AirTran Airways said on Friday it will fly between Des Moines, Iowa, and Orlando, Fla., on Saturdays and Sundays starting March 6.

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Wednesday it expects a slight uptick in the number of customers it serves over the Thanksgiving holiday week.

Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren't going at all.

Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb. 10.

Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb. 10.

Passenger revenue among U.S. airlines fell 15 percent in October compared to the same month last year, an industry trade group said Friday.

A computer problem with a flight-processing system disrupted U.S. airline travel on Thursday with the heavily trafficked New York area hit particularly hard through cancellations and delays.

The problem with the FAA system that caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday morning has been resolved, lessening expected delays.

It soon will be harder to avoid advertising if you fly on one major carrier. AirTran Airways is installing ads on the bottom of seat-back tray tables on all its planes.

It soon will be harder to avoid advertising if you fly on one major carrier.

Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.

An airline consulting firm says U.S. air traffic will decline through next year before beginning a slow rebound.

Airlines shouldn't be too cheap when it comes to helping customers whose bags are lost.

Lengthy airline delays are twice as common now as in 1990 and will get worse as the economy recovers, according to a Brookings Institution report released Thursday.

The carriers offered fewer flights this summer than last, and they slashed prices to fill even that reduced supply of seats, according to August traffic reports released over the past week.