John Schmeltzer

In the most volatile day in history for U.S. stocks, the Dow Jones industrial average and the technology-laden Nasdaq composite index both plunged more than 500 points before recovering during...

It doesn't take a mathematician to realize that booking one of the new flights to Washington, D.C., from Chicago aboard ATA (American Trans Air) is going to save major money....

Gasoline prices, in Chicago and elsewhere, are likely to continue rising through early summer even if OPEC oil ministers reach agreement Tuesday on how much crude oil they will add...

Saying that some progress was being made, negotiators for US Airways and its flight attendants kept talking past the 11:01 p.m. deadline Friday in hopes of reaching a settlement and...

Bill Staehle, administrator of the Gary/Chicago Airport, couldn't resist the opportunity earlier this week to say construction of a third Chicago-area airport near Peotone, located about half way between Chicago...

Fifteen years ago Southwest Airlines charged $17 to fly between Chicago and St. Louis, provided the ticket was purchased two weeks in advance. Regular walk-up fares were a bit higher....

Forty-one businesses and attractions in eight categories have been nominated for the annual Chicago Visitor Choice Awards. The awards will be given March 20 at a fundraiser benefiting the Special...

This could only happen in the airline industry, according to Terry Trippler, an airline critic with the on-line travel service 1travel.com. Last weekend domestic airlines, in a move initiated by...

The world's oldest airline alliance is feeling growing pains. Thai Airways International says it is considering abandoning the United Airlines-organized Star Alliance to join another group headed by American Airlines,...

The last barrier to long-haul flights using Love Field in Dallas came tumbling down this week when a federal appeals court panel crushed efforts by Ft. Worth to block expanded...