Transportation News

Union Pacific's efforts to reduce air pollution around the busy California ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have been recognized.

Christchurch businessman Mike Pero has called on the government and Air New Zealand to help resolve the ugly scrap over his plans for a flight to commemorate the Air New Zealand DC10 crash at Mt Erebus.

Holiday train chugs across upstate NY, helps the hungry BINGHAMTON, N.Y. Canadian Pacific has sent it's Christmas train, complete with red locomotive and decorated boxcars chugging off on its annual tour through eight U.S. states and six Canadian provinces.

* Golar Winter successfully completes commissioning in Brazil * Golar Freeze commences conversion at Keppel shipyard * Improvement in the market for spot trading vessels * Completion of equity offering in respect of Golar LNG Energy raising $117 million * Golar LNG Energy listed on Oslo stock exchange on October 8, 2009.

NATIONAL EXPRESS yesterday met with stiff opposition to its 360m cash call after nearly a third of votes went against the bus and rail firm.

AirTran Airways announced Friday new non-stop flights from Des Moines International to Orlando.

Canadian National Railway Co. locomotive engineers walked off the job at midnight Friday after mediated contract talks collapsed.

Animal fat, restaurant grease and vegetable oil will help power four Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives this winter to test if biodiesel fuel can stand up to a harsh Canadian winter.

"The newer airlines continue to do well in the survey. Being less expensive to operate, they can therefore afford to provide better service," -- Zagat.

About 70 New Zealanders stood in silence in the Antarctic snow Saturday to remember 257 people who perished 30 years earlier when an airplane smashed into a nearby mountain in New Zealand's worst air disaster.

Airline shares fell with the broader market on Friday, even though airline investors got something that would usually count as good news - falling oil prices.

A recently released federal report accuses the Federal Aviation Administration of endangering public safety by not changing landing procedures at Newark Liberty International Airport.

On Oct. 23, 2009 file image rendered from video and made available by KGW-TV in Portland, Ore., shows Northwest pilot Richard Cole at his home in Salem, Ore.

A 12-month construction project to enable Union Pacific trains to take a shorter, faster and more efficient route between the Bay Area and Reno over the Donner Pass is complete.

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to wrapping up its investigation of the parents who reported that their son floated away aboard a helium balloon.

Some may find seasonal jobs during the holidays Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 13:49 Aaron Williams has already received his first gift for the holidays: a temporary job with United Parcel Service that will run at least through the end of December.

According to a newspaper report the United States Postal Service has paid out $75 million to settle an overtime pay dispute with about 1,500 Pittsburgh-area employees.

As New York struggled to recover from the Sept. 11 terror attacks, an asbestos-cleanup company saw an opportunity for easy money, prosecutors said.

Dense fog is delaying some flights heading to the Washington and Baltimore areas for Thanksgiving.

An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on September 11 2001.