John Schmeltzer

Jim Reilly, chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, or McPier for short, will be named CEO of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau next week. Efforts...

Two European airlines are laying the groundwork for another worldwide alliance that will compete with United Airlines' powerful Star Alliance. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Italy's Alitalia Airlines, the flag...

Efforts by the nation's biggest airlines, including United Airlines, to limit the size of passengers' carry-on luggage are sparking battles--not in the airports, but between the carriers themselves. Continental Airlines,...

Ozark Airlines, a Midwest carrier done in by larger rivals in 1986, may be on the verge of reappearing. A Columbia, Mo., physician, who bought the rights to the name...

Sunday is D-Day, the day that Chicago's hometown airline says it will begin challenging the size of luggage the nation's road warriors have been allowed to schlep on board for...

Pilots for two of the nation's largest air express services, Airborne Express and Federal Express, are threatening job actions that could snarl package deliveries just as the Christmas shipping season...

Judging from the early responses to the plans by United Airlines to raise the stakes in the carry-on bag wars, the airline could be in for some confrontations at airport...

United Airlines is receiving rave reviews for its effort to capture college-age frequent fliers. While its Oct. 3 promotion at Northwestern University appeared to be a bust, according to some...

The boom times for Chicago hotels could be fading, despite last week's McCormick Place agreement aimed at keeping a lion's share of the trade show business here. While occupancy rates...

If U.S. Transportation Department officials are serious about clamping down on predatory pricing by major airlines, all they need to do is go to Detroit. Earlier this week, Kiwi International...