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An airline passenger is accused of assaulting and intimidating flight attendants after he allegedly become furious when he was asked to put away his electronic cigarette.

Aviation experts can't explain why three airline passengers tried to open cabin or cockpit doors the past few days.

Flight attendants and passengers subdued an unruly passenger and put him in handcuffs as an American Airlines flight was approaching San Francisco, police said.

Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers....

Reporting the results of a six-month investigation, USA TODAY on Tuesday said that millions of passengers were on at least 65,000 U.S. flights over the last six years that should not have taken off because planes weren't properly maintained.

The Transportation Department is ordering airlines to let passengers stuck in stranded planes exit after three hours.

Air travel competition is heating up, and we're not talking about corporate profits and losses here. As airlines reduce flights and use smaller planes, passengers sometimes are jostling for storage space for their carry-on items.

Desperate for revenue, the industry looks at a la carte pricing for a variety of services. Airline passengers who are fed up with all those extra fees now charged by carriers are in for some bad news: More of the same is yet to come.