February 15th, 2011
United Continental Holdings Inc. said it voluntarily grounded 96 United Airlines aircraft temporarily Tuesday so that maintenance checks could be completed. (more)
February 1st, 2011
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is preparing to resume flight operations after icy weather grounded flights for about an hour there this morning. (more)
September 11th, 2010
After surging in size and profits during the post-9/11 era, the defense industry in metropolitan Washington is bracing for a major contraction and significant layoffs that economists said could produce a drag on the regional economy for years. (more)
July 6th, 2010
In the airline industry, the fittest do not always survive. But that has not stopped start-up carriers like Virgin America from trying. (more)
June 26th, 2010
United Airlines has taken hypermiling to the skies. (more)
June 11th, 2010
WASHINGTON – A Government Accountability Office study quietly released Thursday has bolstered a Republican senator’s efforts to force Amtrak’s rail service to accommodate gun toting riders or face shutdown, Raw Story has found. (more)
June 10th, 2010
Officials say more lenient screening procedures for airline employees at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport enabled a Delta Air Lines flight attendant to carry a gun onto the first leg of round-trip flight from Atlanta to Indianapolis. (more)
May 13th, 2010
Losing luggage is one thing, but how could an airline misplace a dog? (more)
April 19th, 2010
Ever since Spirit Airlines Inc. announced this month that it would add a fee of up to $45 per carry-on bag, the airline’s chief executive, Ben Baldanza, has been trying to quell the resulting outrage. (more)
March 8th, 2010
Northrop Grumman, which in 2008 was named the victor in the Pentagon’s $40 billion KC-X tanker competition only to have the win taken away, announced on Monday that it will not re-submit its bid, citing unfairness in the contest with Boeing. (more)
February 22nd, 2010
More accurately, what’s being shown is a clip from the highly informative but poorly acted series Mayday/Seconds from Disaster/Air Crash Investigations (depending on your market), which reenacts and explains major air crashes. Regardless, this isn’t exactly the first in-flight movie fail of its kind. (more)
February 5th, 2010
WASHINGTON — A US Senator has taken the extraordinary step of blocking more than 70 of US President Barack Obama’s nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, senate aides said Friday. (more)
