Airline News

Extreme heat can reduce an aircraft's lift, making the weekend challenging for air travel in places like Phoenix and Nevada this weekend.

A merger between the three airlines based in three different continents would create an economic powerhouse and establish Brazil as the South American leader in aviation, but such a takeover remains unlikely.

Flight Tracker is an avgeek delight, and a clever marketing tool for Boeing after months of negative publicity over the 787 Dreamliner's battery woes. Boeing hopes the tool will put a charge into its ongoing sales efforts.

User design has quickly become an integral part of the travel experience with tech-savvy travelers looking to efficiently bypass fees in style. Flight 001’s colorful clean designs match the minimalism enforced by mobile passes and digital guidebooks.

In its second recent collaboration with travel industry giants, Disney will promote the new film "Planes" alongside American Airlines new aircraft.

Pilots are anxious to get their hands on iPads for cockpit use. We've heard of one foreign airline that distributed iPads to a limited number of pilots, and a bunch of other pilots brought their own to be included in the rollout.

If you thought Priceline was the largest publicly traded travel company in the world by market cap, you'd be very wrong. Two Taiwanese airlines and a global hotel and casino business boast greater bragging rights.

We're still in early stages of in-flight connectivity, and even earlier in consumer adoption, but bring-your-own-device is a trend that'll only grow bigger in all stages of travel.

United’s designs won’t stop flyers from booking, but their traditional lackluster look hints at a lack of innovation and creativity on deeper executive level.