Airline News

What does matter to most travelers are the price, connections, and time the flight takes -- in that order. If you happen to get on a nice, new Airbus plane? Well that's just a bonus.

JetBlue passengers deserve to know that a cyber attack on JetBlue's computer network went undetected for more than three years. Even though the files allegedly accessed contained crew members' information only, it is still an incident that customers should be aware of.

Frontier is trying to become a Spirit-like airline, apparently without the wild advertising, as Frontier has recently begun charging passengers for soft drinks, online check-ins, and a bevy of other fees. It will, of course, be interesting to find out who the potential buyer is.

Southwest has no imminent change in policy in the works regarding fees, but that doesn't mean that it considers having no bag fees its religion. The airline is willing to mull policy changes if it determines that a big switch would be in its interests.

Now, if US Airways would pay a little more attention to their relatively low-paying passengers in coach, that would be something.

With U.S. airlines selling aisle, window and exit row seats for an extra fee throughout the aircraft, child-free zones could be a logistical nightmare even if it were a good idea.

Efficiency innovations like this one are ever more important as fuel costs continue to rise, so it's wise of United to make this sizable investment.

With just 6.2% of travelers on Gogo-equipped flights using Wi-Fi you can see that the industry is headed toward free Wi-Fi on flights, assuming the systems can handle the bandwidth.

Airlines are returning to exploitation of their female crew members in order to stir up interest in their services.

In a different era 4,000 passengers would have been given cigars, but Heathrow is a smoke-free airport.