American, US Airways to merge frequent-flier programs in the spring
Unlike many rivals that have converted to a revenue-based model, American will keep its miles-based frequent-flier program — at least for now.
Unlike many rivals that have converted to a revenue-based model, American will keep its miles-based frequent-flier program — at least for now.
Virgin America today launched its new daily nonstop flights between Dallas Love Field and New York's LaGuardia Airport with a fare sale.
The captain wrested control from the co-pilot just before the landing, according to a transcript of the cockpit conversation released by the NTSB.
US Airways' Dividend Miles and American's AAdvantage programs will combine mileage balances and align elite member levels and criteria in the second quarter of 2015.
The carrier’s reliability for flights to arrive when they're supposed to is improving after officials reveresed some August 2013 changes that created an operational mess.
Southwest Airlines said it had its best third quarter ever, while American Airlines had its best quarter, period.
American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. both reported Thursday that they earned record profits in the three months ended Sept. 30.
The deal after two years of talks with the IAM leaves the Dallas-based carrier in negotiations with six other unions.
FedEx said Wednesday it expects the number of shipments to increase by about 8.8 percent this year between Black Friday (Nov. 28) and Christmas Eve - a total of more than 290 million shipments.
Lufthansa has cancelled its flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday afternoon, as well as the return flight Tuesday from Frankfurt to DFW.
As most U.S. airlines get ready to talk earnings this week, fuel prices are giving airlines a break even as Ebola raises fears.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a notice Thursday reaching out to passengers on Frontier flights taken by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas nurse Amber Joy Vinson.
A job fair Friday seeks to help airlines find enough pilots to staff their cockpits as depression turns to boom for pilot hiring.
Our Robert Wilonsky has a story about Amber Joy Vinson, the Dallas nurse who has been diagnosed with Ebola and who flew on a Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday.
The deal includes a new Gulfstream model announced Tuesday, the G500, as well as two older models, the G450 and G650.
Kay Bailey Hutchison was a U.S. senator from Texas when she carried the federal legislation in 2006 that provided for Monday's end to the Wright amendment and its prohibition on long-distance nonstop flights from Dallas Love Field.
Dallas Love Field Airport, Virgin America and Southwest Airlines and the city of Dallas all celebrated a monumental day Monday with the ending of the Wright amendment.
Flight attendants with pompoms, free champagne and doughnuts, multimillionaires collecting boarding passes: Southwest Airlines and Virgin America did not let the end of the Wright amendment pass quietly.
Free donuts, red carpet and the pending arrival of one famous media CEO brought an air of anticipation to Dallas Love Field Monday morning.
A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight that departed from San Francisco International Airport turned around and made an emergency landing Monday at SFO after some of the cabin’s wall panels cracked loose, aviation and airlines officials said.
We're at Dallas Love Field on Monday morning, along with a lot of other people, as the airlines, the airport and the passengers celebrate the end of the Wright amendment.
Airlines plan dozens of nonstop flights throughout the U.S. with the end of the Wright amendment restrictions.
As Virgin America weighs a public offering there are warning signs for potential investors.
The California carrier happily leaves D/FW Airport and American Airlines to go against Southwest Airlines at Dallas Love Field.
On Aug. 10, Southwest Airlines changed its schedule to improve its reliability and end a year of really bad results for on-time arrivals. Its executives said the new schedule should boost its on-time performance.
The Atlanta-based carrier worked out a deal with Southwest Airlines to borrow gate space and with United Airlines to share ticket counters and operating facilities.
The council on Wednesday voted to officially rename the stretch of Cedar Springs Road road north of Mockingbird Lane in honor of Southwest Airlines' famous co-founder.
In an investor update Wednesday, American Airlines Group estimated that its operating margin - operating profits as a percentage of operating revenues - to be 10 to 12 percent.
Southwest Airlines reported that its load factor, or percentage of seats filled with paying passengers, jumped to 80.5 percent in September, up 2.8 points compared to a year earlier.
Airline analyst Bob McAdoo of Imperial Capital put out a report Tuesday advising investors to turn their attentions toward American Airlines Group and Delta Air Lines and away from United Continental Holdings.
An analysis indicates that by early November, Southwest will have cut 18 of the 118 departures it now offers from Love Field as it beefs up its schedule to cities beyond the current Wright amendment borders.
The Fort Worth-based carrier claims that Delta is “essentially deserting Seattle” and should give its route authority to serve the close-in Tokyo airport.
As American prepares to move larger regional jets into that hub, it will close Envoy’s pilot and flight attendant bases and ove the smaller Envoy jets elsewhere.
The airline’s attorney demanded Dallas find room at Love Field for Delta, which was told earlier this week that it would have to leave.
With the 1980 law set to expire on Oct. 13, the reaction now from both American and D/FW officials: Eh, whatever.
Despite health officials’ assurances of “zero risk of transmission” of Ebola during the patient’s flights, concerns about air travel are growing.
The U.S. airline industry faces a potential financial threat only if travelers cut back on flying for fear of exposure to Ebola, one analyst said.
Fears about the Ebola disease appear to be hurting U.S. airline stocks today - one day after public health officials reported the nation's first confirmed Ebola patient had flown from Liberia to Dallas last month.
Airlines are jockeying for position to expand their flying at Love Field after the Wright Amendment expires on Oct. 13, allowing airlines to operate long-haul flights out of the airport.
Two days after Qantas Airways flew the first Airbus A380 into D/FW Airport, we now have two of the massive A380s in regular service here.
The city of Dallas on Monday told Delta Air Lines it can no longer fly from Love Field as of Oct. 13 — the same day the Wright Amendment expires.
Qantas Airways began using the Airbus A380 for its Sydney flights Monday, and Emirates Airline will switch to an A380 for its Dubai flights Wednesday.
The Australian airline is now offering Dallas-Sydney service aboard the world's largest passenger jet.
American also canceled 806 flights in and out of Chicago on Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control facility sent delays and cancellations rippling through the nation’s air travel network.
The carrier has asked for U.S. approval to begin a daily flight connecting its largest hub with the Chinese capital on May 7, 2015.
American Airlines plans to begin nonstop service next year from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Beijing, it said Thursday.
The Dallas-based carrier has signed a deal with a Colorado firm to buy 3 million gallons of jet fuel refined from “forest residues” beginning in 2016.
Airline Weekly has calculated the 15 most profitable airlines and the 15 least profitable airlines in the world, and U.S. carriers make up nearly half of the list of the most profitable.
Change in 2006 reversed years of decline in traffic at the Dallas airport and set the stage for this year’s opening up of long-haul service.
The carrier and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants avoid arbitration by working out a new deal at Friday’s deadline.