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American Airlines flight ordered to make ‘expedited climb' to avoid crashing into mountain after Hawaii takeoff
Flight 298 departing from Honolulu for LA when it was ordered to expedite its climb to avoid crashing into mountainous terrain earlier this week.
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Spirit Airlines flight from Florida to Haiti diverted to Dominican Republic due to gunfire damage
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.
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United Airlines passenger attacks a man mid-flight from SFO to Dulles
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.
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NTSB report details plethora of problems in fiery Frontier plane landing from San Diego
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.
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San Diego County man among passengers suing Frontier Airlines for Vegas crash landing
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.
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Rush of support for group behind shirt that got Bay Area veteran removed from flight
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.
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Lufthansa fined record $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers
German airline Lufthansa was fined $4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it discriminated against Jewish passengers.
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Qantas apologizes after explicit movie airs on every screen during Sydney-Tokyo flight
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.
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Flight from San Diego bursts into flames during emergency landing at Las Vegas airport
Aviation officials have launched an investigation after a flight from San Diego caught fire during amid an emergency landing in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon.
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Flight from San Diego to Las Vegas catches fire
Passengers describe the rought landing before they realize the plane was on fire.
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Video shows fire coming from Frontier flight after landing in Las Vegas
There were reports of smoke in the cockpit before the flight made a hard landing in Las Vegas, officials said.
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JetBlue to open airport lounges in New York and Boston in battle for big spenders
JetBlue joins Delta, American and United in opening airport lounges to cater to high-spending travelers.
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Delta passengers left with bloody noses, ears after severe cabin pressure issues
A spokesperson for the airline said that Flight 1203 from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet.
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Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet narrowly avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane
Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted a takeoff in Nashville to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane.
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US airlines cool hiring after adding 194,000 employees in post-Covid spree
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.
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Engine troubles for airline Cathay Pacific force the cancellation of dozens of flights this week
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.
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Where are low-cost airlines cutting back now? New planes
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.
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2 workers killed, 1 injured after incident at Delta maintenance facility
Delta did not specify the nature of the incident, but local reports said it may have involved an airplane tire explosion.
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Plane with 62 people aboard crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil's Sao Paulo state
A plane with 62 people aboard has crashed into a residential area of a city in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, but it’s not immediately clear how many people were injured or killed.
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Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it $380 million in revenue
Delta Air Lines on Thursday said last month’s CrowdStrike outage and subsequent mass flight cancellations cost it some $550 million