Transportation News

Two U.S. lawmakers with antitrust oversight have urged the Obama administration to carefully review a planned merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group to ensure that it will not lead to higher prices for air travelers.

A federal bank that backed a huge airplane loan for Air India will have to explain that the loan didn't hurt U.S. airlines.

Charges have been filed against a Colorado man accused of making threats onboard a Frontier Airlines flight last weekend.

Federal Aviation Administration investigators were set to visit the scene of an ultralight plane crash that killed a western Pennsylvania pilot.

Last week, we told you that the opening date for the first phase of Metro's Silver Line may have been pushed back to January after concerns over a contractor's use of the Automatic Train Control system on the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa along with Port of Los Angeles officials announce new 28 acre research facility AltaSea at City Dock No.

All the passengers on a New York City-to-Long Island commuter train that derailed in a tunnel under the East River have been safely removed.

Thrifty Car Rental says it's sorry, but many customers who were offered a free one-day rental won't be getting that after all.

The Federal Aviation Administration says a United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco from Honolulu turned around because of an unspecified electrical problem.

Delta on June 4 said it will trim flights and cut 230 jobs in Memphis, its smallest hub.

The Los Angeles Times says more than 110 Metropolitan Transportation Authority drivers have signed a petition demanding a halt to the spraying, at least 14 are pursuing workers' compensation claims and a few are on medical leave or have quit.

Top row, from left: Clete Brewer, George Makris Jr., Scott Ford and Judy McReynolds.

In this article, I suggest that Canadian National Railway -- a Quebec-based railroad company with operations in North America -- is an excellent low risk investment that will likely provide outsized returns over the long term.

Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is ending its year-round service between Rockford and Denver.

The Federal Aviation Administration is working on new regulations that would allow the use of small, commercial drones.

The crash occurred about 5:40 p.m. in the Dead Mountain Wilderness area north of Needles, about 2 miles west of Avi Casino.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the jet was flying from Philadelphia to Dallas, where Bush lives.

Here are some guidelines for packaging your valuables. * Use a rigid box with its flaps intact.

The companies last week named eight senior executives, including five from US Airways and three from American parent AMR Corp. AMR and US Airways Group Inc. hope to complete their proposed merger this summer.

A PLANE travelling between Egypt and the US has made an emergency landing at a Scottish airport after a suspicious note was found in a toilet.