Topline A Nor’easter that struck the East Coast Monday evening with heavy snow and gusty winds has left more than 1,500 flights delayed and more than 800 flights canceled Tuesday, according to FlightA...
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Feds File Antitrust Suit Against JetBlue Over Spirit Merger—Putting $3.8 Billion Deal In Jeopardy
Topline Federal prosecutors filed an antitrust lawsuit against JetBlue to prevent its blockbuster $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines on Tuesday, preventing what would be the country’s fifth-larg...
JetBlue CEO Says Feds Will Sue Airline Over Its $3.8 Billion Merger With Spirit This Week
Topline The U.S. federal government is poised to block JetBlue’s $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines, according to several reports Monday, sending both companies’ stocks swinging and preventing w...
More Leg Room, Free Snacks And Better Biz Class Perks On Springtime Flights
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS / USA – March 10, 2018: A United Airlines passenger aircraft – Boeing 777 – … [+] arriving at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on a sunny morning. g...
1,000+ Flights Canceled As Winter Storm Olive Pummels U.S.
Topline More than 1,000 flights scheduled to leave or arrive in the U.S. have been canceled Wednesday, according to FlightAware, as a massive storm stretching from coast to coast continues to bring he...
JFK Airport Hit With Power Outage — Affecting International Flights
Topline A power outage at an international terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport has temporarily halted flights going inbound and outbound, the airport announced on Twitter Thursday afternoon...
Lufthansa—One Of Europe’s Biggest Airlines—Suffers Tech Outage Causing Flight Delays, Cancellations
Topline German flag carrier Lufthansa suffered a major computer outage on Wednesday, the company announced, triggering a global wave of travel disruption as flights are delayed and canceled while the ...
Texas winter weather forces airlines to cancel flights
Delayed flights prepare to depart from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on January 11, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. John Moore | Getty Images More than 1,000 U.S. flights were canceled Tuesday ...
Google Flights Could Shift Strategy After Heavy Layoffs
Layoffs at Google Flights could signal strategy changes in Google’s flights business. A Royal Air Maroc 787-8 Dreamliner in OneWorld livery at JFK Airport on January 2, 2023. Mark Bess / Flickr....
FAA contractor unintentionally deleted files before outage that disrupted flights
An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Ima...
FAA system outage disrupts thousands of flights across U.S.
Thousands of flights across the U.S. were delayed Wednesday after a Federal Aviation Administration pilot-alert system failed overnight, prompting a nationwide halt to departures. The FAA lifted the g...
All Domestic Flight Departures Paused Amid FAA System Outage—Here’s What We Know
Topline Flights across the United States have been massively disrupted Wednesday morning following a Federal Aviation Administration system outage, with airlines ordered to pause domestic departures a...
More Than 1,300 U.S. Flights Delayed Or Canceled Amid FAA System Outage—Here’s What We Know
Topline Flights across the United States have been massively disrupted Wednesday morning following a Federal Aviation Administration system outage, with airlines including United, reporting temporary ...
FTX spent $40M on food, flights, and hotels in just 9 months: Court filings
FTX’s Bahamian company spent a staggering amount of money on luxury hotels and accommodation, flights, and food just nine months before the exchange’s collapse, court filings revealed. In bankruptcy ...
Southwest Airlines Stock Continues To Drop In The Wake Of Canceled Flights
| Getty Images Key takeaways Southwest Airlines has been considered one of the best airline stocks for many years. The company failed to reinvest in its systems, compounding the issues that surfaced d...
Southwest cancels more flights as rival carriers cap fares for stranded flyers
Southwest Airlines slashed another 2,500 flights on Wednesday, sending more frustrated customers scrambling to find seats on other airlines. The Dallas-based carrier’s cuts amounted to 60% of it...
Over 2,300 Southwest Flights Canceled Thursday—But Weekend Looks Promising
Topline Southwest Airlines has canceled just a small number of weekend flights as of Thursday, a sign the budget airline is on its way to recovery after it called off thousands of trips this week amid...
Buttigieg Says Airline Is Facing ‘System Failure’ As Thousands Of Flights Are Canceled
Topline Southwest Airlines canceled just over 2,500 additional flights on Wednesday, a day after CEO Bob Jordan apologized to travelers for the thousands of cancellations that began last weekend, a si...
Airlines cancel 17,000 flights due to severe winter weather but disruptions ease
Aircraft are deiced at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee Reuters Flight cancellations eased further on Monday but disruptions from severe winter weather across the U.S. lingered at t...
Airlines cancel 10,000 flights and scramble to rebook travelers
An American Airlines plane is de-iced as high winds whip around 7.5 inches of new snow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Thursday, December 22, 2022. Star Tribune Via Getty Images | Star T...
Nearly 200,000 Homes Without Power, 1,400+ Flights Canceled On Christmas Day
Topline More than 200,000 homes and businesses across the Mid-Atlantic and New England region were left without power on Christmas morning as most of the U.S. continues to reel from a devastating wint...
Elliott Batters States—2 Million Without Power And Another 1,700 Canceled Flights
Topline Winter Storm Elliott ravaged the Midwest and Northeast on Friday and Saturday, canceling flights and causing widespread power outages, as more than half of the U.S. is placed under winter stor...
4,300 Flights Canceled And These States Have Major Power Outages
Topline Winter Storm Elliott could bring historically low temperatures through the weekend, resulting in additional flight cancellations and power outages, according to the National Weather Service, a...
FedEx, UPS warn on delays, airlines cancel more flights
An American Eagle plane taxis during a snow storm at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images FedEx and ...
Nearly 2,000 U.S. Flights Canceled As Mega Storm Disrupts Holiday Travel
Topline Nearly 2,000 flights in the U.S. have been canceled Thursday morning as Winter Storm Elliott brings snowfall, wind gusts and freezing temperatures to parts of the country and throws a wrench i...
Airlines cancel flights before Christmas
Workers deice an Alaska Airlines plane during a snow storm at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images A...
More Than 1,700 U.S. Flights Canceled As Mega Storm Disrupts Holiday Travel
Topline More than 1,700 flights in the U.S. have been canceled Thursday morning as Winter Storm Elliott brings snowfall, wind gusts and freezing temperatures to parts of the country and throws a wrenc...
Here Are The Military Aircraft Turkey Hopes Make Maiden Flights In 2023
Turkey has some interesting military aircraft and drones currently under development that it hopes will make their maiden flights in the coming year, the country’s centennial. However, the most ...
Singapore Airlines And Golden Door Grow Partnership; Spa Meals Now On More Flights
Phase two of the chef-designed and wellness-themed dining is coming to more Singapore Airlines … [+] flights. Singapore Airlines Golden Door and Singapore Airlines launched a partnership a year ...
JetBlue plans Paris flights next summer in trans-Atlantic expansion
A JetBlue Airways Corp. Airbus A321 plane sits at a gate outside of Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Jetblue Airways Corp. is s...
American Airlines Plans To Do Away With First-Class Seats On International Flights
American City Business Journals EVgo hires former Google exec Tanvi Chaturvedi as chief revenue officer EVgo Inc., operator of a national fast-charging network for electric vehicles, has hired veteran...
American Airlines Changes International Flights in Surprising Way
There are many reasons everyone hates the airline industry at the moment. Lost luggage has become increasingly common, and some irate passengers have become so unhinged, often due to covid-induced str...