Airlines

Would you pay the extra fee to sit in the “adult only zone” on a plane?!

An incident aboard a recent U.S. Airways flight has led to the airline issuing a formal apology to a Marine veteran, who just trying to get to his family for the holidays with his service dog.

Not since 'Snakes on a Plane' has an airplane ride been so entertaining.

Looking to kick back with a good book or catch some Zs on your next flight? That may not happen if a new idea from Virgin Atlantic catches on.

With only two planes to its name, you may think Samoa Air is a fly-by-night operation, but it’s proving to be a fly-by-weight one.

You might want to stick with the sealed bag of peanuts, after an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration recently discovered the presence of mice, ants and roaches in airline food.

Let's face it, we've all come pretty close to nodding off at work. However, there are certain professions -- say, airline pilot -- where taking a quick snooze just isn't acceptable.

If you wake up on November 7 and decide you just can't bear to live in a land with a President Romney or withstand another four years of President Obama, then have we got an offer for you: JetBlue Airways will fly you out of the country free of charge.

Not only does Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson refuse to go down as a disgruntled former employee of Astraeus Airlines, the Boeing 757 Captain is hatching a three-tier plan to salvage the financially strapped Icelandic business-owned company, which ordered all pilots and staff to cease operations on Nov. 21.

Flying the friendly skies is one thing. Being forced to pony up the cash to do it while en route is something else entirely. But that’s what happened on a flight operated by Austria-based carrier Comtel earlier this week.

Anybody who’s ever boarded an airplane knows that there is something terribly inefficient about the slow, agonizing process. Astrophysicist Jason Steffen decided to do something about the messy procedure, using science to develop a plane boarding method that cuts seating times in half.

For about a decade, airlines and academics have tried to figure out the fastest way to load passengers onto a plane. The less time spent on boarding, the more revenue-generating flights airlines can squeeze into a day. In fact, according to a 2008 study in the Journal of Transport Management, every minute cut on boarding can save $30 per flight. Now American Airlines is trying out a new boardi