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Passenger revenue among U.S. airlines fell 15 percent in October compared to the same month last year, an industry trade group said Friday.
Small aircraft flying over the Hudson River near New York City are now following new flight rules.
While Texas maintains a firm grip on the dubious title of the nation's most prolific industrial polluter, an environmental group's report Thursday found that wind power and other cleaner energy sources have helped cut emissions linked to global warming in the state.
Mesa Air Group Inc. said Friday that United Airlines did not extend an agreement under which Mesa operated 26 regional jets for the larger carrier.
James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cutting formal ties with the organization that he founded more than 30 years ago, the evangelical group said Friday.
Cargo hauler Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. reported sharply higher third-quarter profit Monday, helped by stronger demand and reduced costs.
In a move praised by activists as a way to save lives but criticized by industry as potentially driving up electricity costs, the Obama administration has agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic emissions of mercury, soot and other chemicals from all coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
Military explosives experts destroyed a 500-pound bomb Saturday that had been jettisoned by an F-16 pilot making an emergency landing.
Improvements it has made in on-time performance and being insulated from the slump in international travel helped Alaska Air Group post a profit for the third quarter.
Alaska Air Group Inc., operator of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reports third-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
For 15 years, environmentalists have complained that state regulations have allowed the powerful oil and chemical industries to skirt Clean Air Act standards in Texas, the nation's foremost producer of industrial air pollution.
Two small planes at a recreational pilots gathering in central Louisiana collided in the air, killing two and injuring two.
If the communication system fails at Andrews Air Force Base near the nation's capitol, airmen in North Dakota will be ready to take over.
Federal regulators who ruled Texas' often-criticized oversight of industrial air pollution is out of line with federal law are taking the first step to change the state's air-permit rules.
The air traffic controller banters and chuckles, engrossed in a teasing phone call with a giggling friend, unaware that two aircraft are on a collision course over New York's Hudson River.
The pilot of a plane involved in a mid-air collision over the Hudson River read back the wrong radio frequency to an air traffic controller but wasn't corrected by the controller, a federal safety official said Wednesday.
Airplane and helicopter pilot groups lauded the proposed changes to the airspace over the Hudson River Thursday, while air traffic controllers braced for the possibility of an increased workload the new regulations could produce.
Alaska Air Group Inc.'s subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, have launched a fare sale throughout their networks for travel through February.
A leading U.S. stunt pilot was killed Saturday when her light aircraft crashed at an aerobatic show in central England.
The International Air Transport Association on Monday said that worldwide passenger traffic may have stabilized in June, in part because lower fares got more people on planes.
In an Aug. 14 story about the actions of air traffic controllers at the time of a midair collision over the Hudson River, The Associated Press erroneously reported a response by the airplane pilot. The pilot acknowledged an instruction to change radio frequency, not an instruction to turn his plane southwest.
A helicopter hit by a small plane over the Hudson River wasn't initially visible to an air traffic controller handling the plane, federal safety officials say in a revised account of the deadly collision.
A video shot by a tourist shows a small plane soaring over the Hudson River before clipping a sightseeing helicopter, sending them both plummeting toward the water, killing nine people.
When a small plane collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River last week, it was only the second time in decades that crowded skies near Manhattan led to a midair crash.
More than 500 mourners gathered to remember the members of a Philadelphia-area family killed when their single-engine plane collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River.
U.S. Reviews Air Defenses to Thwart Terror From the SkiesCOLORADO SPRINGS — The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept.
A Better way to flyEveryone hates flying, but these new innovations in terminals and airplanes might change the reasons why you hate it.
China's Weather Manipulation Brings Crippling Snowstorm to BeijingIn The People's Republic of China, it's no secret that the Party controls just about everything. But as Beijing suffers through its second major snowstorm this season, residents are growing weary of their leadership's control-freak tendencies.
Take a deep breath -- more bad news on air pollutionIt's easy to see how air pollution would affect respiratory disease: You breathe in smog-filled miasma all day and the ozone, other noxious gases and small particulate matter therein can make you wheeze and cough.
