Airlines

Slimmer seats on some planes may bring bigger profits for airlines like United. But they will likely mean less comfort for passengers.

United Airlines hopes to reroute plans by Southwest, and stop a new international terminal from being built at Hobby Airport.

And that's down from 2010.

Spirit's new fee made us dig into the archives to see what else airlines can charge us for.

In a first for an airline, Delta plans to pay $150 million for an oil refinery in Pennsylvania in a effort to bring some order to its fuel prices. But even if Delta's oil refinery deal works out well, fares are probably not going to drop.

Currently e-books are banned from planes during taxi, take-off and landing. But as New York Times reporter Nick Bilton discovered, the FAA has recently decided to take a "fresh look" at its digital reader policy.

Europe's biggest airlines say a new European tax on the carbon dioxide coming out their jet engines is a bad idea.

The Federal Aviation Administration is reporting that there will be more air travelers chasing fewer flights, pushing prices up.

The Dutch airline KLM has launched a new seating program. And no -- this isn't another story about paying for your aisle seat. KLM is going to let flyers choose who to sit next to based on their online profiles.