company's proposal for resolving ...