The airline industry will have a pilot shortage of 15,000 by 2026. American Airlines Group Inc (AAL) is trying to avoid the shortage through simple economics—they’re going to pay pilots more. A lot more. Read more here

Recommendation stems from sliding incident involving Delta plane at LaGuardia Airport Federal accident investigators have called on jet makers and the Federal Aviation Administration to devise tougher safeguards against one of commercial aviation’s most common safety threats: planes careening off slippery runways during landings. Read more here

A spat among airlines over which deserved the contract to fly U.S. government workers on certain routes intensified on Tuesday, with the chief executive of JetBlue Airways Corp calling rivals hypocritical for protesting its award. The largest U.S. airlines have taken issue with a contract for federal employees to buy flights between New York and

One week after DFW Airport approved millions in incentives for airlines to connect to new destinations, American Airlines has done just that. The Fort Worth-based carrier announced the first nonstop flight to Rome from DFW Airport. American will also fly to Amsterdam. Both are seasonal routes. Neither the airport nor the airline cited incentives but

The Catalysts Behind the Surge According to a Bloomberg report, stocks of the U.S. carriers appreciated the most in almost two months. The surge came on the back of encouraging forecasts from heavyweights like Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL and Southwest Airlines Co. LUV. Read more here

American Airlines and US Airways pilots received a combined seniority list from an arbitration panel on Tuesday, the latest step in integrating the two carriers that merged in 2013. “Now that the [seniority list] has been issued, [the Allied Pilots Association] will be closely working with the company on its implementation,” the pilots’ union said

The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted final clearance for Southwest Airlines and American Airlines flights to Havana, making the North Texas-based carriers two of eight U.S. airlines to fly to the capital of Cuba beginning as early as this fall. Read more here

The countdown to Cuba is officially underway at United Airlines after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded the company final approval to launch service to Havana from two of its hubs this fall. Beginning Nov. 29, United will start daily nonstop flights to the Cuban capital from New York/Newark and Saturday nonstop service from

Delta Air Lines (DAL) will begin daily service to Havana, Cuba, from Atlanta, Miami and New York–JFK on Dec. 1, 2016, following today's announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Delta thanked the DOT for awarding the airline the ability to resume operating nonstop scheduled service to Cuba for the first time in almost

Southwest Airlines says deal in place with pilots, ending 4 years of talks After months of escalating rhetoric that included a call for the ouster of CEO Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines' pilots union announced Monday that it has reached a tentative agreement with the airline that could bring to an end four years of contract