Southwest Airlines Reports 6.4% August Traffic Boost
Southwest Airlines Co. on Wednesday reported a 2.1 percentage points increase in load factor for the month of August, with a 6.4% rise in traffic compared to the same month last year.
Delta and US Airways Abandon Plan to Exchange Slots at LaGuardia and Reagan National Airports
In a letter to the Department of Transportation today, Delta Air Lines and US Airways said they are dropping a plan to swap slots at LaGuardia Airport in New York and Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
On This Day in Aviation History: December 12th
An Arrow Air DC-8 carrying U.S. soldiers crashes in Canada, Chuck Yeager hits Mach 2.5, and more...
March 16th in Aviation History: Boeing 767 Sets Twin-Engine Distance Record
A Boeing 767 flies from Lisbon to Seattle, Gemini 8 launches from Florida, a Flying Tiger Super Connie goes missing over the Pacific, and more...
Photo: US Air Force C-5 Galaxy Eats State-of-the-Art Missile Defense Satellite
The US Air Force has taken delivery of a first-of-its-kind SBIRS GEO-1 missile detection spacecraft, to be launched atop an Atlas V rocket in early May.