flight delays

Holiday air travelers getting ready to head to the airports may want to prepare for long delays. But government fines for keeping you waiting too long may lead some airlines to just cancel some flights instead.

Whether it's because of a belching volcano or bellowing blizzard, you've got freebies coming to you when your flight is canceled. But you have to ask for them. "Airlines are desperate right now for loyalty," said RLM PR founder and CEO Richard Laermer, a 2 million-mile flyer who writes about...

Of all the industries that have achieved record profits recently, none have posted more remarkable results than the airline industry. For the first time in a decade, the industry is on a glide path to profitability -- but it's getting there by squeezing its customers.

More U.S. airline passengers are arriving on time, at least if their flights aren't canceled. According to a new Department of Transportation report, 50% more U.S. flights were canceled in September compared to a year ago, but more of the flights that aren't canceled arrive on time.

Delayed flights cost the U.S. economy a total of $32.9 billion every year, according to a new study of domestic flights. More than half that figure is money out of the pockets of passengers, who are forced to spend money on items including food and hotel rooms while they wait for their plane,...

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A new rule takes effect Thursday that will impose fines on the airlines up to $27,500 per customer when passengers are kept on a grounded plane for more than three hours. Airlines will also be required to provide water and snacks when the delay is from two to three hours, and to keep bathrooms on...

As airspace slowly reopens in parts of Europe and some airlines restart their service, the continent's aviation industry and the E.U. are trying to adjust to the historic economic disruptions brought on by ash from the Iceland volcano.

The Federal Aviation Administration suffered a "widespread" computer malfunction Thursday morning, sending key parts of the national air traffic control system haywire and affecting Logan International in Boston, Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, and all three major airports in New York. Authorities...