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UAL Corp., US Airways Group Inc., and eight other companies paid executives $350 million in the five years before the United States was forced to take over their underfunded employee pension plans, a government report said.

Continental Airlines Inc. said Thursday it matched a move by other carriers to raise surcharges for travel on a few peak days in March and April to $30 each way.

CSX Transportation unveiled two trains called GenSet Locomotives Thursday afternoon.

American Airlines says preparations for an investment in Japan Airlines Corp. are at an advanced stage after Delta Air Lines Inc.

New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer says the Federal Aviation Administration needs more resources to prevent problems like the computer glitch that's causing cancellations and flight delays nationwide.

Sir Richard Branson speaks to guests after dual inaugural flightsA arrived from Los Angeles and San Francisco at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, A Sir Richard Branson lent his flamboyant celebrity persona to Virgin America's debut in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, hoping to appeal to South Floridians' sense of cool.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday released its final 2010 budget proposal and its November financial plan for 2010-2013. The approximately $11 billion 2010 budget proposal is balanced with no fare increase or reductions to scheduled service, with the help of rescue legislation enacted in Albany in May.

Passengers at O'Hare and Midway airports may experience delays this morning because of a glitch in a computer system used to file flight plans, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Flight attendants for American Airlines, bitter over stalled contract negotiations, staged a fake strike Wednesday that included airport picket lines.

An airline passenger suffered a slight injury while coming down an escape slide when a charter plane made an emergency landing in Kansas after losing an engine.Allegiant Air spokeswoman Sabrina LoPiccolo says the MD-80 was carrying 125 passengers from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Laughlin, Nev., on Wednesday night and had stopped at Mid-Continent Airport in ...

In this Dec. 14, 2007, file photo, a traveler uses a Delta Airlines credit card to buy an airline e-ticket at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.

Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. has hired a financial adviser and a law firm to help the company come up with a plan for a possible offer for all or some of General Growth Properties Inc.

The Atlanta City Council Monday approved a seven-year extension of Delta Air Lines Inc.

It soon will be harder to avoid advertising if you fly on one major carrier. AirTran Airways is installing ads on the bottom of seat-back tray tables on all its planes.

Delta is 'by far the strongest partner for Japan Airlines,' company president Edward Bastian told reporters in Tokyo.

Elite-level frequent flyers on Continental Airlines and its new alliance partner, United Airlines , are getting upgraded service starting in mid-2010. The two airlines announced Tuesday that members of each carrier's frequent flyer program who have earned elite status will receive unlimited, complimentary domestic upgrades on flights operated by ...

Union Pacific Railroad will have to defend itself from a lawsuit by a former employee who says the company should have done a better job protecting her against West Nile virus.

American Airlines is dropping its plans to bring mainline jet service back to Little Rock National Airport.

The federal government might get to collect billions of dollars in court-ordered restitution under a new divorce decree between imprisoned former Cendant Corp.