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Frontier is looking to award 10 lucky winners with four round-trip flights — and is throwing in a special flower bouquet to celebrate Mother's Day. Each winner of the airline's "Flights and Flowers" contest will receive four round-trip tickets to be used within Frontier’s network, as well as a $100 bouquet from popular flower delivery service Teleflora.

Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle said he believed the U.S. airline industry doesn’t have the technology to comply with the latest Department of Transportation rules.  

Under a new rule announced by the Department of Transportation, Southwest Airlines must provide passengers with a $75 travel voucher for certain flight delays and cancellations.

Delta has big route expansion plans this year to Nigeria, Ghana, and beyond, reaffirming its position as “the largest U.S. carrier in Africa.” 

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport has managed to snag the top spot as world's most cleanest airport.

Looking to travel to Europe? Is an island vacation on your bucket list? Want to take that dream trip for fewer points than you thought you could?

Andrea Maglidt got a terrible surprise when she attempted to redeem a $422 American Airlines travel credit she'd been saving.

In recent months, hotel industry chatter and scuttlebutt swirled around the idea that Hilton is within striking distance of overtaking Marriott in terms of loyalty program size.

It took the better part of a decade, but Lufthansa's new, cutting-edge cabins are finally here. Mostly.

Global Airlines completed its first transatlantic flight with an Airbus A380 on Wednesday.

Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.

It was a 40-minute flight that airline insiders had been anticipating for seven years: the official launch of Lufthansa’s Allegris, the German flag carrier’s state-of-the-art cabin overhaul that was first announced in 2017 and finally confirmed last year.

It's normal for airlines to lose some of our bags in transit—about 7.6 pieces per every 1,000 travelers on average. One airport, though—Japan's Kansai airport—has not lost anyone's bags in the last 30 years, and the airport handled 10 million bags in 2023 alone.

In April 2020, United MileagePlus removed its partner award chart. Partner awards continued pricing at the lowest Saver level from the last-published award charts for a while. But over time, United Airlines has slowly raised its unpublished partner award rates. Last month, United devalued first-class partner redemptions, increasing award prices up to 100%. Now, the loyalty program has struck again with another devaluation.

Avianca is making some noteworthy upgrades to its business-class experience.

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. A relaxing week in Paris and Normandy on a Viking river cruise sailing down the Seine ended with a multi-hour delay once I arrived at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) for my flight home on United Airlines.

American Airlines has delayed the rollout of a controversial new system for awarding AAdvantage miles and Loyalty Points.

Europe is a cornucopia of travel wonders. But as trends change and consumer demand ebbs and flows, what's the current hot destination on the Continent?

The House and Senate have reached an agreement on an oft-delayed FAA reauthorization bill that would provide $105 billion in funding through September 2028.

Starting April 30, Southwest Airlines is required to provide a transferrable voucher worth at least $75 for any controllable cancellation or delay that causes passengers to reach their destination three or more hours after their scheduled arrival time, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday.