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Boston’s Logan Airport is now the darling of discounters, a transformation that coincides with a major airline shift where low fares are no longer an exception.

Continental Airlines posted a big loss for the second quarter as traffic fell, and the carrier says it will cost 1,700 jobs and raise the fee for checking luggage.

The crash of an Iranian plane that killed 168 was probably caused by technical problems, an official says.

Investigators have recovered two of the three black boxes belonging to a Russian-made jetliner that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran, Iran's state radio reported Thursday.

A Caspian Airlines passenger aircraft linking Tehran and Armenia crashed in Iran on Wednesday, and at least 150 people on board are feared killed, state media reported.

A US airline inspects planes after a hole opens up in the passenger cabin during a flight, forcing an emergency landing.

Up until now, airline workers routinely waved passengers with too much luggage through, hoping to avoid a confrontation. Now that baggage fees are generating serious money, however, the carriers are less likely to let the surplus bags slide.

An American colonel says two ships searching for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 are ending their hunt.

Investigators have heard a signal from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed last week, they announced Sunday.

United Airlines’ computers are back up and running at O’Hare International Airport, slowly easing long lines of passengers headed out for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.