Spirit and Frontier are taking issue with the way the Transportation Department awarded long-distance flights out of Reagan National Airport.

For starters, some airlines use the "European" system, in which they own and operate their own regional subsidiaries. Alaska Airlines uses its regional subsidiary, Horizon Air, to operate regional flights across its broad network (although it also does farm some operations out).

But in reality, flying is one of the safest ways to travel and, thanks to a new report, we can now discover which are the safest airlines in the US to fly with. A recent study by MIT found that the fatality rate associated with flying fell to one per every 13.

The ratification now sets the stage for more negotiations with Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants.

The trouble for JetBlue is that it offers a higher-end flight experience than other low-cost competitors, like Spirit, Frontier or Breeze, but it can’t profitably sell seats that match their low prices,

American Airlines is officially trialing free Wi-Fi beginning next week, the airline announced internally on Friday and also confirmed with TPG.

The main reason for the move is to better balance the use of the facilities since Alaska moved to Harvey Milk Terminal 1,” an SFO spokesperson said.