The American air travel system has been under increasing stress in recent years, most notably in a series of near tragedies ...

Here are live updates on the deadly collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

DALLAS — Frontier and Spirit Airlines will once again try to merge, only months after the Biden administration won a key antitrust court battle to block an attempt by JetBlue ...

Southwest's CEO Bob Jordan said "our hearts go out" to people on the American Airlines flight involved in Wednesday night’s ...

DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of ...

In our opinion, Southwest has the best balance sheet of all the US-based carriers. As the pandemic has wreaked havoc on air travel demand and airlines’ business model, liquidity became more paramount ...

Authorities have switched to a recovery mission in the Potomac River following a midair collision between an American Eagle ...

Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it faces higher costs in 2025 as inflation persists, but it managed to swing to a ...

The fatal D.C. plane crash has renewed focus on the recent history of crashes and near misses in U.S. airspace.

US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical ...

Delta, United, American and Southwest generated about $8 billion in profit on $200 billion in revenue last year, but the airlines all lost money flying passengers.