Air Transportation Industry

Southwest, BWI aim for international flights

2013-06-08 12:08:00

Southwest Airlines and BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport are talking about adding overseas flights, perhaps as early as 2015. "International is going to grow at BWI, and it's going to grow with Southwest," said Paul Wiedefeld, the airport's executive...

Anne Arundel's longtime top prosecutor closes the case

2013-06-09 07:12:00

He's come out on top in six contested elections as a Democrat in an increasingly conservative county, and has withstood criticism that he's both too soft and too tough, appeased minorities and disappointed minorities, said too little and said too much....

Book fuels fascination with airplane wrecks

2013-06-06 14:11:00

I have always been fascinated with shipwrecks, the granddaddy being the Titanic, followed by the Andrea Doria, and the nether world where they dwell, tragic relics frozen in time. Wrecked airplanes also do it for me. I remember looking at an issue of...

Temporary checkpoint closures set this week at BWI

2013-06-02 10:33:56

Security checkpoints at the two busiest concourses at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport will be temporarily closed at separate times this week to allow for construction, officials said. The two checkpoints serve airline gates for Southwest Airlines and its...

The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it

2013-05-06 08:57:00

In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...

New police commander no stranger to Towson

2013-05-21 09:05:00

Even though he's barely been in charge of the Towson precinct for a week, Capt. Richard Howard is no stranger to operations there. When Howard was working most recently in the community resources division at Baltimore County Police headquarters on Joppa...

Airline baggage and reservation change fees hit record, but you can avoid them

2013-05-17 05:00:00

As you shop for airfare for your summer vacation, don’t overlook the cost of fees for bags or changing a reservation that can add quite a bit to your travel bill. Airlines collected a record $6.1 billion last year in these fees, according to the...

Amateur airplane builders aren't deterred by fatal crash

2013-05-13 18:16:00

Wings stood off to one side. The propeller lay in a carton. But the main part of Carl Kesselring's pet project was clearly recognizable as an airplane in progress. "I don't have fear of getting in an airplane," he said, standing in a hangar in...

Five Md. air traffic towers will remain open

2013-05-10 14:51:00

Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that are part of 149 "low activity" towers nationwide will remain open through the end of the September, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The towers, including those at Martin State...

Big surprise: Congress takes care of its own

2013-05-07 06:00:00

Why is anyone surprised that Congress acted so quickly to rescind the air traffic controllers' furloughs? Business travelers and the 1 percent are where the airlines make their money — and also where politicians get their campaign donations....

Only an incompetent government would resort to a tactic like the sequester

2013-05-02 10:30:00

The government's handling of the sequester is a perfect example of how inept it is ("Lawmakers ease airline delays," April 27). A business would lay off employees who are not essential to its operations. The government lays off the air traffic...

Md. airport towers appear safe from federal cuts

2013-05-01 17:52:17

Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been scheduled to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, lawmakers said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could back up flights at BWI...

JetBlue Airways E-190 aircraft

2013-06-12 08:44:05

A passenger waits at Nice International airport during a strike by French air traffic controllers

2013-06-11 00:00:00

Heat fans get ready for the start of Game 1 of the NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena. NBA Finals. Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs. American Airlines Arena, Miami Florida. 6/6/13. Jim Rassol, Sun Sentinel

2013-06-06 00:00:00