Southwest Airlines has cut back on the availability of its EarlyBird check-in, which provides an opportunity for flyers to pay for an early boarding position. Beginning Aug. 15, EarlyBird check-in became subject to availability, with the product not offered on certain flights,…
The FAA will hold meetings on runway safety at 84 U.S. airports through the end of September. Such meetings are held annually at each airport with a control tower. However, an FAA press release announcing the meetings followed an in-depth New York…
Several airports in Southern California continued to experience high cancellation rates Monday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Hilary caused widespread flooding and dumped record rainfall in some places. San Diego, Long Beach, Orange County, Ontario, Burbank and Palm Springs airports each…
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is suing a travel website that sells tickets that let people save money by exploiting a quirk in airline pricing. American sued Skiplagged Inc. last week in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, accusing the website of…
Airlines have made sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) deployment the linchpin of their commitments to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. But in a recent report, an environmental think tank detailed lobbying efforts undertaken by airlines in partnership with ethanol producers that the think…
Airlines have played a crucial part in the Maui relief efforts over the past 10 days. Among other initiatives, carriers added flights in the immediate days after the fire to help with the evacuation, sometimes flying to destinations that aren’t part of…
American Airlines has announced three new European destinations for next summer, all from its Philadelphia hub. The carrier will also begin a new Europe route from Dallas/Fort Worth and resume Venice service from Chicago. Seasonal daily service between Philadelphia and Nice, France,…
Air Canada has become the first airline to sell Hopper’s Cancel for Any Reason insurance product within its own website. Canada-based users of AirCanada.com are now automatically given the option of purchasing Cancel for Any Reason within the booking path. Air Canada’s…
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean. The space plane glided back…
Southwest Airlines will soon offer free same-day standby with Wanna Get Away fares, the carrier’s lowest-priced product. In a post Thursday on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter), Southwest noted the upcoming change but didn’t offer a specific rollout…