This is some really, really lost luggage:  The NY Times reports that two pieces of luggage fell from the cargo hold of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight from Chicago to Atlanta.  The Delta Express carrier reports that the cargo door swung open shortly after takeoff, and the pilot returned to the airport to discover 2 [...]

Skybus is branching out from its Columbus-based operation by launching a small hub in Greensboro, NC, with flights to Florida, the Northeast, and Burbank starting early next year.  Skybus recently shifted its scheduled around in Columbus, eliminating flights to San Diego and dropping one of its flights to Burbank.  They learned, as JetBlue learned, that [...]

A man who was shot during a domestic dispute boarded a flight from Tampa to Albany (NY) with a stop in Charlotte over the weekend.  During the flight to Charlotte he asked a flight attendant for a band-aid (?) to cover the bullet wound.  The flight attendant made sure an ambulance was waiting for him [...]

The 3-letter code for the airport in Sioux City, Iowa, is SUX.  Har.  Airport authorities have been fighting for years to get it changed to something that does not suck, but they have recently decided to embrace the name, using flysux.com as their website and printing t-shirts and hats with the name on it.
But really, [...]

Flyglobespan, a carrier based in Scotland that flies to cities in Europe and the US, has lost its ETOPS (Extended Twin Engine Operational Performance Standards) certification.  In English, that means that on overwater flights it must always stay within 1 hour of land.  This adds about 1 hour or so to flights from Europe to [...]

(Via Upgrade Travel Better):
I’m frequently asked how far in advance a person should buy a ticket to get the greatest savings.  I’ve always believed that booking way, way, way in advance was not the best course of action.  Turns out my hunch was correct.  Rick Seaney, who runs Farecompare, says that their research has found [...]

A 30-year veteran pilot for Singapore Airlines faces jail time (?!) and the loss of his job for making prank calls last year from Singapore.  As a joke, the pilot called several fast food restaurants in Surrey, British Columbia, and ordered food to be delivered to a pilot friend of his.  Singapore, which apparently doesn’t [...]

There’s an interesting fight brewing down in Fort Lauderdale between Spirit and JetBlue.  Spirit has built up a hub for flights to Latin America and the Caribbean from the airport, a move that has caused American to lower fares from its Miami hub to similar destinations.  Now, JetBlue is applying for the right to fly [...]

A baby was born on a Brussels Airlines flight from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, to Brussels last week.  Two doctors on the aircraft helped to deliver the baby on the plane.  The child is doing just fine.

I guess there’s really no such thing as a minor collision involving 2 planes, but that pretty much describes what happened when a British Airways 747 collided with a SriLankan A340 while taxiing at Heathrow.  No injuries were reported, but the airport was in a bit of a state of chaos (as you can imagine) [...]