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Will prices rise? What about the added fees? What new trends can we expect? Air travel in 2012 is shaping up to be busier and more expensive than 2011. Here’s a look at some predictions and a preview of what to expect in the coming year.

AMR Corp's American Airlines has been given approval by a U.S. bankruptcy judge to buy 32 Boeing planes.

Shares of United Continental Holdings fell about 7 percent on Friday as some analysts cut their fourth-quarter profit estimates, citing weaker-than-expected revenue.

Every year, the entertainment industry gifts us with its share of moments so shocking that you just have to ask yourself, WTF?!

Alec Baldwin, the famous 30 Rock star, has said he's lost his appetite for running in the 2013 New York City mayoral race. Baldwin revealed the news on his biweekly podcast at WNYC. The actor had previously claimed he was going to quit his role as Jack Donaghy on NBC's hit comedy show 30 Rock in order to attend Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Chief Executive Officer Tom Horton wrote in a letter to employees Thursday that company should expect less generous labor contracts and some pink slips, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Fort Worth, Tex.-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. But earlier Thursday, Reuters revealed the company owned an exquisite town house in the wealthy Kensington district in London.

Bankrupt American Airlines' $30 million London townhouse was apparently overlooked in cost-cutting efforts.

While the rule may be clear as day, the answer is decidedly foggy.

Killam gives a unique behind-the-scenes look at the SNL writers' room.

Know your rights before you get stuck on the tarmac.

Boeing announced inaugural list prices for its re-engined narrowbody 737 MAX aircraft on Tuesday, shortly after announcing a firm deal for 150 aircraft with Southwest Airlines.

Could Alec Baldwin manage to get Liz Lemon, Tracy Jordan and Kenneth the Page tossed off of American Airlines' flights, too?

Alec Baldwin made a cameo appearance on SNL as the American Airlines captain from the flight he was removed from last week.

Alec Baldwin appeared in a cameo on Saturday Night Live (SNL) this past Saturday to address a recent incident where he was kicked off a plane for refusing to turn off his cell phone, and quit his Words with Friends game. Baldwin dressed as Captain Steve Rogers, the pilot of the American Airlines flight he was booted from.

Alec Baldwin dropped in on Saturday Night Live this weekend for a skit mocking the airline industry, issuing a fake apology from a pilot who kicked him off an American Airlines flight for playing a smart-phone game before departure.

At this point, Alec Baldwin might have to resort to traveling by hang-glider soon.

Baldwin reiterated his disdain for mid-century phys. ed. instructors in angry missive.

What do you call it when someone pretends to apologize, and seems to be apologizing, but in reality is doing the exact opposite of apologizing?

Alec Baldwin was removed from an American Airlines flight leaving Los Angeles Tuesday after he refused to turn off his cell phone.

Alec Baldwin was kicked off the plane for being extremely rude, according to a statement released by American Airlines Wednesday afternoon.

In case you didn't hear about it yet, prolific actor Alec Baldwin was kicked off a plane of American Airlines.

Alec Bladwin got kicked off an American Airlines flight for playing Words with Friends. Here are 9 other just as addicting games.

Alec Baldwin was booted from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday when he refused to turn off a word game on his cell phone, joining a long list of celebrities who have been kicked off planes.

The airline industry's leading trade group warned on Wednesday that airlines worldwide face over $8 billion in losses next year if Europe's politicians fail to get to grips with the region's debt crisis.

Actor Alec Baldwin was involved in a dispute with an American Airlines flight attendant on Tuesday and asked to disembark an airplane because he was playing a smart-phone word game before departure.

Alec Baldwin was removed from an American Airlines flight leaving Los Angeles Tuesday after he refused to turn off his cell phone.

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been charged with DWI after police caught the 65-year-old Babbit driving on the wrong side of the road Saturday night. Last month, limited funding threatened once again to shut down the FAA's operations, and Babbit's arrest is unlikely to push Congress to extend funding for the agency.

Just one day before AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy, a passenger captured footage of American Airlines employees doing a dance routine on the tarmac.