Southwest Airlines on Monday announced plans to acquire AirTran Holdings through a stock and cash transaction valued at $1.4 billion. Approved by both carriers' boards on Sunday, the deal awaits...

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official this month told a congressional subcommittee that the European Union needs a unified system for collecting passenger information as a means to combat...

Marriott International soon will purchase Delta Hotels and Resorts for about $135 million.

British Airways cabin crew have called off a labor action that included a two-day stoppage for Tuesday and Wednesday. The strike was settled today after the airline and the Transport & General Workers...

Hogg Robinson Group this morning reported full-year earnings before interest, tax and amortization of $79.3 million for the 12 months ending March 31, down from $86.8 million the previous year....

Lufthansa this week announced plans to impose what amounts to a €4.90 per-way surcharge plus value added tax on fares booked through global distribution systems in Germany and Austria beginning July 1...

Frankfurt-based Steigenberger Hotels might not be a household name in the United States--or in any country in which German is not the predominant language, for that matter--but CEO Arco Buijs, now in...

The Internal Revenue Service today announced that it is lowering its 2010 standard mileage rate to 50 cents per mile from the 55-cent rate for 2009.