Articles tagged with airline
Fri, May 18, 2012
Police nab airline pilot with loaded gun in luggage
By Neale Gulley
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - An airline pilot was arrested Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Drone attack, foiled Yemen bomb plot linked: congressman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen that killed two members of al Qaeda on Sunday was part of a larger ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
EU agrees to share airline passenger data with U.S
By Claire Davenport
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European lawmakers agreed on Thursday to provide U.S. authorities with data on passengers flying from Europe to the ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
U.S. airline performance improving, report says
(Reuters) - U.S. airlines are doing a better job in overall performance, improving on-time arrivals and handling of lost bags, while drawing fewer customer ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
JetBlue flight diverted, passengers say captain restrained
(Reuters) - A JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas was diverted to Texas on Tuesday following what federal authorities described as erratic behavior by the ...
Mon, February 13, 2012
Obama budget proposes new security, airline fees
(Reuters) - Airlines and their passengers would pay up to $32 billion in new air traffic and security fees over 10 years, and grants to ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Ron Paul reimbursed twice for airline tickets: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican White House candidate and champion for smaller government Ron Paul appears to have been reimbursed twice for travel between his congressional ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
EU airline carbon move could spark trade war: China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing criticized a decision by Europe's highest court to allow airlines to be charged for carbon emissions on flights to and ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
U.S. rule aims to boost rest for airline pilots
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passenger airline pilots would work fewer hours and get longer breaks between shifts under revised U.S. aviation regulations ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
Top EU court upholds carbon airline law
By Michele Sinner and Barbara Lewis
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's highest court gave unreserved backing on Wednesday to an EU law to charge ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
US court sides with unions in airline dispute
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a hotly contested change in federal labor law that can make ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Court sides with unions in airline dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that a hotly disputed change in federal labor law making it easier for unions ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Court sides with unions in airline dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that a hotly disputed change in federal labor law making it easier for unions ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Actor Alec Baldwin mocks airline industry in SNL skit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin dropped in on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend for a skit mocking the airline industry, issuing a fake apology ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Obama hopes for boost from Boeing-Indonesia jet deal
By Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed on Friday a $21.7 billion jet deal his administration ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Jury set for trial of Christmas Day bombing suspect
By James B. Kelleher and Meghana Keshavan
DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge swore in the jury on Thursday in the trial of a Nigerian man ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Suspect moves to block jury seeing airline bomb model
DETROIT (Reuters) - The accused underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has "vehemently" objected to plans by prosecutors to show a model of the device he ...
Mon, September 19, 2011
Settlement reached on eve of September 11 airline trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - What could have been the only wrongful death trial stemming from the September 11, 2001, attacks ended on Monday after the ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Detroit Sept 11 airline passengers no threat: FBI
DETROIT (Reuters) - Three airline passengers questioned after their "suspicious activity" prompted a military fighter jet escort into the Detroit airport on the anniversary of ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
Judge in botched airline bomb case lays out trial rules
DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge overseeing the trial of a Nigerian man accused of a botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Colyar to sue over airline incident
The comedian was about to fly from Dulles International Airport in Virginia when an attendant allegedly asked him to move his luggage from the ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Colyar to sue over airline incident
The comedian was about to fly from Dulles International Airport in Virginia when an attendant allegedly asked him to move his luggage from the ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Actor Colyar blasts airline staff as racist
The black actor, who voiced a character in Disney's animated The Princess and The Frog, claims a flight attendant on a United Airlines ...
Mon, September 05, 2011
Actor Colyar blasts airline staff as racist
The black actor, who voiced a character in Disney's animated The Princess and The Frog, claims a flight attendant on a United Airlines ...
Sun, September 04, 2011
Actor Colyar blasts airline staff as racist
The black actor, who voiced a character in Disney's animated The Princess and The Frog, claims a flight attendant on a United Airlines ...
Sat, September 03, 2011
Actor Colyar blasts airline staff as racist
The black actor, who voiced a character in Disney's animated The Princess and The Frog, claims a flight attendant on a United Airlines ...
