Air New Zealand, which flies one of the longest regularly scheduled routes on the entire planet, took the top award, handed out by AirlineRatings.com. The Kiwi carrier serves Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, from New York’s JFK Airport — a distance of 8,828 miles. The trip takes 16 hours and 15 minutes.

Southwest is disappointed that DOT chose to file a lawsuit over two flights that occurred more than two years ago," a spokesperson for the airline said.

Southwest Airlines is hitting pause on corporate hiring, promotions and summer internships to cut costs after months of pressure from an activist investor.

The Department of Transportation alleges Southwest Airlines was “illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights.”

The US Department of Transportation sued Southwest Airlines and fined Frontier Airlines for flight delays, seeking civil penalties against Southwest and imposing a $650,000 fine on Frontier, part of a broader crackdown on airline delay issues.

According to Sharon Petersen, the CEO of AirlineRatings.com, while Air New Zealand came in first place for the world’s safest full-service airline, it was a pretty close race. There was only a 1.5-point difference between that airline and Qantas, which both “uphold the highest safety standards and pilot training,” as noted by Petersen.

United Airlines said on Sunday that a high-speed technology is coming to its passengers earlier than planned after announcing the deal back in September.

Didora and Samuel Clough echoed the view of Citigroup a day earlier on Southwest ... bode well for buy-rated United Airlines Holdings Inc. (UAL), and American (AAL), as it upgraded the stock ...

Southwest said that it will continue to evaluate its hiring needs on an ongoing basis to determine when it makes the most sense to restart hiring.

Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday it had entered into a deal to sell and lease back 36 of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management, helping the carrier raise cash and ease the pressure on its balance sheet.

Southwest Airlines is hitting the pause button on some of its hirings, internships and employee events this year as the company looks to lower costs. “We are limiting discretionary costs ...

Transportation Department sues Southwest Airlines, seeking over $2.1 million in penalties for chronically delayed flights.