Articles
Airline Baggage Fees: On the Rise — Yet More Passengers Deem Them ‘Reasonable’
Even as overall baggage fees have increased, some of the nation's biggest airlines aren't collecting as much as they did a couple of years ago. Perhaps even more...
Airlines Collected Record Baggage Fees in 2012
NEW YORK — U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers last year — the highest amount since the fees...
One Airline That Stubbornly Refuses to Pile on the Fees (For Now)
Most airlines view fees for baggage and ticket changes as easy, highly lucrative revenue streams. Southwest Airlines views them quite differently: If it added...
Turkish Airlines Crew Can’t Wear Red Lipstick, Nail Polish
Secular Turks worry the new policy is a sign that the country has become more conservative ideologically.
2 Airplanes About to Take off Clip at NJ Airport
Two airplanes taxiing while preparing for takeoff at Newark Liberty International Airport clipped each other, authorities said
Photo Essays
East Coast Braces for Blizzard
Snow began to fall around the Northeast on Friday at the start of what’s predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard, and residents scurried to stock...
Herb Kelleher
The maverick businessman relinquishes his leadership role after 41 years with Southwest Airlines
Time.com Specials
20 Reasons to Hate the Airlines
A brief history of the industry's 30-year campaign to nickel-and-dime us nearly to death
Can Bankruptcy Work?
Will bankruptcy help save GM or Chrysler? A look at three major bankruptcies — Continental Airlines, Kmart and Fruit of the Loom — shows that outcomes can vary...
