air travel

As fall's seasonal travel slowdown arrives, airlines are beginning to cut routes and flights that can no longer turn a profit at current fuel costs.

The rise reflects increased jet fuel costs and the loss of discount airline Spirit Airlines, but demand for first class and economy-plus has remained strong.

Contrails, those white lines that form behind airplanes in certain atmospheric conditions, can have a significant climate impact. The good news? They can be avoided.

Jacob Passy, travel reporter at the Wall Street Journal, talks about why people are swapping their airfares for bus tickets this summer.

Spiking costs mean the money has to come from somewhere.

Boeing and Airbus each have order backlogs thousands of aircraft deep, thanks to pandemic-era production slowdowns and persistent air travel demand.

Spirit’s bankruptcy estate is auctioning off its access to New York’s LaGuardia Airport in order to repay the defunct airline’s creditors.

If no other ultra low-cost carriers step into these markets, price hikes could be steep.

Analysts warn that as higher ticket prices push travelers to drive instead of fly, demand for gasoline will rise at a moment when supply is already strained.

Those new “basic economy” tickets from larger carriers have eaten into the bottom line.