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U.S. Airways Group Inc. is raising the fee to check heavy luggage on its domestic flights to an extra $90 each.

Lots of people fume over airline fees, but one group of travelers became so enraged over having to pay extra charges that they were kicked off a plane over the weekend.

U.S. airlines canceled thousands of flights on Tuesday ahead of a blizzard that has promised near-record snowfall in the U.S. Plains and the central Midwest.

Boeing Co on Wednesday said its quarterly profit slipped after the company made fewer commercial airplane deliveries than a year ago, and the company predicted a hit to earnings partly from delays to the 787 Dreamliner program.

The pilot on a Qantas airliner was forced to rapidly descend more than 25,000 feet on Tuesday after the cabin lost pressure due to an air conditioning problem, according to a report from AFP.

Discount carrier posts 12.9% gain in fourth-quarter earnings. The discount carrier said net income totaled $131 million, or 18 cents per share, compared to $116 million, or16 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Operating revenue rose 14.8%, to $3.1 billion.

Boeing said it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs through the end of next year as it pares production of a line of transport aircraft.

The à la carte fee menu for everything from aisle seats to bags to lunch has brought the airline industry back to profitability. That's good for the airlines, but passengers feel like they have been nickeled-and-dimed to death.

Arianna Huffington's recent refusal to turn off her mobile during a flight is just the latest example in the debate over whether to allow in-flight cell phone conversations.

The snowstorm that slammed the deep South and churned its way into the Northeast is causing similar headaches for travelers. Travel in and out of New York and Boston was limited Wednesday morning.