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After the Justice Department lawsuit, JetBlue’s strategy is in the hands of the courts.

JetBlue finds itself in an unprecedented position—its plans for both the Spirit merger and its alliance with American Airlines remain entangled in litigation.

It’s a bewildering scenario: an 11-month-old and 4-year-old seated apart from their parents on a commercial airline.

The March 15 event was announced by Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen.

Nearly $1 billion in grants from the U.S. Transportation Department and FAA will go to 99 airports across the U.S. under the Airport Terminal Program.

The U.S. Transportation Department's extension covers routes to mainland China and Tokyo Haneda.

JetBlue Airways alleges Dutch authorities are in violation of the Open Skies agreement in a U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) filing.

Of the first 51 student pilots to graduate, nearly 80% were women or people of color.

The world was shocked when an outage of its Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs) system forced FAA to issue a national domestic flight ground stop.

Virgin Atlantic was fined $1.05 million for operating Delta Air Lines codeshare flights over Iraq while a U.S. ban was in place.

Airlines for America wants slot waivers for long-haul service to some markets in China and Japan to remain in place for the summer 2023 season.

The airline hopes to begin New York-Buenos Aires flights before the end of 2023.

The FAA held all U.S. domestic departures for more than two hours on the morning of Jan. 11 after the Notice to Air Mission system went down.

Long-term ramifications could see the airline speed up planned internal upgrades and lawmakers ponder tougher passenger-focused performance standards.

Southwest has said it canceled more than 16,700 flights from Dec. 21 to Dec. 31.

The planned changes coincide with China dropping quarantine requirements for inbound travelers.

Bahrain’s flag carrier last served the U.S. more than 25 years ago.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants airlines to give FAA more advance notice when adding capacity or starting new service in crowded markets.

The carriers already codeshare on 20 routes between North and South America.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has released a draft rulemaking that would require sellers of commercial airline tickets to clearly display ancillary fees at the point of sale.

Singaporean Transport Minister S Iswaran and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg signed the agreement on the sidelines of the ICAO Assembly in Montreal.

The routes will feed traffic into hubs operated by American Airlines, which Contour interlines with.

American Airlines will bolster its Miami-Havana service.

The dashboard compares the 10 largest U.S. carriers’ passenger accommodation policies related to controllable delays and cancellations.

Rather than release an updated standard that meaningfully moves the needle on airline refunds during a continued stretch of industrywide operational challenges, the DOT appears to want to to codify bare minimum expectations.