Alitalia remained airborne on Saturday but Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ruled out any last-minute rescue by a foreign airline and said Italy’s flag carrier could be headed for bankruptcy.

BRITISH Airways loses more bags and delays more planes than any other big airline in Europe, a confidential report seen by The Times has found. On the day that BA launched its first advertising campaign to rescue the reputation of Terminal 5 at Heath...

As airline ticket prices keep climbing and the extra fees keep adding up, it may be time to start thinking about making your holiday plans early. Rising fuel prices have caused the base price of a seat to go up by nearly $100 for a transcontinental...

British Airways lost $485 million for the six months that ended in September. The airline’s CEO Willie Walsh told the BBC that this has been the “most difficult year in the history of British Airways”. BA is planning to cut 3,000 more workers in an...

Southwest Airlines Co., hoping to duplicate the success of a July promotion, launched another fare sale Tuesday with tickets as low as $25 each way. “The last time Southwest Airlines offered airfares as low as $25 one way was 13 years ago,” said Tom...

Japan Airlines Corp., seeking its fourth state bailout since 2001, rose the most in a week after Nikkei English News said the government may announce a restructuring plan as early as today. The carrier gained as much as 6.3 percent, the most since...

The U.S. National Mediation Board has proposed a sweeping rule change that would base the outcome of union elections at airlines and rail companies on the majority approval of people who vote, a move that could increase the odds of unions winning such...

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has launched flights to its latest destination in India, the city of Hyderabad. Etihad is the first airline to operate flights between Abu Dhabi and the state capital of Andhra Pradesh....