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Air France had a short stay at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. It launched flights to Paris in May 2001, but shut down eight months later.

Listen here Today in 1971, Northwest Airlines flight 305 began a scheduled run between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, an easy flight by airline standards.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has yet to decide whether to come up with emergency regulations to allow foreign workers to travel in and out of the CNMI as a federal judge suggested last week, or to issue a new set of rules for the transitional worker program, even as DHS officially took over CNMI immigration at 12:01am on Saturday.

Delta Air Lines has inked a new extension with food vendor gategroup. View Larger Delta Air Lines Inc.

Air traffic controllers asked the Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis repeatedly about what had happened on the plane, according to transcripts released Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Brent Jang O rders for regional jets are expected to trail the broader economy's recovery by up to two years, leaving Bombardier Inc.

San Antonio Aerospace next week will seek $600,000 in tax breaks from the city in return for expanding operations at San Antonio International Airport.

As the 1960s began, questions about the future of Bloomsburg's airport hung in the air.

A proposed change in the operation of flights from Greater Rochester International Airport to LaGuardia Airport in New York City could be just the thing that local business travelers want.

The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2009 with 37 to follow. The moon is waxing.

Airlines add more surcharges for travel during holidays and other peak periods including Easter.

As Clevelanders worry about the future of their airport, they might find lessons 100 miles east in Pittsburgh.

Jim Carney and Nina Wingfield help Doberman pinscher Sammie aboard Carney's plane in Olive Branch on Friday morning.

More than a year after Delta Air Lines closed its acquisition of Northwest Airlines, it has yet to solve one of the most vexing issues in the merger - whether flight attendants and ground workers will unionize.

Major U.S. airlines' "going to see Grandma" surcharges are piling up this holiday season, and my, what big teeth they have.

When two airline pilots flew past their destination last month because they were intently focused on their laptops, several lawmakers likened it to drivers trying to text behind the wheel, and they introduced bills to ban personal electronic devices from the cockpit.

United Airlines was among the airlines on Tuesday that confirmed it will cost travelers more to fly on certain busy days next year.

The number of arrivals and departures continued to increase in October at the Elmira Corning Regional Airport, according to the airport's monthly activity report released Tuesday.

Four Part Series Examines Design Problems with the DC-10 Airliner. In 1966, American and United Airlines were looking for a wide body airliner able to operate from the shorter runways found in tier two cities.

Jerome Jacobson was identified as the leader of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam.

Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot the Minneapolis, Minnesota, airport are appealing a decision to revoke their licenses, a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said Thursday.

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration had strong words Friday for two Northwest Airlines pilots, who overshot the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last month, but he also turned the spotlight on his agency, saying that air traffic controllers failed to communicate during shift changes and notified the military too late that ...

A passenger deals with the ramifications of lost luggage. Photo courtesy of www.travelagentcentral.com The recent exposure of "The Luggage Thieves" at the Phoenix airport has all travelers asking how they can avoid becoming the next victim of a missing bag.

The government's reaction to an out-of-communication jet that flew past its destination last month was marred by poor communication and a failure to notify the military for more than an hour, officials said Friday.

A United Airlines pilot who failed a breath test shortly before he was due to take off has been charged with having too much alcohol in his system, British police said.

Nearly a dozen U.S. commercial pilots a year test positive for alcohol while attempting to fly, according to federal aviation regulators who are investigating the latest incident in London this week.

United Airlines 757 Police arrested a United Airlines pilot Monday who flunked a Breathalyzer test at London Heathrow Airport minutes before his Boeing 767 jet was to take off for Chicago.

United Airlines Flight 949, with 124 passengers and a crew of 11, was ready to push back from the gate at London's Heathrow Airport and head to Chicago Monday afternoon when authorities boarded and the pilot left the cockpit for a breathalyzer test.

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles a few weeks back don't have anything on the U.S. Air Force.

Every time a weather issue like a hurricane or tropical storm occurs, travelers are left wondering... Will my flight be able to be changed? Will I have to pay an extra fee? During the past several months, when storms have threatened safe travel, the major airlines have offered to allow passengers to rebook within a certain time period without a ...

