A buzzing sound emanating from a piece of checked baggage led to a bomb scare, which resulted in a portion of the North Terminal baggage claim at the international airport in Atlanta to be cordoned off for greater than 30 minutes while the bag was being investigated. The cause of that buzzing sound was an electric toothbrush. Service on the...

Airline analysts warned us airfares would climb in the new year. And there goes United, lacking a comedian’s sense of timing and sprinting away from the peloton with a $2 to $5 each way, domestic fare increase. With more than a million fares affected, a few bucks are a quick way to rack up red ink.

Boeing is booming. Airbus is second. Last year Boeing penciled in 1,203 commercial airplane orders, the second highest number in their history. They delivered 601 aircraft, the most since 1999. And they’ve got 4,373 airplane orders to fill, the most in their nearly 100 year history, which began in 1917 making seaplanes from spruce wood for the navy.

A captain of American Eagle — the regional airline of American Airlines — was reportedly removed from the aircraft at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport before piloting a Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft to LaGuardia Airport in New York and arrested after supposedly failing a sobriety test. The unidentified pilot — currently suspended from flying until an inquiry pertaining to the incident is completed — was...

Receive a 35 percent discount off round-trip “Wanna Get Away” airfares on Southwest Airlines during the valid travel dates listed below when using a special promotion code. This discount can be used more than once, and reservations can include up to eight passengers — but the flights must be booked on or before...

United Airlines apparently reduced the number of elite qualification miles earned on certain airfare classes on select partner airlines from as much as 150 percent of miles flown to 100 percent of miles flown — a major devaluation for those who earn elite status in the MileagePlus frequent flier loyalty program through booking premium airfares for travel on airline partners of United Airlines. The following is a list of the partner airlines in alphabetical order and the airfares affected by the apparent new change in policy...

The Gate reported two days ago that United Airlines apparently reduced the number of elite qualification miles earned on certain airfare classes on select partner airlines from as much as 150 percent of miles flown to 100 percent of miles flown. FlyerTalk member UA Insider — also known as Shannon Kelly, who is the director of customer insights at United Airlines — posted the following official update on FlyerTalk...

US Airways Dividend Miles frequent flier loyalty program members found out — with no advance notice or official announcement, as far as I can find at this time — that award redemption in the first class cabin on Lufthansa aircraft is no longer available as of January 1, 2013, which was this past Tuesday. While this is not exactly news over which to celebrate, FlyerTalk members are not surprised. FlyerTalk members have reportedly...

A woman who was 25 years of age reportedly died aboard American Airlines flight 962, which departed from São Paulo in Brazil and was heading to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Emergency procedures were reportedly performed on the woman by a doctor who...