- This Time, Airlines' Efforts to Raise Fares Do Not Hold[Mar. 28, 2011]
The airlines' latest effort to broadly raise U.S. fares by US$10 per round trip has crumbled as discount carriers like Southwest Airlines decided not to raise their prices.
- Japan Air Cuts Overseas Flights as Travel Plunges on Quake[Mar. 28, 2011]
Japan Airlines Corp., the nation's flag carrier, slashed China, South Korea and Hawaii flights after an earthquake and nuclear crisis caused a 25 percent drop in its international passenger numbers.
- NYC Needs Runways, But "Ghost Airport" Stays Quiet[Mar. 28, 2011]
Two airports sit less than five miles from each other, their wide-open runways tracing big Xs along the same stretch of Atlantic shoreline.
- Japan Air Focuses on Tie-Ups as Once-World's No. 1 Exits Court Protection[Mar. 28, 2011]
Japan Airlines Corp., once the world's largest international carrier, is set to emerge from bankruptcy administration this week as a smaller company more reliant on Asian routes and global partners.
- Alaska Airlines: Most Flights Running On-Time[Mar. 28, 2011]
Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate said Sunday they have resolved a computer outage that led to the cancellation of 150 flights a day earlier, disrupting travel plans for more than 12,000 passengers.
- Smoke in Cabin Forces Qantas Flight Back[Mar. 28, 2011]
A Perth-bound Qantas flight returned to Adelaide on Saturday after smoke entered the cabin from a malfunctioning oven.
- JAL Considering Forming Budget Carrier with Australia's Jetstar[Mar. 28, 2011]
Japan Airlines Corp. is considering establishing a low-cost carrier for domestic flights with an Australian budget airline, Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd., sources close to the matter said Monday.
- Alaska Airlines Computer Outage Causes Significant Cancellations, Delays[Mar. 26, 2011]
A system-wide central computer outage has caused delays to flights throughout the Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air network.
- FAA Orders New Procedures for Controllers[Mar. 25, 2011]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave air traffic controllers new procedures Friday as officials try to contain the fallout from an incident earlier this week in which two airliners landed at Reagan National Airport without assistance because the lone controller on duty was asleep.
- Aviation Official Arrested in Corruption Probe[Mar. 26, 2011]
Police say an official at India's federal aviation authority has been arrested in a widening investigation of corruption in awarding flying licenses to airline pilots.