The Department of Transportation defines a flight to be chronically delayed if it is “flown at least 10 times a month and arrives more than 30 minutes late more than 50 percent of the time. Cancellations are included as delays within this calculation.”
The Denver-based low-cost carrier said its combination with the Dania Beach, Florida-based Spirit would create a stronger low-cost carrier and benefit “from the very significant synergies Frontier expects to achieve by combining the airlines’ operations.”
New flights have been added for Kansas City and Philly fans, with one airline adding flights on a route it doesn't normally serve.
Air New Zealand, which flies one of the longest regularly scheduled routes on the entire planet, took the top award, handed out by AirlineRatings.com. The Kiwi carrier serves Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, from New York’s JFK Airport — a distance of 8,828 miles. The trip takes 16 hours and 15 minutes.
Airlines have a legal obligation to ensure that their flight schedules provide travelers with realistic departure and arrival times,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a
In our opinion, Southwest has the best balance sheet of all the US-based carriers. As the pandemic has wreaked havoc on air travel demand and airlines’ business model, liquidity became more paramount since 2020 than it had been in previous years.
The carrier filed plans with Denver that offer more clues for the future use of 113 acres it bought near the Peña Station Next development.
The Potomac plane crash has had a cascading effect that will send ripples through the airline industry for days, if not longer. Here is everything to know.
Despite pressure to cut costs and an activist investor campaign, Southwest reported a healthy profit for the fourth quarter.
Frontier Airlines is again pursuing a merger with Spirit Airlines, with Spirit mired in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
The South Florida-based budget airlines has rejected another one of Frontier's attempts to combine. Find out the details.