Reuters says Air France-KLM and Delta have indicated "an imminent joint-venture deal on trans-Atlantic flights" by scheduling an Oct. 17 press conference in Paris. The CEOs of both Delta and Air France-KLM will participate. Air France-KLM did not comment specifically...
Big hubs like New York JFK, Chicago O’Hare and Los Angeles International draw more attention and customers, but are smaller airports a better way to go? That's the question asked by USA TODAY, which runs a story today pitting the...
Portland, Ore., is getting nonstop service to Amsterdam on Northwest. The Oregonian of Portland says Northwest CEO Doug Steenland is set to make the announcement today "during an invitation-only brunch at Portland International Airport." While Portland is not a hub...
United CEO Glenn Tilton talked about a 5-year plan for the airline in a note to workers Friday. Tilton told workers that United will invest about $4 billion during the next five years to "support improvements for customers and employees,"...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has fined both JetBlue and Hawaiian "for failing to properly or adequately disclose the on-time performance of specific flights when requested," Travel Weekly (free registration) reports. The publication says DOT regulations require the 20 carriers...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "A new generation of people-movers is coming to Heathrow. The Personal Rapid Transit system is a rail network of individual cars that can accommodate four adults. Because of their small size,...
The merger between US Airways and America West appears to have hit another snag. It comes after the carrier's East Coast-based pilots (from the "old" US Airways) formed the US Airlines Pilots Association (USAPA), which says "it has enough pilot...
Southwest Airlines is in the news for a fashion flap for the second time in as many months. The latest incident comes from Columbus, where an airline manager instructed a Tampa-bound passenger "to change his sexually suggestive T-shirt, turn it...
Delta is expanding the number of Delta-branded flights available from Boston through new service on Delta Connection affiliate Big Sky. Beginning Oct. 31, Big Sky will fly 19-seat Beechcraft 1900D aircraft between Boston and both Saranac Lake, N.Y., and Plattsburgh,...
Labor trouble could be brewing at American Airlines, which The Associated Press writes "faces a three-front battle to limit labor costs that are among the highest in the industry." AP says "the three unions representing American's employees want to make...
Federal antitrust regulators are taking a closer looked at TPG Capital's acquisition of Midwest Airlines, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. TPG's bid is backed by Northwest Airlines, which would get a 47% "non-management" stake in Midwest. Northwest has said it...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "Starting next Monday, customers of Delta Air Lines at its New York John F. Kennedy hub will have to check bags in at least 45 minutes before their scheduled departure. That's...
Look for Continental to add destinations in India as it starts taking delivery of new Boeing 787 aircraft, Reuters reports. The carrier also would like to add more routes to China, if it can win approval as new routes are...
In a story from earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board issued a report that concluded "pilot error was a major contributor to a fatal accident at Chicago's Midway Airport during which a Southwest Airlines jet skidded through a...