Sat, August 27, 2011
Airlines and rail struggle in storm-struck East
By John Crawley and Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airline, rail and other transportation and shipping networks along the storm-battered East Coast struggled to resume ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
Accused N.Y.-L.A. airline stowaway pleads not guilty
By Jason Kandel
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Nigerian-American man pleaded not guilty on Monday to sneaking onto a commercial airline flight in a case ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
Accused New York-Los Angeles airline stowaway pleads not guilty
By Jason Kandel
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man with U.S.-Nigerian citizenship pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of stowing away aboard ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
Airline shares fall as investors expect fall slowdown
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Shares of major U.S. airlines fell to one-year lows on Monday on uncertainty over the economy and expectations that travel will ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
Delta Will Stop Service To Hibbing And 4 Other Minnesota Cities
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (KDAL) - Delta Airlines has announced that they will end air service to five Minnesota cities. Flights to and from Hibbing, International Falls ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Europe and U.S. in legal clash over airline emissions
By Pete Harrison
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. airlines will step up their campaign against European Union climate policy next week, with a legal challenge ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Airline passengers fed up with service except for Southwest
BOSTON (Reuters) - Saddled with added fees and higher fares, travelers are fed up with paying more and getting less from major airlines, survey results ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Airline apologizes after quadriplegic forced off flight
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - Regional carrier Frontier Airlines apologized on Monday after one of its pilots refused to allow a quadriplegic passenger to ...
Sat, June 18, 2011
Former airline pilot found guilty of flying drunk
DENVER (Reuters) - A former airline pilot was found guilty on Friday of flying under the influence of alcohol when he was second-in-command of a ...
Mon, June 06, 2011
Airline profits to tumble in 2011 on fuel, turmoil
By Alison Leung and Harry Suhartono
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global airlines cut their 2011 profit forecast by more than half on Monday as high oil ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Justice Dept probes airline ticket sellers: AMR
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division is probing whether third-party ticket-sellers violated antitrust law, with American Airlines, U.S ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Yemeni man charged in weekend airline incident
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - A Yemeni man accused of trying to break into the cockpit of an American Airlines flight from Chicago to San Francisco ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
EC VP says U.S. airline ownership talks productive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe is renewing its push for the United States to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines, arguing that access to a ...
Sun, April 10, 2011
Ricci to star in period airline drama
The former child star will play a flight attendant in the 1960s period series Pan Am.
TV Guide magazine reports the show will be ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
Airline performance better for third year: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two budget and one smaller airline company took the top three rankings for overall performance last year, according to research released on ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Airline co-pilot charged with flying drunk
By Robert Boczkiewicz
DENVER (Reuters) - A commercial airline pilot has been indicted on charges of flying drunk while serving as first officer in the ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
U.S. airline shares tumble on soaring oil prices
By Kyle Peterson
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. airline stocks tumbled on Tuesday, smacked by a spike in oil prices amid unrest in the Middle ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
U.S. trial for accused airline bomber set for October
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomb hidden in his underwear on Christmas ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
Trial for accused airline bomber set for October 4
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomb hidden in his underwear on Christmas ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
United Airline Duluth Service Marks 1st Anniversary
Friday marks the first anniversary of United Airline service from Duluth to Chicago and, from all indications, it has been a huge success. Since ...
Thu, December 16, 2010
Accused airline bomber arraigned on new U.S. charges
DETROIT (Reuters) - The man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomb hidden in his underwear last Christmas, Umar ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Director Smith encounters new airline trouble
The Clerks director checked in for his flight at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday morning (06Dec10), accompanied by his wife ...
Sun, November 21, 2010
U.S. security rethinking airline screening: Pistole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security officials will rethink the invasive airline passenger screening procedures that have caused a public uproar on the eve of ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
KLM airline backing Curacao space-flight venture
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is partnering with a commercial suborbital space-flight venture planning to operate out of ...
Mon, November 01, 2010
Airline passengers welcome new "no fly" rules
By Bernd Debusmann Jr.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airline passengers in New York welcomed stricter safety rules that went into effect on Monday, especially in ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
UK airline chief criticizes U.S. security demands
LONDON (Reuters) - The chairman of British Airways has criticized airport checks as "completely redundant" and said Britain should stop "kowtowing" to U.S. demands ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
Accused airline bomber waives right to fast U.S. trial
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomb hidden in his underwear last year ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
Accused airline bomber "not radicalized at UK university"
By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - A Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was not radicalized during his days ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
UAL and Continental close deal to form No. 1 airline
CHICAGO (Reuters) - UAL Corp <UAUA.O> and Continental Airlines Inc <CAL.N> closed their merger on Friday to form the world's largest carrier ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Accused airline bomber Abdulmutallab fires lawyers
By David Bailey
DETROIT (Reuters) - A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomb in his underwear ...
Fri, September 10, 2010
U.S. proposes new rest rules for airline pilots
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airlines would be required to give pilots longer rest periods and scale back duty time under a U.S ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
Bad health led to dog deaths on plane: airline
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The health of seven dogs that died on an American Airlines flight this month may have been "compromised" before take-off, the ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Airline results affirm recovery on track
By John Crawley and Deepa Seetharaman
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airline results on Thursday provided new evidence that the industry recovery is on track ...
