US Airlines

America's Best Airlines Are...

Posted 04.05.2012

The topic of which airline is the best is a much-debated one -- every traveler has an opinion as to which carrier is tops. To quantify all of those op...

Travel Has Never Looked So Good For Those Who Can Splurge

AP | By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 11.19.2011

NEW YORK -- Flying has never been so good – for those able to splurge. While most Thanksgiving travelers will fight for overhead bins and go ho...

Could EU Emissions Trading Mean Airline Losses?

AP | By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and RAF CASERT | Posted 12.06.2011

BRUSSELS -- European Union efforts to force international airlines to pay for their polluting emissions received a big boost Thursday when a legal adv...

Francesco Pagano, Italian Man, Charged With Making U.S. Bomb Threat Over The Weekend

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

ROCHESTER, New York -- Authorities have charged a 32-year-old Italian man with making a bomb threat that prompted officials to shut down Rochester's a...

WATCH: Airline Fees Get The Taiwanese Animation Treatment

Posted 05.25.2011

The Taiwanese animators over at NMATV are at it again, this time taking on the excessive airline fees being charged by U.S. airlines. The comedians h...

Worst Food: U.S. Airlines Have It Hands Down

Post Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Worst Food: U.S. Airlines - From The Chicago Tribune: The worst airline food is served by carriers American Airlines, United Airlines and U.S. Airwa...

US Airways No Longer Serving Free Water

Wall Street Journal | Stephanie Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Charging for checked luggage and legroom isn't enough for some carriers -- starting today, coach passengers flying aboard US Airways Inc. must pay for...

Each Major US Airline In Mega Merger Negotiations

Reuters | Jui Chakravorty Das | Posted 05.25.2011

American Airlines (AMR.N) has had early-stage merger talks with US Airways (LCC.N) and is in advanced talks for an alliance with Continental Airlines ...

Bumped Passengers Reimbursed Up To $800

AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Like almost everything else related to air travel in recent weeks, government proposals unveiled Wednesday rankled airlines and cou...

US Airlines Told To Go Green Or Lose Flights To EU

Guardian UK | Dan Milmo | Posted 05.25.2011

US airlines must pay for their carbon dioxide emissions or face a curb on flights to the European Union, the EU transport commissioner warned yesterda...

Web Access Coming To Several United States Airlines

New York Times | SUSAN STELLIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Passengers may soon hear a new in-flight announcement: "You can now log on." Starting next week and over the next few months, several United States a...

Airlines Cut Costs To Offset Fuel Prices

AP | David Koenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Several major airlines outlined plans Tuesday to slow their growth and cut costs to deal with higher fuel prices and the prospect of an economic slowd...