Zbig Brzezinski: Obama Administration Should Tell Israel U.S. Will Attack Israeli Jets if They Try to Attack IranThe national security adviser for former President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, suggests that President Obama should make it clear to Israel that if they should make an attempt to attack Iran's nuclear weapons sites, the U.S. Air Force will stop them.
Shuttle Discovery Lands In California To Complete ISS Supply MissionKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Forced to stay in orbit an extra day because of foul weather in Florida, space shuttle Discovery made a picture-perfect landing at NASA's backup landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California this evening to cap off an equally successful space sta …
Small Plane Crashes In Lebanon CountyA small plane crashed in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, this afternoon, according to county officials.
Houseplants Make Air Healthier: StudyHouseplants can neutralize harmful ozone, making indoor air cleaner, according to a study published in the April-June 2009 issue of the journal HortTechnology.
Federal Interagency Committee for Indoor Air Quality Environmental Protection Agency - EPA - June 3, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPA DOCUMENT
A Soldier's Eye in the Sky - Hovering Drones, Sensors, & Rockets in a Box...the new drones, made by Honeywell, are designed to hover over a crucial spot on a battlefield like helicopters, instead of flying in a wide circle.
Another HOA attempts to ban clotheslines citing "safety concerns"A senior community has decided to ban clotheslines with the reasoning that senior citizens may be jogging through each others' backyards at night and strangle themselves on the 7 foot high clotheslines.
Plague Kills 2 Men in Remote China; Town Quarantined A second man died of pneumonic plague in a remote area of northwestern China as officials quarantined a town to stop the pneumonia-causing disease spreading.
When Your Car Stinks, Your Life Stinks, TooA Dallas inventor says your smelly car is the reason you're high-strung, overweight and terrible at your job
Terror link to Air France crash? | csmonitor.comTwo passengers' names match those of Al-Qaeda suspects. But experts caution that it's too early to tell if the link is legitimate.
Gay officer may be ousted after 18 years - Air Force News, news from IraqFehrenbach's experience as an instructor-level weapons systems officer included time in both the F-15E Strike Eagle and the EF-111 Raven. Missions took him over Baghdad during the 2003 invasion, above Afghanistan in 2002 and into the Balkans for Operation Allied Force in 1999.
French: No sign of problem with Air France jet - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsWhether Chief pilot is at the controls or not is unclear when Air France Fl. AF447 Airbus A330-200 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean with 228 passengers and crews onboard. (AP)
True Story - When the Foe is a FriendThis is a story of two brave men who chose compassion.
World's first battery fuelled by airScientists say the revolutionary 'STAIR' (St Andrews Air) battery could now pave the way for a new generation of electric cars, laptops and mobile phones. The cells are charged in a traditional way but as power is used or 'discharged' an open mesh section of battery draws in oxy …
Air in Spain is laced with cocaine Sniff the air in Barcelona or Madrid, scientists say, and you'll inhale not only carbon dioxide but possibly cocaine too. Pollution plagues Spanish cities, but a new study reports the air in those two is also laced with drugs - notably cocaine.
Flu-Fighting GadgetsFight the Flu with these gadgets. For $10.95 you can order a keyring nanosilver hook that will open doors and flip light switches in public places, one of the easiest ways to pick up viruses. The cell phone size UV light can kill bacteria on silverware and glasses.
More Than Half of Americans Living with Dirty Air - MSN Health & Fitness - Health TopicsMy child has Asthama and each year we have to keep him inside because of the air quality alerts. He is an active 11 year old.
Every administration will have in place the people required to take advantage of technology. This technology will allow this group to do what needs to be done to put their party in the correct light.
So the president didn't know that his pimped out ride was out "tree topping" Manhattan for a photo op. Now before we all go pointing fingers, and crying foul, hear me out. This could happen to anybody.
Here's the lead story, "A Boeing 747 used by the president was escorted over lower Manhattan by two Air Force fighter jets Monday as part of a government photo opportunity, causing a brief panic among office workers near ground zero.
California May Ban Black Cars (Seriously)The California legislature is considering regulating the color of cars and reflectivity of paint to reduce the energy requirements to cool them. A presentation on the proposed legislation by the California Air Resources Board is below.
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