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After months of Kingfisher working on a revival plan that would bring the airline back from the grave, it appears the executives are as puzzled as everyone else on how this will ever happen.

JetBlue -- and the airline industry -- hopes the post-Sandy recovery doesn't get tripped up by an economy falling over the "fiscal cliff."

Who says there is no glamor anymore in air travel? Tell that to the legions of people who would love to get a job as a flight attendant.

Africa is full of near-bankrupt and poorly managed state airlines, making acquisitions a quick and cost efficient way for upstarts like FastJet to build its fleet and expand routes early on.

Thanks to Kingfisher’s slow demise throughout the year, both Indigo and Air India were able to substantially increase their market share despite fewer flyers buying fares.

Etihad's investment amounts to a rescue plan for Air Berlin, and is part of Etihad's plan to foster a multi-carrier frequent flyer program.

Charlottte consistently gets planes off the ground and to the gates on time, but would an AA merger exponentially increase the success of the airport with more departures and more passengers, or could overcrowding ruin the good thing that it has going?

The admonition to not bring a loaded weapon into a highly pressurized airborne vessel couldn't be stronger, yet more passengers than ever can't seem to remember to be responsible. As the U.S. focuses on gun safety this week, rules and procedures at airports deserve a look.

Bags fly free (two of them) at Southwest Airlines, but a whole lot of other stuff costs plenty.

The airlines industry should be looking at distribution in the fullest sense of the word: be where the consumers are spending most of their time in digital channels, and the large Internet players are also looking to connect with large consumer-facing industries like airlines.