Airlines

Southwest Airlines will charge for checked bags for first time

Southwest Airlines will charge for checked bags for first time

Bob Elliott

Ground operations employees load baggage onto a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft on the tarmac at John Wayne Airport in ...

Delta Air Lines slashes earnings outlook, sending shares down

Delta Air Lines slashes earnings outlook, sending shares down

Bob Elliott

Delta Air Lines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Kent Nishimura ...

FAA briefly halts flights to Florida airports after SpaceX test failure

FAA briefly halts flights to Florida airports after SpaceX test failure

Ev Richard

The Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted flights to several Florida airports on Thursday night after a SpaceX Starship testing failure. ...

Aviation industry pushes for air traffic improvements, more hiring

Aviation industry pushes for air traffic improvements, more hiring

Bob Elliott

File photo shows the air traffic control tower at Chicago’s Midway International Airport. M. Spencer Green | AP Aviation industry ...

Southwest Airlines closing 2 crew bases in cost-cutting push

Southwest Airlines closing 2 crew bases in cost-cutting push

Bob Elliott

A Southwest Airlines aircraft at a gate at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, Feb. 16, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar | ...

Airline stocks fall as possible economic ‘soft patch’ raises demand concerns

Airline stocks fall as possible economic ‘soft patch’ raises demand concerns

Bob Elliott

United airplanes are seen at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, Unitted States on July 16, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki ...

Why first-class seats are holding up new airplanes

Why first-class seats are holding up new airplanes

Bob Elliott

A Lufthansa First Class “Allegris” cabin, which was set up outside the show.  Peter Kneffel | Picture Alliance | Getty ...

American Airlines to start testing free inflight Wi-Fi

American Airlines to start testing free inflight Wi-Fi

Bob Elliott

The main cabin of a American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER jet.  Mary Altaffer | AP American Airlines is planning to test ...

Elon Musk sends Starlink tech to FAA, says without evidence air safety is ‘at risk’

Elon Musk sends Starlink tech to FAA, says without evidence air safety is ‘at risk’

Mickey Vernon

An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

Trump blasts Boeing Air Force One delays, but airlines grow upbeat

Trump blasts Boeing Air Force One delays, but airlines grow upbeat

Bob Elliott

Boeing 737s on the ground in Renton, Washington. Leslie Josephs | CNBC President Donald Trump expressed frustration in recent days ...