The percentage of airline flights in September that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Last week I wrote of the two pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 20 minutes or so.

Back on Oct. 26, a Northwest Airlines flight flew over its intended landing spot in Minneapolis by 150 miles before the pilots recognized the error and turned around.

Transcript Expecting journalists not to speculate is like expecting chimps not to scratch themselves.

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles have prompted the Obama administration to broaden its look at distracted driving to include distracted flying, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday.

North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan will propose a measure to ban the use of laptop computers and other "personal electronic devices" in airliner cockpits in response to the distraction of two Northwest Airlines pilots last month that they say led to their missing their destination of Minneapolis.

If your most recent flight felt crowded, it was. Most domestic airlines reported that the load factor - the percentage of seats filled - topped 80 percent for the third quarter as carriers cut flights out of their schedules.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 5:57 pm US/Mountain LONGMONT, Colo. 1 of 1 Two Northwest Airlines pilots have lost their licenses due to their behavior during a flight in which they overshot their destination by 150 miles.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday determined that there was ample time and distance between a pair of passenger jetliners that came within 80 feet of each other during a runway incursion reported last week at Los Angeles International Airport.

Delta Air Lines plans to add new nonstop service from Detroit Metro Airport to Hong Kong and Seoul, South Korea, making good on its promise to transform its second-largest hub into a gateway to Asia.

The union for Northwest Airlines flight attendants withdrew its request for a union vote, opting to wait for potential new rules that could make it easier to organize workers at the combined Delta Air Lines.

Workers at U.S. airlines and railroads would have an easier time forming unions under a rule proposed by the National Mediation Board.

Visalia police officer Jon Pree graduated from the school of hard knocks, except his was on two wheels, traveled on high-speed slalom runs.

The nation's top aviation official says the Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a larger problem of professionalism among commercial airline pilots.

NEW YORK - Organized labor appears to be gaining the upper hand in the skies and on rails, as labor and business battle for influence under the Obama administration.

Within hours after the NTSB interviewed the pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, the world knew they had used laptop computers in the cockpit of their aircraft.

The Association of Flight Attendants union withdrew its application for an election at Delta Air Lines, saying it wants to wait for a proposed rule change that would make it easier for the union to win.

A pair of Continental Airlines 737's park at the terminal while another jet lands at Houston's Bush International Airport.

The domestic airline sector had been the subject of low-flying buzz. But consumer perception took a turn for the worse when Northwest Airlines Flight 188 missed its destination due to pilots who had their heads in the clouds.

Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Thursday that would transform the insurance market, create a government-run insurance plan and levy new taxes on the rich.

Workers at U.S. airlines and railroads would have an easier time forming unions if the National Mediation Board succeeds in changing a 75-year-old rule on union organizing.

The office of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., issued the following news release: The pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, which overshot its destination by 150 miles while carrying 147 passengers from San Diego to Minneapolis last week, have told authorities that they were at least partially distracted by laptop computers in the cockpit.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is adding distracted flying to his distracted driving initiative thanks to the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis by 150 miles.

Maybe it's just us, but one of the best places to catch a nap is on a commercial airliner.

If your most recent flight felt crowded, it was. Most domestic airlines reported that the load factor - the percentage of seats filled - topped 80 percent for the third quarter as carriers cut flights out of their schedules.

Think about this. Before terrorism fears locked them up, flight deck doors were often kept open on airplanes.

A Delta 747 prepares to depart Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Delta accounts for more than 75 percent of the passengers and pays $120 million a year in its current lease.

A Northwest Airlines flight en route to Las Vegas was forced to return to the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport after hitting a flock of pigeons, officials said.

The approach of cold-weather season reminds me of tarmac delays. Like the Northwest Airlines flights grounded during a 1999 blizzard at Detroit's Metro Airport, leaving passengers without water or working toilets for more than seven hours.

This time, he required coffee. And Doug Gibbs doesn't like coffee; he's more of a Coke guy when he needs a boost.