California | Local | Dan Weikel | January 21, 2009
Hit hard by a deepening recession and persistent declines in air travel, the number of passengers at Los Angeles International Airport dropped by almost 3 million in 2008, reversing the airport's slow recovery from 9/11 and the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak of 2003, new figures show.
National | Dan Weikel | January 16, 2009
Commercial and private pilots report thousands of incidents a year where birds hit their aircraft, but the vast majority of the potentially dangerous encounters do not result in substantial damage or serious crashes.
Business | January 8, 2009
U.S. airline traffic fell in 2008 for only the fifth time since the government began tracking the data 35 years ago as the global economy weakened and carriers slashed schedules.
National | Cynthia Dizikes | January 3, 2009
After helping deliver the District of Columbia's first baby of 2009, Dr. Kashif Irfan boarded a flight to Orlando, Fla., with his wife, three children and other relatives to participate in a weekend retreat on the peaceful practice of Islam.
National | Carol J. Williams | December 24, 2008
On the Friday after Christmas two years ago, more than 13,000 passengers -- out of food, water and patience -- were cooped up in planes that had been circling closed airports or idling on tarmacs for as long as 11 hours.
California | Local | James Wagner | December 2, 2008
Normally, a flight from San Salvador to Los Angeles takes 4 1/2 hours. On Sunday, however, a TACA International Airlines flight took nearly 14 hours, with nine of them spent on the ground as passengers clamored for relief.
Business | November 12, 2008
A federal task force that spent nearly a year wrestling with ways to assist people delayed for hours aboard planes parked on tarmacs has come up with final recommendations -- none of which requires airlines and airports to do anything.
