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Flying standby has changed over the years — here's what it means and how you...
Flying standby used to mean showing up at the airport without a ticket and trying to land a discounted seat on an undersold flight.Now, you often need a ticket to be eligible to fly standby, but you...
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A couple who flew around the world for just $1,000 each through credit card...
Cheap flights exist, if you know how to make the most of credit card rewards.Alex Miller of UpgradedPoints.com completed a trip around the world aboard luxury airlines with his wife Erin using the...
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Woman claims Alaska Airlines subjected her family to 'horrible treatment'...
A woman, Meaghan Hess, claims her family was mistreated after they were removed from an Alaska Airlines flight on Monday, according to NBC News. After Hess' brother Patrick, who has Down syndrome,...
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The 10 best airlines in the world, according to travellers
TripAdvisor has revealed the winners of its 2018 Travellers' Choice Awards for Airlines — and some of the results are pretty surprising.The winners were chosen based on airline reviews submitted on...
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A small European airline you've never heard of will fly the Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 has found a new airline customer with Portugal's Hi Fly.Hi Fly confirmed it will acquire a pair of used A380s with the first plane set to arrive this year.The first Hi Fly A380 is...
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A one-year-old child flying on American Airlines was struck in the head after...
A ceiling panel and oxygen generator fell on a one-year-old child's head on an American Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport on Saturday.The boy's mother, Jennifer...
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An officer who dragged a United passenger off a flight last year is...
A former aviation police officer who dragged a United Airlines passenger off an oversold flight in April 2017 is suing the airline and the Chicago Department of Aviation, ABC 7 reports.In the lawsuit,...
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Airlines are making more money than ever — but they're facing a mountain of...
These days, airlines are becoming safer, more efficient, and more profitable with savvier management teams.However, the problems that plague the airline industry have not gone away.The global nature of...
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Allegiant Air responds to scathing report that questions its safety record...
A CBS 60 Minutes report has found that Allegiant Air's planes are three and half times more likely to have mid-air mechanical failures than rival US airlines. The report alleges that the low-cost...
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Southwest passenger says there was 'blood everywhere' after 'terrifying'...
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 from New York to Dallas on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport after one of its engines failed and caused an explosion that sent...
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An airline stranded dozens of passengers in Mexico after deciding not to send...
Sun Country Airlines left dozens of passengers stranded in Mexico over the weekend.A blizzard at the airline's home base in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport forced Sun Country to cancel...
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Southwest says it's 'devastated' after major engine failure leads to a...
Southwest Airlines has released a statement about Flight 1380, which made an emergency landing in Philadelphia and left one passenger dead on Tuesday."The entire Southwest Airlines Family is devastated...
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Southwest Airlines CEO says the family of deceased passenger is our...
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly issued a video message on Tuesday in reaction to the death of a passenger on Flight 1380.Kelly expressed his sympathies to the family and loved ones of the deceased...
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The type of engine that blew apart on Southwest plane was a growing concern...
The engine that failed during Southwest Airline flight 1380 was a concern for regulators in Europe and in the US. European regulators issued an airworthiness directive last month requiring a one-time...
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Southwest engine explosion prompts other airlines to inspect their Boeing 737...
On Tuesday, Southwest flight 1380 suffered a major engine failure forcing it to make an emergency landing. One person died and seven people were injured as a result of the incident. Southwest's engine...
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This is the best place to be sitting if your plane is about to crash
The safest place to be sitting if your plane does crash is most likely in a middle seat near the back of the plane.Plane crashes are extremely rare, so these incidents don't happen often.But data from...
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A Southwest passenger was partially sucked out of a plane window after an...
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffered an engine failure that smashed a plane window, sucking a passenger halfway out of the plane in midair.Passenger planes are pressurized to an equivalent of about...
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'Almost everyone' in a photo of Southwest's emergency landing wore their...
A Southwest Airlines airplane suffered a major engine failure during a flight on Tuesday.Engine shrapnel pierced the airplane's fuselage, blew out a window, caused the airplane to lose cabin pressure,...
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The Southwest engine that exploded is one of the safest and most popular in...
A Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday after one of its CFM56-7B engines failed mid-flight.It's the second uncontained engine failure of this type...
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FAA says it will order inspections of jet engines after Southwest blast
The explosion of an engine on a Southwest Airline's plane has prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to say it will order inspection of more than 200 aircraft engines. The order will require...
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