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Aircraft catches fire after landing in Denver, sending passengers onto wingA fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent passengers...

Southwest is now on a final course toward alignment with its main rivals after deciding to introduce bag fees.

Southwest CEO: No competitive advantage from free checked bagsLast year, Southwest said its bags-fly-free policy was generating market-share gains. But after further review, Bob Jordan said...

Spirit reported a net loss of $1.23 billion last year.

Spirit Airlines exits Chapter 11The airline has received a $350 million equity investment as part of its restructuring. Also, bondholders have converted $795...

From January to February, airfares dropped 4%, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Consumer Price Index shows 4% drop in airfaresThe data jibes with U.S. airlines this week reporting a weakening in domestic demand.

Delta now expects $500 million less in revenue for the first three months of the year than it had forecast in January.

With demand decreasing, U.S. airlines revise forecastsFederal government job cuts, a decline in consumer confidence, the Los Angeles wildfires, Southeast snowstorms and the fatal...

During a March 11 briefing, National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy talks about the collision of an American Airlines plane with an Army helicopter near Washington Reagan National Airport.

D.C. plane crash: NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Reagan AirportThe NTSB said the existing separation distance between planes and helicopters at Washington Reagan National Airport is...

Like its largest U.S. competitors, Southwest will continue to allow one free checked bag to holders of its co-branded credit cards.

Bags will no longer fly free on Southwest AirlinesSouthwest is doing away with free checked bags, a move that will largely align its business model with competitors. Bag fees...

Arajet flies all of its routes with Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

Arajet to fly from Newark to the Dominican RepublicNewark-Santo Domingo will be one of five U.S. routes that the Dominican airline launches this spring.

Norse Atlantic plans to fly 3.6% fewer U.S. seats this summer, having discontinued three routes but adding two.

Discount carriers pare transatlantic routes as network airlines expandFollowing an era of growth for leisure-focused transatlantic airlines, carriers like Norse Atlantic and Play are drawing down...

Southwest has bumped the reward for its top-level Business Select fare, which now is 14 points per dollar spent, up from 12.

Southwest quietly reduces reward points for lowest faresFlyers now earn just two Rapid Rewards points per dollar spent on its Wanna Get Away fares, down from six.

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