Delta, United, American and Southwest—together generated more than $200 billion in revenue last year, but they all lost money actually transporting passengers.All four carriers registered higher cost per available seat mile than passenger revenue per available seat mile in 2024.
Aviation experts have warned for years about near collisions at airports around the US, citing air traffic control shortages and airspace congestion.
The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.
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.
All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.
United CEO Scott Kirby diminished American in comments on Wednesday. American CEO Robert Isom barely responded during American's earnings call.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.
Officials said all 60 passengers aboard the plane, the four flight crew members and three soldiers in the helicopter are dead.
Officials have begun identifying victims of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington is one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.