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Aviation’s path: bigger planes, fewer flights

January 30, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

As the nation's largest aircraft manufacturer and top airlines grapple with thousands of layoffs, airline executives said their business practices would change dramatically as a result of last week's terrorist...

Fear of flying cripples carriers

March 28, 2019 at 12:24 p.m.

Never before has fear of flying had such dire economic consequences. A week after hijackers pulled off the deadliest terror attack ever, the nation's airlines careened toward financial disaster as...

Bush urges airline bailout

March 28, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

Pounded by Wall Street and imposing big layoffs in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks, U.S. airlines on Monday received some reassurance from President Bush, who ordered the development...

Share prices tumble amid layoffs, canceled flights

March 29, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

Shares of the nation's major airlines plunged more than 40 percent when trading opened today, as worried travelers canceled flights and asked for refunds. Overall, about $6 billion was sheared...

Lines grow, but jets half full

January 30, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.

Airline traffic continued to increase Saturday, but many flights flew at far below capacity, an indication that other carriers soon will follow the lead of Continental Airlines, which Saturday announced...

Stricter security slowing rebound for air travel

January 30, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.

More passenger jets filled the nation's skies Friday, but hourslong waits in ticket counter lines and a gantlet of new, vastly stricter security measures underscored that America's commercial air travel...

United Airlines bears heavy financial burden

March 29, 2019 at 2:53 p.m.

Even before the World Trade Center disaster, United Airlines parent UAL Corp. was facing significant profit problems. In the wake of this week's terrorist attacks, experts say UAL's woes, along...

Flights trickle out of reopened airports

August 21, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

The federal government reopened the nation's sky to commercial air traffic Thursday, but progress in restoring America's treasured liberty of unrestrained travel was slow. About 50 of the nation's 458...

FAA demands tougher security

January 30, 2019 at 11:55 a.m.

The nation's fleet of commercial aircraft was grounded Wednesday for the second straight day, disrupting the travel plans of millions of Americans, and federal officials said the grounding would continue...

Airlines prepare for daunting task: Restarting system

March 28, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

The unprecedented nationwide grounding of commercial flights in the minutes after Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington has left the airline industry with one of the most monumental...

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