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Transportation Chairman Williamson dead at 55
Texas Transportation Commission Chairman and former longtime state lawmaker Ric Williamson died Sunday of an apparent heart attack, officials said. He was 55.Read more : KHOU State News: 31.12.2007 04:40:00
Government ban on lithium batteries in checked luggage begins in 2008
WASHINGTON - To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation...Read more : Boston Herald News Opinion: 29.12.2007 01:32:00
Baggage ban on batteries begins
AP - To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday.Read more : Yahoo! News Most Viewed: 29.12.2007 01:25:00
JFK flight plan could result in traffic for MacArthur
The US Transportation Department's plan to limit flights during peak hours at New York's three major airports could mean more airlines will use Long Island MacArthur Airport in the future, but analysts say smaller carriers are more likely than bigger ones to operate at the Bohemia facility.Read more : Newsday Business News: 21.12.2007 03:18:00
AP Poll method, questions and results
AP - The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the Transportation Security Administration and air travel was conducted December 17-19, 2007, and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,004 adults from all states.Read more : Yahoo! News Politics News: 21.12.2007 03:04:00
Plan To Cap NYC Flights
After a year of record-setting flight delays, the Dept. of Transportation announced a deal to cap flights at one of the East Coast's busiest airports. Bill Plante reports.Read more : CBS News News Video: 20.12.2007 13:30:00
Feds order fewer flights at Kennedy Airport
In the most sweeping effort to date to ease congestion at New York's three major airports, US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Wednesday ordered a nearly 20 percent reduction of flights per hour during peak times at Kennedy beginning in March.Read more : Newsday New York City: 20.12.2007 09:36:00
New Transportation Deal Limits Flights
"Only On The Web:" The transportation department has announced a two year deal with the airlines to limit the amount of flights at Newark and JFK airports. Bill Plante previews the CBS Evening News.Read more : CBS News News Video: 20.12.2007 08:45:00
Airlines See Oil Bills Rise, Profits Decline
The global airline industry might be heading for a downturn in profitability because of higher oil prices, the International Air Transport Association warned.Read more : Wall Street Journal Travel: 13.12.2007 10:11:00
Gore in Norway to Get Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore arrived in Oslo on Friday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize he shared for the campaign against global warming, and shunned the traditional airport motorcade in favor of climate-friendly public transport....Read more : Associated Press World News: 07.12.2007 11:47:00