Transportation

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

Travelport GDS today said it has signed a four-year "full content" agreement with Air France-KLM, effectively shielding its subscribers from the... KEEP READING

Airlines and technology providers this summer plan to start testing new technology that would serve as the underlying framework for airlines to provide... KEEP READING

Increasing momentum for antitrust-immune airline alliances is sparking industry concern that the consolidation of airline power will alter corporate... KEEP READING

The European Commission today said it has opened two competitive reviews of Star and Oneworld airline alliance members separately seeking antitrust... KEEP READING

British Airways has resumed offering incentives to certain British travel management companies on transatlantic routes, EuroBTN has learned. The airline... KEEP READING

Southwest Airlines today reported a net loss of $20 million for the first three months of the year, representing its first first-quarter loss since... KEEP READING

American Airlines today, as it reported a first-quarter loss of $375 million, said revenue from corporate travel for the first three months of the year... KEEP READING