The Biden administration is on its way out of power, but that's not ending the arguments between the administration and airlines that think they are being over-regulated.

California is partnering with a major airline trade group to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels in the state.

Investigators say that air traffic controllers cleared one plane to take off after telling pilots of another plane to cross the same runway in Nashville last month.

President Joe Biden is warning airlines and other companies not to overcharge people who are trying to get out of the path of Hurricane Milton.

Southwest Airlines is planning to cut about one-third of its flights in Atlanta next year to save money, and employees affected by the change are furious.

Flight attendants at American Airlines have approved a new contract after years of negotiations.

A hedge fund that's been urging Southwest Airlines to dump its CEO and chairman says it has acquired enough of the company's stock to call a special meeting of shareholders.

Alaska Air is one step closer to acquiring Hawaiian Airlines after the U.S. Department of Justice chose not to challenge the $1.9 billion deal that the carriers say will create a company better able to serve travelers.

“Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation.

Southwest Airlines plans to end open seating in order to offer seats that offer extra legroom at an increased price.

Southwest Airlines is under increased scrutiny by federal safety officials.

Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet over water while it was still about 5 miles from its intended landing spot in Tampa, Florida.

A Southwest Airlines jet that was damaged after experiencing an unusual “Dutch roll” during a flight is back in service.

Southwest Airlines has adopted a ‘poison pill’ following activist investor Elliott Investment Management taking a significant stake in the company.

Southwest Airlines says a key revenue ratio will be weaker than expected in the second quarter because of changes in how consumers book travel.

Investigators say a Southwest Airlines plane suffered damage to parts of the structure after it went into a “Dutch roll” during a flight last month.

Federal officials are investigating an unusual rolling motion during the flight of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

The CEO of Southwest Airlines says he is not resigning in the face of pressure from a hedge fund that wants him fired.

Activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management has taken a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines and wants to get rid of the CEO.

A judge's order that three attorneys for Southwest Airlines get religious liberty training has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.

Federal investigators say an air traffic’s controller’s faulty assumption nearly caused a runway collision at a Texas airport last year.

Southwest Airlines has gone back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who says she was fired for her anti-abortion views.

Get ready for changes in boarding and seating at Southwest Airlines.

American and Southwest airlines both say they lost money in the first quarter, and they're responding by trying to cut costs.

Southwest Airlines flight attendants have ratified a new contract that will boost their pay by about one-third over four years.

Federal officials are investigating whether a Southwest Airlines flight veered off course and flew over the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport last month.

Shares of Southwest are plunging as the airline said that it plans to reduce capacity and reevaluate its full-year financial outlook because of fewer expected aircraft deliveries from its supplier, Boeing.

Shares of JetBlue are up more than 18% in Tuesday afternoon trading as activist investor Carl Icahn took an almost 10% stake in the airline.

Boeing says it is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of its 737 Max airliner.

Pilots at Southwest Airlines have approved a new contract with huge pay raises.

Conditions have been mostly nice for travelers flying ahead of and on Christmas Day, but some naughty disruptions plagued those flying with Southwest Airlines again this year.

Holiday travel is expected to hit its peak right around now.

Southwest Airlines and its pilots reached a tentative labor agreement after three-and-a-half years of negotiations, the last of the four major airlines to reach a deal with pilots.

Southwest Airlines is paying a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement with the government over a meltdown last holiday season.

Five years after a fatal accident, federal officials are proposing modifications and additional inspections to the engine housing of nearly 2,000 Boeing jets in the U.S. The proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday largely follows recommendations that Boeing made to airlines in July.

Airports and highways are expected to be busier this Christmas season than they were a year ago.

Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines are saying no to a contract offer hammered out by their union and the airline.

Holiday travelers are starting their final sprint.

Southwest is limiting a popular service that lets passengers jump ahead in the airline's unusual boarding system to get a better chance of scoring a good seat.

A court watchdog has filed a complaint against the federal judge who ordered “religious-liberty training” for a trio of Southwest Airlines lawyers.

A judge's order requiring “religious-liberty training” by a conservative Christian group is stirring debate among legal scholars.

A federal judge is heaping sanctions on Southwest Airlines for, he says, failing to follow his orders in a case involving a fired flight attendant's free-speech rights.

Hackers gained personal information about thousands of people who applied to become pilots at American and Southwest airlines.

Two airliners aborted their landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across the runways on which they were going to land.

President Joe Biden says his administration will write new rules to expand the rights of airline passengers.

Most U.S. airlines lost money in the first quarter, traditionally the weakest time of year for travel, but they are all eagerly looking ahead to a summer of full planes and high fares.

The CEO of Southwest Airlines is seeing his compensation nearly double after getting promoted to the top job, with the airline's directors looking past a meltdown over the Christmas holiday.

The Flight Compensation Regulation in the European Union requires airlines to compensate passengers an amount from 250 to 600 euros for cancellations or delays of at least two hours.

