Airlines tips

The Bahamas proudly announces its selection as the host destination for Routes America 2025, a premier event in the aviation industry. The conference, slated for 10 – 13 February, will take place at Atlantis, Paradise Island. The conference represents a significant milestone for The Bahamas as it reinforces the destination’s commitment to enhancing global air connectivity and fostering sustainable tourism growth.

Qantas pilots successfully landed a plane flying from Melbourne to Perth in Australia with just one working engine on Monday, local newspaper The West Australian reported.

Southwest Airlines is preparing to launch a travel option common throughout the airline industry — but one not in place at the Dallas-based carrier.

You know the saying, “No shoes, no shirt, no service”? Whether you like it or not, the shoe portion of the warning doesn’t really apply to airplanes. In fact, according to a survey conducted by Kayak, dubbed the Unspoken Rules of Air Travel, 44 percent of Americans think it’s OK to take their footwear off while at cruising altitude.

Southwest Airlines is hoping to start red-eye flights sometime in the next two years after first floating the possibility of the overnight routes a few months ago. 

Delta Air Lines is being sued by the family of a 13-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted on a flight.

Low-cost airline Breeze Airways is teaming up with Priceline to sell flights on the online site, making it easier to book tickets.

Stereotypes of lackluster in-flight meals and subpar airport food used to be the norm— but things are radically changing for the better, depending on who you fly with and which airport you're passing through.

Boeing announced Monday that its chief executive, David Calhoun, would step down at the end of 2024 as part of a broad management shake-up, as the aircraft maker grapples with its most significant safety crisis in years.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by the end of the year, Boeing said Monday. In addition, Stan Deal, chief of the company's commercial airplane division, will retire immediately, while board chair Larry Kellner will not run for reelection.

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

Last week, hundreds of global travel professionals gathered in Delhi for the inaugural Skift India Summit and the opportunity to glean valuable insights from the CEOs of major travel brands, including The Oberoi Group, OYO, Agoda and the country’s flag carrier, Air India. “India is having a moment,” explains Brian Quinn, head of event programming at Skift, “with the India outbound traveler poised to become the biggest global force in coming years.”

Big changes are in the works at Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside Washington, D.C. This week, the airport's governing body unveiled design renderings for a new, 14-gate concourse that will be a big part of United Airlines' operation at the airport in the coming years.

Air France is boosting its service to Paris from the United States — just in time for the upcoming summer Olympic Games. 

In late 2023, American Airlines AAdvantage announced that credit card spending would earn Loyalty Points based on purchase date.

Michael O’Leary doesn’t understand TikTok. He isn’t on X, and you definitely won’t find him sharing his vacation snaps on Instagram. Yet the Ryanair CEO is proud to describe himself as “one of the original creators of social media.”

The next time you need assistance in the Delta Sky Club, you may have to wait in the same line as everyone else.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) will conduct a privacy review of major airlines in the United States with a focus on how popular carriers handle and store passenger’s personal information.

British Airways is undergoing a $9 billion "transformation" to revamp its operation.

United's mobile app has long been one of the best in the industry, and it's getting even more useful with this new feature.

Delta Air Lines is confident in the prospects for its growing Austin focus city, even as its competitor American Airlines has pulled back on some of its own post-coronavirus pandemic expansion in the Texas capital.