Airline industry

The one-time discount airline is rethinking its 'bags fly free' policy because of rising costs. So far, only the third bag will cost you.

Passengers can buy flight insurance to cover canceled trips. But when planes can't fly, airlines have no such protection.

Near Boeing's Charleston, S.C., assembly plant on Saturday, something got sucked into a 787 Dreamliner's engine and sparked a grass fire on the runway. It's just another problem that's faced the Dreamliner line of planes recently.

If you are one of the brave souls traveling this summer you've surely noticed that airfares are soaring. And most of the major airlines are reporting healthy profits.

The biggest event of the year for airline makers like Airbus and Boeing is wrapping up outside of London. And at this year's Farnborough Air Show, the companies have announced orders worth more than $50 billion. Sounds like a good thing for the industry -- and the economy.

The European airplane maker plans to build its first U.S. assembly plant in Alabama. Why and what does this mean for rival Boeing?

Berkshire Hathaway’s NetJets will buy $9.6 billion in new planes from Cessna and Bombardier.

One of Russia's passenger planes crashed into a volcano in Indonesia. Reporter Peter van Dyk discusses the implications of the crash.