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Private aviation, despite its detractors, is the engine that drives business. In fact, Dublin Airport authorities recently dropped plans to limit private jets after corporate users said it would cause them to halt Irish expansion plans. Equally important, private aviation plays a critical role as a time machine for leisure flyers. UHNWs regularly jet between homes and vacation spots. However, flying privately also benefits occasional users.

United Airlines is pulling back slightly on what's been an ambitious expansion across the Pacific Ocean.

Air travel has entered an especially fraught place in the public consciousness lately, mostly due to a recent spate of incidents in which Boeing planes have caught fire, lost a wheel during takeoff, or sprung a hole mid-flight. These high-profile mishaps have given flying a bad name and made countless passengers ponder which seats on a plane are safest and which are the most dangerous.

United Airlines said on Thursday that it would resume the process of certifying newly delivered aircraft and new routes. The airline had paused both in recent months as the Federal Aviation Administration launched a review of the airline's practices amid a series of incidents that raised concern over safety.

Congress has passed a bipartisan bill to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs by overwhelming majorities in both the House and the Senate, leading to greater protections for travelers.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Aviation Authority reauthorization bill on Wednesday and sent the bill to President Joe Biden's desk following last week's bipartisan passage in the Senate.

Several U.S. airlines are joining forces in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's recent rule that would require carriers to display the full cost of a flight — including crucial add-on charges — upfront.

It's official: Oakland, California's airport has changed its name.

Last night, I returned home to Miami after spending a bit longer than I had anticipated in San Diego, where I had been attending the Spring meeting of the International Aircraft Dealers Association, also known as IADA. In fact, I wasn’t supposed to be at home today.

If the summer travel seasons of 2022 and 2023 left you thinking airports couldn't possibly get any busier, think again.

The Senate is racing against a Friday deadline to pass legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration at a moment of intense uncertainty and disruption in the air travel system, but a host of policy disputes and unrelated issues are threatening to prolong the debate.

The semi-private jet company is flying on-demand throughout the Bahamas now, with scheduled service from Palm Beach International airport to North Eleuthera and Marsh Harbour starting this winter.

If you're looking for a feel-good way to boost your Alaska Airlines elite status, look no further than the carrier's latest initiative.

To become a city’s coolest new neighborhood, there are certain prerequisites: a crop of cafes that toe the line between cozy and snobbish, chefs combining the innovative with the Instagrammable, and shops so sincere that they are doomed to close when rents rise, which they inevitably will.

After inking a revised labor agreement with its pilots last month, NetJets has signed a deal that could see it spend over $6 billion with options for up to 232 of Bombardier's Challenger 3500s.

On Monday, lawmakers revealed a bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization deal that includes measures to address the nation’s shortage of air traffic controllers and the recent spate of runway near-misses. Lawmakers also agreed to prohibit airlines from charging extra for families to sit together, and they tripled the maximum fines imposable on airlines that violate consumer laws.

The airline industry is betting big on sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF—a fuel alternative made from renewable biomass and waste products. Dozens of airlines around the globe are experimenting with it; in November, headlines buzzed following the first fully SAF-powered transatlantic flight on a commercial airline (British carrier Virgin Atlantic). But while the emissions-heavy airline sector is heralding SAF as a silver bullet to its decarbonization goals, experts say environmental pitfalls and other obstacles abound.

It's official: Scandinavian Airlines will become a full-fledged SkyTeam member Sept. 1.

Frontier Airlines is getting set to launch two new intra-Caribbean routes this summer as part of a significant scaling up of its service from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Fine luggage is an architectural timepiece that makes the first, and often only, impression when you are racing through airports or pulling through hotels. This Mother’s Day, give Mom a fresh and daring piece of luggage that will ignite her enough to book the dream vacation she’s been talking about. Here is the best luxury luggage for Moms who travel.

Capital A—the parent of budget carrier AirAsia that’s owned by tycoons Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun—is merging its various airline affiliates across Southeast Asia in a deal valued at 6.8 billion ringgit ($1.4 billion).