The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has now approved a “Final Environmental Assessment” and a “Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision” for SEA’s big master plan that it hopes to ...

Today when the airlines start leaving Terminal 5, the new Midfield Satellite Concourse opens its eight new gates. The MSC sits west of the Bradley Terminal and is the home of several international ...

I haven’t seen this before. Has Southwest quietly changed its overbooking policy? I’m always game for a voluntary bump, but there’s no way I’ll do this for $30. Could they give that amount to me in ...

To be fair, this era of flying outside the US was really part two of the AirTran era. It took forever, but Southwest eventually coaxed its systems into being able to handle service outside the ...

Interisland seats dropped by about 15 percent from Q1 to Q2, and the fare even dipped ever-so-slightly. But loads soared from 48 percent to 60 percent (they were at 47 percent in Q2 2024), and that ...

My name is Brett Snyder, and I am the President and Chief Airline Dork of Cranky Flier LLC. I’ve had the airline bug since I was young. I never wanted to fly… I just loved the complexity of the ...

Southwest extended its schedule from early March to early April last week. Sure it included a new city — Knoxville — but the real news was buried in the weeds. Even though capacity is basically flat ...

Reading through financial filings can be a tedious task. American’s 10-Q for the third quarter of 2023 clocks in at 211 pages, and most of that is only of interest to the finance types. But there was ...

Activist investor Elliott has decided that Southwest Airlines is being run poorly, and it thinks changes can be made that will spike the share price from $28ish today to $49 in short order. We can all ...

It took me some time, because the Chicago Department of Aviation made me submit a FOIA request to get the new proposed gate allocation map at O’Hare AND, of course, I was on spring break with the ...

This month marks the 46th anniversary of Dallas/Love Field being subject to restrictions through a series of federal laws. The chance of big changes occurring that would enable further growth seems ...