Transportation News

Developer Larry Silverstein must raise $625 million in order to qualify for $1.2 billion of financing from The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as part of rebuilding the towers on the World Trade Center site, according to a report in The New York Times .

Former Alabama State Docks Director Robert Milton Hope is being remembered for his long service to the port of Mobile.

Associated Press Photo a ' The world's three largest container cranes are shown arriving at the Port of Virginia aboard a freighter from Shanghai, China.

Richard Ravitch, a well-respected businessman who guided New York City out of near bankruptcy in the 1970s, is being called on by Gov.

Handout picture released by the Brazilian Navy showing recovered debris of the Air France aircraft lost in midflight over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 on board a Brazilian Navy Corvette at Recife's harbour on June 19, 2009.

The union that represents flight attendants who worked for Northwest Airlines before it was bought by Delta Air Lines is crying foul over Delta's failure to offer bigger sizes for its signature red dress uniform designed by Richard Tyler.

Some commuters are in for a smoother ride Friday, when new rail cars hit the tracks of the PATH train system for the first time in more than 20 years.

The Transportation Department on Friday granted Continental Airlines Inc. immunity from antitrust laws to work closely with other airlines, including United Air Lines, on international service.

A New Jersey brewery is using the state's congested and often-derided turnpike to promote its beer, an idea that concerns the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a group that opposes drinking and driving.

San Francisco International Airport officials say a Northwest Airlines jet carrying 194 passengers suffered an engine problem after takeoff, forcing it to return to the airport.

The economy has put a damper on a lot of Iowa families' plans for vacations this summer, but, Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge says she has a solution.

Tidewater Inc., which provides water transportation for the petroleum industry, said Thursday its board has authorized it to repurchase up to $200 million in shares of its common stock.

U.S. airlines have cut many flights and they are getting better at staying on schedule with their remaining flights, as more trips arrived on time in May than a year earlier.

More than 600 pieces of Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied further for clues into the June 1 crash, Airbus said Thursday.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. is embarking on its largest single-season expansion to date, adding 11 new destinations in U.S. and the Caribbean next winter.

Delta Air Lines and Virgin Blue Airline Group of Australia have announced plans to form a joint venture codeshare alliance between the United States and the South Pacific.

The Coast Guard is searching for five people whose plane went down off Florida's Gulf Coast.

ALBANY -- Gov. David Paterson named Richard Ravitch lieutenant governor to help end the standoff in New York's Senate.

Share + Jul 8, 2009 4:16 pm US/Eastern A runway at New York City's Kennedy Airport was shut down Wednesday morning after 78 turtles emerged from the bay and crawled onto the tarmac.

Officials at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are deciding whether to simplify the names of its two terminals.