Spirit Airlines is kicking off its new service and Denver International Airport and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

East Valley travelers have new options out of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

Spirit Airlines, which kicked off its Phoenix-Mesa Gateway service last month when it began routes to and from Las Vegas, began service Thursday between the East Valley and Dallas/Fort Worth.

Spirit Airlines on Thursday started twice daily nonstop service between Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Las Vegas.

Spirit Airlines announced Tuesday that it will begin offering its low fare service from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport to Las Vegas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, and 30 other cities throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America.

Passengers flying out of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will soon have nonstop access to one of the nation’s biggest airports, with Spirit Airlines adding service to Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

ATLANTA — In a remarkable gesture to fee-weary air travelers, five major U.S. airlines are committing to actually not charge a fee for something — the carryon bag.

NEW YORK — U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers last year — the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago.

Mesa officials say Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is getting service from a third airline.

Passengers flying out of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will have access to about 80 new destinations this fall, when Frontier Airlines will begin daily service to Denver from the booming airport.

NEW YORK — American Airlines is weighing various options for its future, but most analysts say the nation's No. 3 airline only has one viable choice: combine with No. 5 US Airways.

Passengers flying out of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will have access to about 80 new destinations this fall, when Frontier Airlines will begin daily service to Denver from the booming airport.

NEW YORK  — One trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane's cargo hold was enough to convince Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that owners needed a better option to get their pets from one city to another.

Last July, Tempe Elementary School District Superintendent John Baracy brought in a Southwest Airlines marketing representative to tell about 120 district employees of the importance of providing "positively outrageous service" to customers and each other.

Every time Karl Sup of Mesa is in Detroit for business, he stops by the black granite memorial near Interstate 94 and Middle Belt Road in Romulus, Mich. He’s there to remember a friend whose name is etched alongside with 155 others.

Frontier Airlines will land its first flight at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Thursday.

The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport has been named the 2012 airport of the year by the Arizona Department of Transportation. ADOT recognized the airport for accomplishments that include Allegiant airlines adding five new nonstop destinations, the addition of Spirit Airlines, breaking ground on a two-gate expansion and organizing an aviation event that drew more than 10,000 people to the airport.

NEW YORK — While American Airlines and US Airways announced plans to merge Thursday, it will be several months — if not years — before passengers see any significant impact.

The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport has been named the 2012 airport of the year by the Arizona Department of Transportation. ADOT recognized the airport for accomplishments that include Allegiant airlines adding five new nonstop destinations, the addition of Spirit Airlines, breaking ground on a two-gate expansion and organizing an aviation event that drew more than 10,000 people to the airport.

The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport has been named the 2012 airport of the year by the Arizona Department of Transportation. ADOT recognized the airport for accomplishments that include Allegiant airlines adding five new nonstop destinations, the addition of Spirit Airlines, breaking ground on a two-gate expansion and organizing an aviation event that drew more than 10,000 people to the airport.

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain asked every person Thursday to "to be as good an American" as the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93. Democrat Barack Obama asked Americans to "renew that spirit of service and that sense of common purpose" that followed the Sept. 11 attacks.