Airlines

Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection after the airline faced years of mounting losses, a failed merger and more demanding consumer tastes.

Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the first major U.S. passenger carrier to do so since American Airlines 13 years ago.

Flight 298 departing from Honolulu for LA when it was ordered to expedite its climb to avoid crashing into mountainous terrain earlier this week.

A Spirit Airlines flight Florida to Haiti was diverted to the Dominican Republic on Monday after the aircraft was struck by gunfire when it attempted to land in Port-au-Prince.

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport left passengers frightened when one of the travelers assaulted a deaf, nonverbal man who was asleep on the aircraft on Monday.

Federal investigators are looking into an electrical system malfunction and issue with the cooling fan of the Frontier Airlines flight leaving San Diego that caught fire. According to NTSB, pilots lost their display screens, radio and transponders. Several passengers are suing the airline claiming they were stranded inside a smoke-filled aircraft. 

A San Diego County man is one of three people suing Frontier Airlines after the plane they were in caught fire amid an emergency landing in Las Vegas.

The story of a Marine veteran who was asked to get off a Delta Air Lines flight at San Francisco International Airport because of her T-shirt has sparked outrage – and support.

German airline Lufthansa was fined $4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it discriminated against Jewish passengers.

In the long list of issues with in-flight entertainment, passengers on a recent flight from Sydney to Tokyo may have been exposed to a new one: A sexually explicit movie playing on every screen.

Aviation officials have launched an investigation after a flight from San Diego caught fire during amid an emergency landing in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon.

Passengers describe the rought landing before they realize the plane was on fire. 

There were reports of smoke in the cockpit before the flight made a hard landing in Las Vegas, officials said.

JetBlue joins Delta, American and United in opening airport lounges to cater to high-spending travelers.

A spokesperson for the airline said that Flight 1203 from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet.

Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted a takeoff in Nashville to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane.

Hiring by U.S. airlines is cooling after the industry added tens of thousands of jobs to build up for the post-Covid travel surge.

Cathay Pacific has canceled nearly 70 flights since Monday after an engine issue forced a flight heading to Zurich to turn back around to Hong Kong, according to the BBC.

Cash-strapped, low-cost and deep discounter airlines are putting off spending billions of dollars on new aircraft to save money as they try to return to steady profitability and face the impact of engine repairs.

Delta did not specify the nature of the incident, but local reports said it may have involved an airplane tire explosion.