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Startup aims to spark agents to book space journeysOrion Span will take customers on 12-day trips to its planned Aurora Space Station beginning in 2022.

Will higher bag fees pay off for airlines, or will flyers balk?

Will higher bag fees pay off for airlines, or will flyers balk?In bumping baggage fees, JetBlue and United are gambling that the move will help cut into the profit erosion resulting from...

ClimaCell's granular precipitation data overlaid with flight tracking.

Hyperlocal weather forecasting service improves airline operationsJetBlue has benefited from its partnership with ClimaCell, a startup that uses data gleaned from cellular sites to forecast...

Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman.

Cayman Airways to launch direct flights from DenverThe new flights will reduce by half the time it takes to fly between Denver and Grand Cayman.

Upgrades coming to USVI airportsThe upgrades and additions include a parking garage and ferry terminal at St. Thomas and more baggage-screening machines and...

American Airlines offers free TVPassengers can stream several channels to their laptops, tablets or phones.

Sun Country flying to St. Kitts from MinneapolisThe discount carrier also will launch service to Belize.

Making American great again

Making American great againMy multi-delay nightmare at O'Hare dissipated after one flight attendant took control.

British Airways website and app hackedApproximately 380,000 card payments were compromised by the breach, British Airways said.

Airlines transported 4.1B passengers worldwide in 2017Passenger traffic was up 7.3%, enabling airlines to break the 4 billion mark for the first time.