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Alaska Airlines Makes History With First Bio Fueled Commercial Flight

The Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Washington D.C. on Monday was powered with a blend of bio fuel, cutting the flight's carbon footprint by 50-80%.
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Alaska Airlines Donates to Coral Reef Conservation While Greening its Business

Alaska Airlines is teaming up with The Nature Conservancy to help restore coral reefs in Hawaii. Touting the paper-reducing benefits of its mobile app,...

U.S. Airlines Excel: Denied Boardings, Mishandled Bags at Lowest Rate in 26 Years

An annual report released today shows that airlines are substantially improving the service provided to passengers in the US. In fact, your chances of...

Complaints Are Down, On-Time Performance is Up for US ​Airlines

Airline complaints dropped by a dramatic 20.9 percent in April compared with the same month one year ago, and on-time arrivals improved, according to...

Cheers For Good Deeds By Airlines to Rescue Stranded Travelers

When airport problems stranded a business traveler on the West Coast and a cheerleading team on the East Coast, good Samaritans at rival airlines,...
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AirTran Leads 15 US Airlines in Performance Last Year

Low-cost carrier AirTran had best performance last year among 15 airlines that carry at least 1 percent of domestic passenger volume, according to an...
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7 Leading US Airlines to Use BioMass Fuel Made From Waste in California

Seven of the leading U.S. airlines announced this week they've signed up to purchase jet fuel made from recycled urban and agricultural waste to...

Quick-Thinking Flight Attendant and Passengers Save 6 Flamingo Eggs Aboard Flight

Alaska Airlines flight attendant Amber May has had some unusual requests in her 10 years of flying, but being asked to help save some...

Girl Scout Wrote Letters to Companies, Urging Them to Ditch Plastic – And They Did

Shelby O'Neil may only be 17 years old, but she is using her voice to save billions of pounds of plastic from landfills every year.

15-Year-old Melts the Hearts of Airline Passengers When She Befriends Blind and Deaf Passenger

An airline passenger's Facebook post went viral after Lynette Scribner published a moving photo and story about the kindness of strangers on her most recent flight: She...

‘It was an honor’: Pilots Go Out of Their Way to Stand Guard Over Grieving Woman’s Photo

When a woman named Kathryn was traveling to her grandmother's funeral last week, she was overwhelmed by the kindness that was shown to her by the flight crew.

Airline is Offering Early Boarding to Anyone Wearing Ugly Christmas Sweater

Are you headed to an airport on December 15th? Do you also happen to have an ugly holiday sweater? Well, we have some good news for you.

Sweet Sustainability: Sugar Cane Waste is Fuel of the Future?

This exciting new research has proven that sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production. Surprisingly,...

People Willing to Pay 11% More For New Biofuels That Help the Earth

This university took a survey in several U.S. cities about the cost of bio fuel – and people were willing to pay 11% more to help save the environment.

Bride Holds Wedding at 35,000ft For Mother With Cancer Who Has One Flight Left

A couple who met on a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle got married on that same flight six years later in a special...

15 Big Companies Launch Plan to Hire 100K Youth from Poor Neighborhoods

Young people in poor neighborhoods are looking at 100,000 new job opportunities and a chance to undergo the right training to help them land...

Dream Comes True: Boy Sees Northern Lights Before Vision Fades

A nine-year-old boy from Texas who is going blind got help from Alaska Airlines, a pilot, and others to travel to Alaska to see the...
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Airline Service and Performance Improves; One of Best Years Ever

Airlines with fewer flights and fewer passengers have translated into better performance for the customer. For the second consecutive year, the performance of...
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U.S. Air Carriers Deliver Best Performance in 4 Years

In 2008, air travelers experienced their best year for customer service since 2004. The rate of lost bags, late arrivals, and consumer complaints...