The New Jersey sports arena currently known as the Continental Airlines Arena "will be rechristened the Izod Center" in time for the New Jersey Nets' National Basketball Association home opener on Oct. 31, The New York Times (free registration) reports....
Alaska Airlines announced this week that it will fly between Alaska and Hawaii on a year-round basis. Previously, Alaska flew its Anchorage-Honolulu route only during the winter. Now, Alaska will offer daily service between Dec. 9 and April 26. From...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "An advertising company in the U.K. plans to feature giant ads on the ground that will be visible to passengers from the air as flights approach the runway for landing. London-based...
Tony Ryan, a co-founder of European discounter Ryanair, died in his home Wednesday at the age of 71, AFP reports. His death came after a long and undisclosed illness, according to media reports. Ryan founded an aircraft sales and leasing...
Sweden-based SAS Scandinavian Airlines says it will ask Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier for $77 million to compensate for expenses and lost revenue after problems with Bombardier's Q400 turboprop model. Bombardier advised carriers to ground and inspect Q400 aircraft with at...
Flying out of Montreal's Trudeau International Airport will soon cost you more in taxes and fees, according to The Canadian Press. The operator of the airport -– Aeroports de Montreal (ADM) -– will raise the "airport improvement fee" to $20...
A family that wants to fly with twins conjoined at the chest are testing the rules and regulations of both Delta Air Lines and the Federal Aviation Administration, The Arizona Republic reports. The conundrum began when Arizona resident Mandy Bailey...
Beginning Dec. 15, JetBlue Airways will add nonstop service between Salt Lake City and Burbank, Calif. The carrier will fly one daily round-trip flight on 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. JetBlue also flies from Salt Lake City to Long Beach, Calif....
The August on-time flight ratings released yesterday by the Bureau Transportation Statistics showed that airlines remain on pace for one of the industry's worst-years ever (see below). USA TODAY takes a look at some of the other findings contained in...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "Boston Logan has a new cellphone lot, where people can wait in their cars for arriving passengers' call to be picked up at the terminal's curb. The lot, located on Harborside...
Nearly three out of every 10 flights arrived late in August, according to the latest numbers related this morning by the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Just 71.1% of flights arrived on time for the month, the latest month...
The airlines with the worst on-time arrival ratings? That would be Delta affiliate Atlantic Southeast (ASA), whose flights arrived on time just 55% in August, according to the latest numbers released this morning by the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics...
Is there room at DFW for another airline to have a hub? Will there be any fare sales for Thanksgiving? How can KLM make Dallas/Fort Worth flights work? What's the shortest commercial flight in the USA? Why can't US Airways...
US Airways announced this morning that it would pull back even further at Pittsburgh International, once one of the airline's signature airports. Starting in January, the carrier will reduce its number of daily mainline flights at Pittsburgh from 31 to...
