Southwest Airlines ranked sixth for on-time performance in August 2026 but recorded North America’s best completion rate at 99.22%, highlighting the difference between punctuality and reliability.
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American Airlines (AA) is retiring its separate Flagship First cabin on Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and premium transcontinental routes. New York JFK and Buenos Aires (EZE) were the endpoints of the first commercial flight of American’s newly retrofitted 777-300ER on September 2, 2026.
A passenger is seeking at least $50,000 from Southwest Airlines (WN) after she says a bag fell from an overhead bin and struck her head while she was leaving an aircraft at Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW).
Delta Air Lines flight DL-2311 diverted to Las Vegas after its Boeing 737 suffered depressurization at 35,000 feet, causing oxygen masks to deploy and forcing the crew to make a rapid emergency descent.
United Airlines (UA) will resume nonstop flights between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) on September 8, marking the carrier’s return to Israel after a suspension linked to the conflict involving Iran.
Delta Air Lines (DL) is cutting four domestic routes from its winter schedule, removing services from New York and Las Vegas before the end of 2026.
A mysterious black aircraft that briefly emerged from a hangar at Long Beach Airport (LGB) has been identified as Aevum’s Ravn X, an unusual autonomous aircraft designed to support space-launch missions.
United Airlines (UA) generated an estimated $11.5 billion in ancillary revenue during 2025, making it the world’s leading airline for revenue from extras, according to a new IdeaWorksCompany report.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has finalized a new rule that will exclude 10 specific events from the airline-controlled category for flight delays and cancellations from October 19, 2026.
Frontier Airlines (F9) will end all operations at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on October 5, 2026, bringing its New York JFK operation to a close after slightly more than two years.