After a more than two-month delay, the U.S. Department of Justice has granted antitrust approval to Alaska Air Group's $2.6 billion acquisition of... KEEP READING

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a foreign air carrier permit for low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle's Irish subsidiary to fly to... KEEP READING

Qatar Airways has added eight destinations to the seven it already had planned to launch by 2018.... KEEP READING

On Dec. 1, services for United Airlines' new Polaris business class rolled out, including bedding from Saks Fifth Avenue and kits from Soho House's... KEEP READING

On Dec. 1, Taiwanese carrier EVA and Air India began codesharing on their respective services from Taipei and Mumbai to each Singapore and Bangkok. Both... KEEP READING

American Airlines and Qantas are abandoning plans for an expanded joint business agreement following the U.S. Department of Transportation's rejection... KEEP READING

President-elect Donald Trump will name former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao as secretary of transportation, according to multiple news sources citing... KEEP READING

Chinese online travel agency Ctrip will acquire United Kingdom-based airline price comparison and booking business Skyscanner for £1.4 billion, pending... KEEP READING

Lufthansa has canceled 816 Tuesday short-haul flights and 890 Wednesday short- and long-haul flights as it faces its second week of strikes from its... KEEP READING

Sabre has eliminated all manual processes of using virtual cards to pay for air bookings, via a full integration with Conferma that went live the week... KEEP READING