Congress is hearing about the December meltdown at Southwest Airlines.

Congress is going to take another look at legislation covering the rights of airline passengers.

Winter weather has brought ice to a wide swath of the United States, canceling more than 1,700 flights nationwide and snarling highways.

The federal government is investigating whether Southwest Airlines knowingly scheduling more flights than it could handle in December, when it ended up canceling nearly 17,000 flights.

The CEO of United Airlines says it could be another rocky year for air travelers.

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed.

Southwest Airlines is making a number of executive promotions, but nobody is getting fired after thousands of flights were canceled in late December.

Southwest Airlines says a winter storm and technology breakdown over the holidays will cost it up to $825 million.

With its flights running on a roughly normal schedule, Southwest Airlines is now turning its attention to repairing its damaged reputation after it canceled 15,000 flights around Christmas and left holiday travelers stranded.

Southwest Airlines is trying to fix its relationship with travelers who got stuck by canceled flights over the holidays.

Southwest Airlines is returning to a relatively normal flight schedule as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.

Southwest Airlines expects to return to normal operations this week after slashing about two-thirds of its schedule in recent days.

Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage and missed family connections are suffering through another wave of scrubbed flights.

Shares are mixed in Asia after a post-holiday retreat on Wall Street, as markets count down to the end of a painful year for investors.

Concerns about illness or inflation aren’t stopping Americans from hitting the roads and airports this holiday season.

A Southwest Airlines pilot is suing the company, her union and a former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to stripping naked in front of her during a flight.

Testimony at the antitrust trial involving American Airlines and JetBlue is turning toward access to airports in New York and Boston.

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture in her back during a hard landing last month in California.

Southwest Airlines is reporting higher profit and record revenue, but its shares are down because of concern over rising costs.

Federal officials say Southwest Airlines and its pilots union have resisted some investigations into accidents and other incidents, and have pushed to close the matters quickly.

There's a shortage of pilots at many airlines, and pilot unions are demanding higher pay in contract negotiations.

Pilots at Southwest Airlines say fatigue from poor scheduling is a growing problem and is raising safety concerns.

Air travelers in the U.S. are getting a break after a bad weekend that left thousands of flyers stranded.

Southwest Airlines is adding a new, fourth fare category to try to boost revenue.

Thanks to strong passenger traffic over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines is reporting a $68 million profit for the fourth quarter.

New 5G wireless service is up and running in the United States, with little of the feared disruption to air travel.

The airline industry is raising the stakes in a showdown with AT&T and Verizon over plans to launch new 5G wireless service this week, warning that thousands of flights could be grounded or delayed if the rollout takes place near major airports.

In a few weeks, Robert Jordan will become the chief executive of Southwest Airlines, replacing Gary Kelly, the longest-serving CEO among major U.S. carriers.

Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon have agreed to postpone the launch of a new slice of 5G wireless service after airlines and aviation groups complained that the networks can interfere with systems on board planes.

The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week.

The forces that have scrambled thousands of flights since Christmas Eve could ease in January, but that’s cold comfort to the millions of flyers with New Year’s plans.

Travelers love to hate airline fees, and several congressional Democrats say it's time to regulate the extra charges for things like checking a bag.

Dallas police say a woman has been arrested after punching a Southwest Airlines employee in the head during boarding for a flight out of a Dallas airport.

Flight cancellations are skyrocketing at American Airlines.

American and Southwest Airlines are reporting that they made profits in the third quarter, thanks to large amounts of government pandemic relief.

Southwest Airlines is backing away from a plan to put unvaccinated workers on unpaid leave.

When Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, unsupported claims blaming vaccine mandates began taking off.

Southwest Airlines on Monday became the latest U.S. airline to require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The president of Southwest is retiring three months after being passed over for the CEO's job.

The pilots' union is suing Southwest Airlines, saying that rules the airline put into place before and during the pandemic have changed pay rates and working conditions its members.

Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.

Don’t expect to buy any booze on an American Airline flight until next year at the earliest.

Southwest Airlines says it no longer expects to be profitable in its third quarter.

If you're planning to fly this summer, bring plenty of patience.

Southwest Airlines says it will raise minimum pay to $15 an hour for about 7,000 employees.

Southwest Airlines is seeing higher numbers of canceled and delayed flights for a third day as it tries to recover from technology glitches earlier this week.

Southwest Airlines is dealing with technology problems that have delayed and canceled flights for two straight days.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is urging travelers to respect flight attendants and other crew members who enforce federal mask mandates amid an increase in unruly passenger behavior.

Southwest Airlines is banning a woman who is accused of punching a flight attendant in the face.

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant lost two teeth when she was attacked by a passenger this weekend, and the president of her union calls it part of a disturbing increase in unruly passengers.

Many new Boeing 737 Max jetliners are still grounded by an electrical problem in a backup power-control unit.