American Airlines reported today it posted a net profit $175 million (61 cents a share) for the third quarter. That compared with a profit of $15 million (6 cents per share) during the same period a year earlier, when AA...
What name do you prefer: US Airways or US Air? Would AirTran hurt its Chicago operation by expanding at Milwaukee? What happens with ATA's slots at Washington Reagan National? What will Skybus' "big announcement" be in the next few weeks?...
Delta and Air France have entered into what USA TODAY calls a "far-reaching cooperative agreement" that will give U.S. customers new flight options for getting to Europe. USA TODAY says the pact "represents the most significant move to date by...
Southwest raised fares by up to $20 roundtrip this week on its long-haul routes of Dallas Love Field. "The boost marks the sixth increase by the Dallas-based carrier this year, but the first implemented in its hometown," The Dallas Morning...
The airline rumor-mill got a kick-start yesterday thanks to Delta CEO Richard Anderson, who said he expected airline consolidation to occur and that a merger may be in the "long-term best interest of Delta." Predictably, that has the topic of...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "Passengers at St. Louis Lambert International can now use Wi-Fi, available at 'a majority of areas' in its terminals and concourses, the airport says. The cost is typically $7.95 a day,...
JetBlue has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation for the rights to fly to Bogota, Colombia, from the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. A 2000 treaty between the USA and Colombia limits U.S. carriers to 70 weekly flights...
American Airlines became the latest U.S. legacy carrier to add a new international route, announcing today it would begin service between Chicago O'Hare and Moscow on June 2. AA plans to fly six weekly flights between O'Hare and Moscow's Domodedovo...
As many of you correctly guessed, the answer to yesterday's "name that airport challenge" is Harrisburg International Airport. The airport is located near Middletown, Pa., and serves the south-central region of Pennsylvania, including the cities of Harrisburg, Hershey, Lancaster and...
There's new fodder for the airline merger rumor mill, thanks to new Delta CEO Richard Anderson. In a conference call to discuss Delta's third-quarter earnings with analysts this morning, Anderson suggested that a merger may ultimately be in Delta's best...
As expected, Skybus dropped three of its five West Coast flights when it extended its flight scheduled through May, The Columbus Dispatch reports. The newspaper first reported last week that the carrier was expected to do so. Skybus will suspend...
Denver-based Frontier Airlines apparently hopes it can get in on some of the hoopla surrounding the first-ever World Series appearance by the Colorado Rockies, who are also based in Denver. Frontier is negotiating with DirecTV for the rights to show...
Delta kicked off the U.S. airline industry's third-quarter earnings season by reporting a net profit of $220 million (56 cents a share). The profit topped Wall Street expectations, with The Associated Press saying analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had expected...
Beginning Jan. 14, Delta will add service between Atlanta and Queretaro in central Mexico. The carrier will fly five weekly round-trip flights on the route. To Queretaro, Delta will fly one daily flight Monday through Friday. The return service will...
