WASHINGTON—Just after 8:47 p.m. on Wednesday, an air-traffic controller at Reagan National Airport relayed a seemingly ordinary inquiry and instruction: “PAT25, do you have the CRJ in sight?” he asked a U.

US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of a collision like the one that just killed 67 people.

The president’s push against diversity programs has led many big employers to announce rollbacks, but others are defending the initiatives as good for business.

Delta, United, American and Southwest generated about $8 billion in profit on $200 billion in revenue last year, but the airlines all lost money flying passengers.

New video shows the emergency slide of a Delta Air Lines plane accidentally being deployed at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last week.

Sam Lilley, the first officer of the fatal American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night outside Washington, D.C., was a coastal Georgia native and Georgia Southern University graduate.

American Airlines got its corporate travel strategy badly wrong after the pandemic—and it’s still paying the price. As business travel recovered, the carrier tried to push customers toward booking on its website and app in a bid to reduce travel agency commissions and the millions of dollar spent offering companies perks to discount for being their carrier of choice The airline began removing some fares from its corporate booking channels to encourage customers to book directly with American,

Airlines expect a strong tailwind from travel demand in 2025, even as the industry faces a capacity crunch. United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and several other U.S.

Accelerating travel demand and record fourth-quarter revenues are giving Delta Air Lines and United Airlines confidence for continued momentum this year, while prospects for Ameri

American, Delta, United, and Alaska all announced record results as the biggest airlines continue to recover from the pandemic downturn.

However, while Delta Air Lines confirmed the development, United Airlines reiterated that its flights to Tel Aviv remain suspended.