John Schmeltzer

Baggage templates, which restrict the size of carry-on luggage, are getting the heave-ho from Washington's Dulles International Airport. A federal judge for the District of Columbia has ruled that United...

Continental Air Transport has been providing transportation to Chicago's major airports, first to Midway and then to O'Hare International, for more than 50 years. Earlier this week, the company, which...

Look who's fessed up to being irrationally exuberant now. The Federal Reserve's surprise half-point cut in the federal funds rate Wednesday handed investors a 299-point gain in the Dow Jones...

United Airlines took an unusual step this week to protect the SkyPath flight planning system that it says is saving $25 million annually. The Elk Grove Township-based airline said Thursday...

Diane Wilson's most recent gas bill was $183. Evelyn Dixon's latest was $306. Edward Bailey's was a whopping $944.60. Their next bills probably will be even higher. And so will...

Ever since the Dec. 11 blizzard, cargo operations at the Gary-Chicago Airport are all that have kept some Ford Motor Co. assembly plants operating--here and around the country. Gary-Chicago, for...

Airlines never learn. Almost two years ago, Northwest Airlines stranded more than 6,000 passengers on dozens of planes at Detroit's Metropolitan Airport for more than eight hours. The incident forced...

Reacting to the deep frustration shared by millions over the dismal state of air travel, President Clinton created a new organization Thursday to manage air-traffic control and called for new...

Northwest Airlines again is offering inveterate shoppers discounted tickets so they can shop Saturday at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., the world's largest shopping mall. "The Mall of...