Southwest Airlines intends to buy seven daily round-trip takeoff and landing slots at LaGuardia Airport from bankrupt ATA Airlines, which would allow Southwest to serve the New York airport closest to Manhattan next year. ...more

November 19, 2008

Airline passengers looking for protection against being stranded for hours on tarmacs shouldn't count on help from a federal task force that's been wrestling with the problem for nearly a year. ...more

November 12, 2008

You can find some airfare bargains as long as you're not trying to travel during peak holiday periods. ...more

November 12, 2008

ATLANTA (AP) - Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Christmas. The 35-year-old said the sagging economy gave him no second thoughts about shelling out $1,200 for the ticket. ...more

October 26, 2008

Tampa International Airport in September experienced its worst decline of passenger traffic since November 2001, two months after the Sept. 11 attacks, an airport report issued Friday said. ...more

October 11, 2008

Tampa International Airport in September experienced its worst decline of passenger traffic since November 2001, two months after the 9/11 attacks, an airport report issued Friday said. ...more

October 10, 2008

Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Corp. shareholders gave the go-ahead Thursday to a combination that would create the world's biggest carrier, deciding that in their volatile industry, their chances are better together than on their own. ...more

September 26, 2008

On a recent rainy day at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a suitcase bound for Colorado Springs, Colo., lay on the ground outside a terminal under a maze of American Airlines conveyor belts that ferry bags to and from nearby planes. ...more

September 20, 2008

Several major airlines said Thursday they are aggressively shoring up their cash positions amid their slow travel season. Falling oil prices will help in the long run, though bad fuel hedge bets could damper the enthusiasm in the near term, executives said. ...more

September 19, 2008

As airlines boost ticket prices, cut service and add fees, what will the future hold for travel to the top destinations? ...more

September 17, 2008