Southwest Airlines Co. reported a quarterly profit higher than analysts expected as leisure travel over the winter holidays and ticket prices both rose in the final three months of 2024.Adjusted earnings jumped to 56 cents a share in the period,

Southwest Airlines added 31 new flights for the Super Bowl in New Orleans with most tickets costing more than $500, while Delta added seven services.

Southwest Airlines posted a profit in the fourth quarter as bookings during the holidays were better than expected.

A downbeat outlook tarnished an otherwise strong quarter for Southwest, which topped profit estimates on robust holiday travel.

Delta Air Lines is dropping nonstop service to two Central American destinations from a key West Coast hub — but launching two new routes for the summer months.

Last night's tragedy involving American Airlines Flight 5342 and a US Army Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter has taken a turn for the worst after authorities said emergency responders are now shifting from rescue to recovery mode.

Legacy carriers American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are adding a combined 31 nonstop flights from Kansas City and Philadelphia to New Orleans and back again. JetBlue Airways is adding nine flights between New York City area’s Newark International and John F. Kennedy International airports and New Orleans.

ATLANTA - For a fourth year in a row, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has been named the Wall Street Journal's top U.S. airline. The win was Delta's seventh time in the top spot in eight years.

There have been a number of close calls around the country in recent years that concerned aviation experts and officials.

A New York Times investigation from August 2023 included confidential reports documenting an alarming number of near collisions, many never made public

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Flights at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. were suspended Thursday morning after the collision of an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter Wednesday.