Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. is stepping up inspections on its jet fleet after investigators said they discovered evidence of metal fatigue on an engine that exploded on April 17, sending shrapnel into the plane and killing a passenger seated near a window. The woman was partly sucked out of the plane carrying 149 people as it flew about 32,500 feet ...

Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. is pushing ahead with its aggressive growth plan as robust demand enables the airline to boost fares even as it expands the seat supply. Revenue for each seat flown a mile, a proxy for pricing power, will rise 1 percent to 3 percent in the second quarter, the No. 3 US carrier said in a ...

Bloomberg Mexico’s richest man is rushing to the defense of a $13 billion airport project that’s under fire from the front-runner in the nation’s presidential campaign. The new hub for Mexico City will set off an economic boom for the capital, said Carlos Slim, whose construction company has won airport building contracts and whose son-in-law helped design the terminal with ...