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United is now operating its Newark-Delhi flight on a nearly straight line in order to stay out of Russian airspace.

Airlines devise ways to avoid Russian airspaceOAG analyst John Grant called the avoidance of Russian airspace "an inconvenience, something we can live without."

As pilot shortage persists, smaller markets may pay the price

As pilot shortage persists, smaller markets may pay the priceMainline U.S. carriers and their regional partners are facing difficult decisions nationwide.

A long airplane contrail cuts through cirrus clouds. Contrails contribute to global warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere.

For IATA, the science is still out on contrail avoidanceA debate is underway on whether altering flight plans to avoid contrail formation can reduce aviation's impact on climate...

Williamsport, Pa., home to the Little League World Series, lost its lone airline route last September.

Small communities see airlift vanish as pilot shortage hits regional flyersAn acute U.S. pilot shortage has resulted in American, Delta and United sharply reducing schedules for their 50-seat aircraft,...

Subscribers can fly up to 24 roundtrip flights a year between 13 California airports and from California to Reno, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

Alaska Airlines launches flight subscription programThe program is the first for a major U.S.-based carrier and is created in partnership with Caravelo.

If a Spirit-Frontier merger is approved, the new airline would serve 145 destinations.

Will a Frontier-Spirit merger get the DOJ's blessing?The DOJ has greenlighted six large airline mergers in the past two decades. But gaining approval from the Biden administration...

Spirit is scheduled to take delivery of 31 aircraft this year.

Budget airfares may rise, but factors could blunt the impactThis summer, it's possible that you'll pay more than expected for an inexpensive plane ticket. However, business travel's slow...

Consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimated last April that there were 273,000 people working in the U.S. aircraft maintenance sector compared with 296,000 pre-pandemic.

Aircraft mechanic shortage could hamper airline operationsStaffing challenges are already impacting the pace with which airlines can get aircraft work done.

The recent run on Covid-19 tests due to the omicron surge has put extra work on travel advisors.

Flyers are feeling the pain of omicron, and so are their advisorsThe challenge of dealing with a heavy rebooking load is being made more difficult as cancellation numbers escalate.

Touchless technology will continue to expand in the aviation sector in 2022.

Preview 2022: AirlinesThe industry expects continued strides toward recovery, though further pandemic-related turbulence is likely.

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