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An Aeromexico plane nearly landed on the wrong runway at San Francisco International Airport, and the Federal Aviation Administration is now investigating the incident, officials confirmed Wednesday. Bob Redell reports.

We ran the numbers, and found the best (and worst) days, times, airlines, and airpots to fly this holiday season. We also found one Bay Area airport ranked worst in the nation for on-time arrivals.

Airlines are now stepping up to help consumers change their flights to Las Vegas, if needed.

Alaska Airlines is spreading its wings in the Bay Area, recently inking two significant partnerships in the local professional sports community.

Delta Air Lines scored the best for on-time flights in the latest government rankings, and United and American weren’t far behind. Virgin America had the highest rate of delayed flights, and discount carrier Spirit Airlines drew the highest rate of consumer complaints. The Transportation Department released figures for March on Tuesday. The report covers the 12 largest U.S. airlines.

The airlines are getting better at sticking to their schedules and are losing fewer bags. Their customers seem to be complaining less often. Those are the findings of an annual report on airline quality being released Monday by researchers at Wichita State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The researchers use information compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation to rate...

Alaska Airlines on Wednesday announced it will be dropping Virgin America’s brand name in 2019. But Virgin’s trademark mood lighting will stay.

Get your suitcase ready Bay Area, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines are teaming up to add 13 new daily direct routes out of San Francisco and San Jose this year. Starting this fall, Alaska Airlines and Virgin America will be flying a total of 125 daily nonstop flights to 42 destinations, from three major Bay Area airports.

Alaska Airlines has officially acquired Burlingame-based Virgin America after finalizing a deal worth more than $2 billion, making the Seattle-based company the fifth-largest airline in the United States, according to the airlines.

Several flights into and out of San Francisco were canceled on Thursday due to the impacts of Hurricane Matthew in Florida.

Finalizing the details of a multi-billion dollar buy-out from Alaska Airlines, Burlingame-based Virgin America may vacate the company’s Peninsula office and put it on the market, according to reports.

Virgin America founder, Sir Richard Branson, said there was nothing he could do to stop the Alaska Airlines merger. Is that true? Sam Brock investigates.

Alaska Air Group Inc. is buying Virgin America in a deal worth more than $2 billion, creating a powerhouse airline with an expanded West Coast presence.