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The airline will likely have to shrink legroom on its planes in order to accommodate the additional seats.

The number of passengers planning to fly this summer will rise 1 percent from 2012, climbing back to the highest level since 2008, an industry group said Thursday. After years of instability, airlines welcome an easing in jet fuel prices. Even customers' complaints are quieting down.

A viral video from an American Airlines flight highlights a little-known airline policy: no unauthorized photography.

VIDEO: A would-be Whitney Houston wouldn't stop singing on a flight from Los Angeles to New York City. So, the pilot made an unscheduled stop in Kansas City. As she was led off, the woman serenaded everyone.

The final seconds of a 747 civilian cargo jet's disastrous takeoff from an airfield in Afghanistan Monday — resulting in a crash that killed all seven aboard — were apparently captured by a dashboard camera. In the video, the aircraft is seen in a steep climb, until it fails to gain altitude and plummets into the earth.

Impact from the furloughs has been neither extreme nor widespread, with busy airports in Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles reporting no or few delays as of early Monday afternoon. New York's three big airports experienced delays, but the longest holdups were blamed on high winds and maintenance work.

The judge says the severance would violate a federal code aimed at reining in large payouts to departing CEOs of bankrupt companies.

Customers are more unhappy, but the carriers continue to improve their on-time performances and they're losing fewer bags. Those are among the reasons the quality of the airlines' work remains high, according to a respected study. Virgin Atlantic gets the best score. United gets the lowest.

A passenger from France who failed to get an upgrade later showed up in the plane's cockpit jump seat.

Despite what they said was a healthy 2012, industry leaders worry that in 2013, upcoming spending cuts will hit already-battered airlines hard.