(CNN) -- A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday after a football-sized hole in its fuselage caused the cabin to depressurize, an airline spokeswoman said. There were no injuries aboard the Boeing 737, which ...Read More
BETHEL, Alaska -- An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the engine failed near Alaska's Bering Sea coast. Passengers told The Anchorage Daily News the Yute Air pilot remained calm on the flight from ...Read More
WICHITA, Kan.—An airline passenger suffered a slight injury while coming down an escape slide when a charter plane made an emergency landing in Kansas after losing an engine. Allegiant Air spokeswoman Sabrina LoPiccolo (LOH`-pihk-ah-loh) says the MD-80 was carrying 125 passengers ...Read More
By now, the story of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 is practically an American folk tale: a miraculous emergency landing into the Hudson River, with Captain Chesley Sullenberger the hero in the cockpit. But journalist William Langewiesche takes a different view ...Read More
NEW YORK—The pilot who guided his disabled plane to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River says that a new book that underscores the role of the jet's automation technology in the landing is inaccurate.
Capt. Chesley Sullenberger said Sunday ...Read More
A new book addressing the role of automation in US Airways Flight 1549 is wrong, according to the pilot who safely landed the plane on the Hudson River in January. In an interview on Sunday, the pilot, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger ...Read More
KIGALI, RWANDA — The head of Rwanda's national airline says one person has died after a passenger plane crashed into the airport's VIP lounge. Rwandair executive Jack Ekl said Friday the pilot had reported technical difficulties after taking off from the ...Read More
Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways attract passengers who want to save money on airplane travel. The two low-cost carriers now can appeal to those passengers who want to save time as well. Southwest (NYSE: LUV), the No. 1 carrier at Raleigh-Durham ...Read More
When I write about an issue that seems thorny, I ask myself how I would expect to be treated in the same situation. It's a good way of clarifying my thinking. This much jumps out at me: If I were the ...Read More
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A spokesman for Southwest Airlines says the carrier has apologized to a mother who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old earlier this week.
Spokesman Chris Mainz said the airline called Pamela Root on ...Read More
Southwest Airlines has apologized to a San Jose mom who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old son earlier this week. But Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis told the Mercury News the airline did not regret its decision to ...Read More
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Oct. 30) - A spokesman for Southwest Airlines says the carrier has apologized to a mother who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old earlier this week. Spokesman Chris Mainz said the airline called Pamela ...Read More
Twenty-five bucks will get you a lot of things, though you probably never expected it to get you an airline ticket. But now it does. Southwest Airlines debuts its $25 airfare sale Tuesday. The $25 fare, part of the airline's fourth-quarter sale, is ...Read More
DALLAS (AP) - Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors' lawyers $3.5 million. Southwest disclosed the proposed settlement in a regulatory filing made Friday. ...Read More
DALLAS—Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors' lawyers $3.5 million. Southwest disclosed the proposed settlement in a regulatory filing made Friday. A hearing on ...Read More
MOSCOW -- A Russian airliner with 279 people aboard landed safely Saturday in the Russian capital following reports of possible damage to its landing gear, an airport spokesman said. Oleg Pesko, chief of the Vnukovo Airport press center, said the the ...Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Oct. 23) - A Malaysian woman who gave premature birth to a boy on board an airplane minutes before it landed will get free flights for life along with her child, an airline official said Friday. Liew Siaw ...Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian woman who gave premature birth to a boy on board an airplane minutes before it landed will get free flights for life along with her child, an airline official said Friday. Liew Siaw Hsia, 31, ...Read More
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) - An F-16 pilot jettisoned two 500-pound bombs and two fuel tanks before making an emergency landing at Hill Air Force Base on Thursday, officials said. No injuries were reported after the incident at the ...Read More
US Airways Group Inc.'s (LCC) third-quarter loss narrowed after fuel-hedging effects helped rather than hurt, while discount rival JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) swung to a profit. Both companies benefited from a steep fall in fuel costs despite a fall in ...Read More
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Southwest Airlines Co., the largestdiscount carrier, will start flying in May to a new Floridaairport under a partnership with landowner St. Joe Co. thatguarantees the service will break even in the first three years.
Southwest will operate ...Read More