Wed, July 21, 2010
Results mixed but U.S. airline recovery advances
By John Crawley and Deepa Seetharaman
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. airlines posted mixed results on Wednesday, with the sputtering U.S. economy ...
Wed, July 14, 2010
U.S. government report urges disclosure of airline fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and overseas airlines should be required to disclose all fees to ensure passengers, are fully informed about how much their ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Senate details failures finding airline bomber
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism agencies missed chances to prevent the Christmas Day airline bomb plot because of human ...
Wed, May 05, 2010
Government revamps airline "no-fly" after failed NY bomb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday ordered airlines to step up their efforts to prevent people on the "no-fly" list from boarding flights ...
Sun, May 02, 2010
UAL, Continental to form largest airline
By Deepa Seetharaman and Kyle Peterson
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines parent UAL Corp will buy Continental Airlines Inc for $3.17 billion ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
EU says ash cloud cost billions, plans airline aid
By Pete Harrison
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last week's volcanic ash cloud cost European Union airlines 1.5-2.5 billion euros ($2-3.3 billion), the ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
European skies open but airline schedules scrambled
By Maria Sheahan
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe's skies were open for business on Wednesday but, with so many planes having been grounded by the ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
New airline security measures announced
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced new security measures on Friday to replace the mandatory screening of air travelers from 14 ...
Sun, February 14, 2010
U.S. grants oneworld airline alliance antitrust immunity
By Julie Crust
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) gave its tentative approval to grant antitrust immunity to American Airlines <AMR ...
Sun, January 24, 2010
AIG's airline leasing unit CEO to leave: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of International Lease Finance Corp., the airline leasing company of American International Group <AIG.N>, is expected to ...
Sun, January 24, 2010
Washington soothes anger over new airline security
By Christian Lowe
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Extra airline security checks introduced after the failed Christmas Day bomb plot are still evolving, a senior U.S ...
Thu, January 21, 2010
U.S. officials defend handling of airline bomb case
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday defended its decision to charge a Nigerian man with trying to blow ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
Nigerian indicted in U.S. for airline bomb plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. grand jury on Wednesday indicted Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts for trying to blow up an American ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
CIA sat on dad's warning on airline bomb suspect: TV report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The father of the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Airline Bomb Attempt
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Al-Qaeda is claiming responsibility for the botched Christmas attack on an American passenger plane. A statement on the terrorist group ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
Airline shares weaker amid renewed terror concerns
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Airlines shares were broadly lower on Monday after a Nigerian man was charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines <DAL ...
Sun, December 27, 2009
TSA updates U.S. airline in-flight security rules
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will now give air captains discretion over when commercial airline passengers can move about ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
U.S. agency proposes change for airline union votes
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. National Mediation Board has proposed a sweeping rule change that would base the outcome of union elections at airlines ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
U.S. agency proposes change for airline union votes
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. National Mediation Board has proposed a sweeping rule change that would base the outcome of union elections at airlines ...
Thu, October 29, 2009
Price pressures ground airline sector recovery hopes
By Maria Sheahan
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Lufthansa <LHAG.DE> and the airline industry's representative body provided a gloomy outlook for the sector ...
Thu, October 29, 2009
U.S. labor agency mulls new airline union proposal: report
(Reuters) - National Mediation Board, a U.S. federal labor-management relations agency, is considering a proposal to allow airline workers to form unions with the ...
Tue, October 13, 2009
Delta sued by airline travelers' rights group
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc was charged in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday with conspiring to obtain emails and computer files of the ...
Wed, October 07, 2009
U.S. airline earnings may show signs of recovery
By Kyle Peterson
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. airline industry, battered severely in the last year by volatile fuel costs and an economic recession ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
CORRECTED: Airline workers may spread H1N1, expert says
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airline employees who report to work ill are more likely than sick passengers to spread infections such as the ...
Tue, September 15, 2009
Airline trade group forecasts deeper 2009 losses
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's airlines are expected to post losses totaling $11 billion this year as weak passenger traffic and ...
Tue, September 15, 2009
Airline trade group forecasts deeper losses for 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's airlines are expected to post losses of $11 billion this year, as weak passenger traffic and cargo demand pressures ...
Mon, September 14, 2009
Britons jailed for 9/11-scale airline bomb plot
By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - Three Britons were jailed for life on Monday for plotting a "terrorist outrage" on the scale of the September ...
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