Airline News

The Today show investigation was small in scope and didn't identify airlines, but the findings about dangerous bacteria on airline tray tables and TSA security bins are alarming, to say the least.

In Brussels' defense, it's no LaGuardia, Newark, or JFK. But then again, nobody expects anything from those airports.

IATA may be right that Europe poses special market challenges to airlines, but the ongoing success of LCCs in the market proves that IATA members may need to look inwards for the answers to their woes. And much as Tyler might want it to, the infrastructure argument just doesn't hold water.

You can get a cute kid to say just about anything. We're waiting for a response ad featuring a kid whose father lost his job to a worker at an airport Amsterdam or Dubai. Try using tears -- always works.

Travelers certainly get a charge out of finding an available charging station and BWI is making that relief more of a possibility. Note to Millennials: Payphones were public telephones that could be used for a fee, usually a dime or a quarter, before the birth of smartphones.

All signs point to JetBlue's Barger leaving the airline in 2015 as it continues to evolve with its Mint business class service and A321s. Still, this is definitely not a done deal.

One of the world's more profitable business routes is too hard for startup airlines to resist, but also too hard -- so far -- to succeed at.

Lots of user adoption needs to take place before this passenger of the future can actually get through the airport faster.

How many people will trade in their privacy for a few extra deals? Beacon technology vendors will need to provide lots of benefits to the users to get them on board.

Although economic confidence and business travel are back on the rise, individuals and companies are now smarter about booking, more interested in loyalty rewards, and booking independently -- none of which bodes well for this luxury experience, popular in the past.