Just two months after ending its long-standing “Bags Fly Free” policy, the airline has announced when it will roll out assigned seating — a significant shift from its traditional boarding process. For ...

While the US's large legacy carriers are scheduled to dominate the airline seats scheduled for this summer, low-cost carriers ...

Southwest Airlines ( LUV -3.54%) announced a sudden change in its corporate governance, and that shift rattled some investors. The airline's stock price took an almost 4% hit on Friday during a ...

In our latest roundup of travel news: a new unwelcome American visa fee, how airlines fight the “scourge” of excess baggage, ...

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A Southwest Airline jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff in response to an alert about a nearby plane, sending some passengers flying out of ...

Overall, Las Vegas’ total number of air passengers this year through June fell 4.1 percent from the same period last year, ...

US low-fare carriers have been in the headlines too, as Southwest Airlines this week announced a start date for assigned seating, bringing its trademark open-seating policy to an end.

Michael O’Leary, the famously outspoken CEO of Europe’s biggest airline, Ryanair, confirmed Monday that its agents who identify and charge for oversize bags get a bonus of around 1.50 euro a ...

United Airlines is upgrading Hawaii flight dining with locally-inspired dishes as other carriers reduce island operations.