Southwest's CEO Bob Jordan said "our hearts go out" to people on the American Airlines flight involved in Wednesday night’s midair collision with a helicopter in the nation’s capital.
Delta, United, American and Southwest—together generated more than $200 billion in revenue last year, but they all lost money actually transporting passengers.All four carriers registered higher cost per available seat mile than passenger revenue per available seat mile in 2024.
Winter weather forced the closure of Houston's two main airports, causing numerous flight cancellations, primarily impacting United Airlines and Southwest Airlines. Houston's two main airports remained closed for winter weather on Tuesday, leading to hundreds of canceled flights.
New flights have been added for Kansas City and Philly fans, with one airline adding flights on a route it doesn't normally serve.
A legacy carrier CEO is back to criticizing the business model of low-cost carriers — this time, precisely their place at San Francisco International Airport. On Jan. 22, during United Airlines’ quarterly earnings call,
United Airlines has just dropped its new wave of status match applications for 2025, giving travelers the chance to enjoy elite status perks for a limited time.
Both United and Southwest Airlines have added direct flights from Kansas City International Airport to New Orleans for the big game on Feb. 9. The Chiefs made fans wait on travel plans until the final minutes of Sunday’s AFC Championship game, before making a late field goal hold up as the winning margin in a 32-29 defeat of the Buffalo Bills.
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington is one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.
The American Airlines’ subsidiary has ties that go back decades in Ohio, and just said it was moving its headquarters to Charlotte.
Spirit Airlines rejected a $400 million merger proposal from Frontier this week, saying the offer was financially inadequate and came too late. Spirit Airlines declined an opportunity to merge with rival low-cost airline Frontier on Wednesday.
An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, with no survivors expected.
The American air travel system has been under increasing stress in recent years, most notably in a series of near tragedies including several in Austin.