Transportation

Ten years ago, the average scheduled flight time from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to Los Angeles International Airport was 6 hours and 1 minute.... KEEP READING

The Transportation Security Administration this month clarified aspects of the Secure Flight program, noting that names on boarding passes do not have... KEEP READING

When the U.S. Department of Transportation in early April tentatively granted antitrust immunity to Star Alliance members United Airlines, Lufthansa,... KEEP READING

The U.S. Department of Transportation today reported the largest domestic carriers posted better on-time performance in April than the previous month... KEEP READING

Delta Air Lines and a recently hired sales executive in court documents this week countered American Airlines' lawsuit claims that allege its former... KEEP READING

Delta Air Lines is refining its $50 international second-bag- charge announced last month to only include flights between the United States and Europe.... KEEP READING

WestJet and Southwest Airlines are delaying indefinitely the implementation of their codeshare agreement, proposed last summer and initially slated to... KEEP READING

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today proposed to halt plans to auction slots at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports, reversing... KEEP READING

AirTran Airways today announced plans to roll out onboard Internet capabilities fleetwide by the end of the summer through an agreement with inflight... KEEP READING

April airline traffic reports showed some signs of improvement over March and airline executives pointed to stabilization in revenue and demand... KEEP READING

Facing declines in demand brought on by the recession and persistent perceptions of excess, U.S. business jet traffic has posted significant... KEEP READING

Former American Airlines CEO Don Carty, currently chairman of Virgin America and Porter Airlines, recently gave BTN editors David Meyer and Jay Boehmer... KEEP READING

Sabre and Lufthansa today announced a four-year global distribution agreement, effective July 1, extending an arrangement reached in May 2008 and set to... KEEP READING

Emboldened by the revenue success of checked-bag fees, several carriers this week said they are implementing new charges, including Alaska Airlines'... KEEP READING

Several airline executives delivering news of first-quarter losses in the past week have waxed philosophic on shifting distribution costs to the... KEEP READING