The Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t allow Kindles and iPads to be on during takeoffs and landings over the issue of possible interference with aircraft navigation or communication systems. A visit to a testing lab shed light on whether a hazard really exists.

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Disruptions: Tests Cast Doubt on F.C.C. Restrictions on Kindle and iPad

Other airlines have found ways to remain profitable, but American, with fewer hubs and an aging fleet, has not.

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Once the Leading Airline, American Is Now Third

American Airlines’ parent company is following a strategy that the rest of the industry already chose: file for bankruptcy protection to shed debt, cut labor costs and find a way back to profitability.

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DealBook: In Bankruptcy, a Bid to Cut Costs at American Airlines

Astraeus Airlines – whose pilots include the lead singer of Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson – goes into administration.

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‘Iron Maiden’ airline shuts down

Emirates Airlines orders 50 Boeing 777 aircraft in an $18bn deal which is said to be the US planemaker’s single biggest order.

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Emirates places $18bn Boeing deal

[This post has been updated] United Airlines Flight 586, scheduled to depart Dulles at 12:34 p.m. for San Francisco, was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after it reportedly experienced an engine problem. The plane departed Gate C19 at 12:41 p.m. and the incident happened prior to takeoff. The plane had not made it to the runway. Read full article > >

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Justice Ginsburg, Commerce head aboard plane evacuated at Dulles International Airport

United Airlines blamed a technical glitch Wednesday for the brief return of flight numbers 93 and 175, designations retired after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

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9/11 flight numbers briefly reused

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Officials say a Hawaii-bound Alaska Airlines flight safely returned to Sacramento International Airport after a bird struck one of its engines.

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Hawaii-bound Alaska Airlines flight strikes bird, returns to Sacramento airport

As airlines add more fees, readers offer their take on what fees are worth it.

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Bucks: Airline Fees Worth the Cost

Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights Sunday with major blizzard warning in effect for the U.S. East Coast Sunday and Monday. Continental Airlines cancelled 250 flights out of Newark Liberty International Airport in N.J. United Airlines cancelled…

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Blizzard Heads for U.S. Northeast

Singapore Airlines says it is changing engines on three of its A380 planes, after a similar engine on a Qantas A380 exploded during flight last week.

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Singapore Airlines resumes flights on its A380 planes, which were grounded after one of the planes operated by Qantas had to make an emergency landing.

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Singapore Airlines A380s cleared

Southwest Airlines has agreed to buy AirTran in a $1.4 billion deal that would bring the nation’s largest low-cost carrier to Reagan National Airport for the first time and extend its already large presence at BWI. Southwest Airlines – AirTran – United States – Airline – AirTran Airways

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Southwest, AirTran in $1.4 billion merger

China Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $40m fine for fixing air-cargo prices, the US justice department says.

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China Airlines agrees $40m fine

United Airlines and Continental Airlines are cleared to merge, creating the world’s largest carrier.

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US airlines create global leader