Fares can only go up so much, but airlines want more to cover costs. Bag fees? That hasn’t been touched in a couple of years, ...

At United’s media day last month, the airline proudly put forth a slide noting that back in the day, it only had the largest local passenger share in one of its hubs: Houston. Today, it says it is ...

This post is sponsored by Medjet. You probably think of Medjet as a great way to get medical evacuation assistance when traveling far from home, but there is more to it than that. And considering how ...

This is a bit different than a normal Cranky on the Web, because it hasn’t happened yet. But this Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET ...

JetBlue kicked off this party with an increase of $4 on its base level bag fees, with the lowest rate rising from $35 to $39, though it varies by market and timing and some rose by $9.

We got down to the runway, and then we took off into the sweltering summer-like day. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky as we soared over the port before circling back toward Las Vegas. Once in the air, ...

Many of the airports I’ve covered in this ongoing series on former hubs have had to figure out how to shrink down to a smaller size to match the lower demand for the airport once the hub disappeared.

When I wrote about my recent trip on Southwest, the comment section had plenty of discussion around the problem of the Southwest B737-700. Of Southwest’s ~800-strong fleet of airplanes, there are ...

Sure, United did show off some big, new, shiny toys like its Elevated interior on the B787-9. But on the surface, anyone can outfit an airplane with flat beds. It’s the little things that make a big ...