U.S. and Guyana probe chemical threat to airlines
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana  - American and Guyanese authorities said they were investigating on Saturday a threatened chemical attack against U.S. airlines flying out of the tiny Caribbean country.
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The government needs to do a better job monitoring and inspecting hazardous materials shipped aboard airlines, according to a report released Friday by the Transportation Department's inspector general.
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The crash of Comair flight 5191 at the airport in Lexington highlights both the remarkable record of the FAA in keeping the skies safe and the long-running concerns that the biggest threats may be on the ground
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US transportation officials on Monday launched a probe into the holiday air travel mess at US Airways and Delta Air Lines&#39; Comair that left thousands of passengers stranded and others without luggage.
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Philadelphia - The United States&#39; top transportation official ordered an investigation of two airlines that cancelled hundreds of flights over the holiday weekend because of computer and staffing problems, stranding thousands of travellers.
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Drinking water on commercial airliners will be checked more frequently after the Environmental Protection Agency found evidence of harmful bacteria in the water of one of every eight planes tested.
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Business & money: Airline says environmental campaigns against low-cost flying are affecting demand.
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The U.S. Justice Department said on  Thursday it was investigating possible anticompetitive  practices in airline passenger fares and cargo shipments, hours  after UK authorities raided British Airways Plc in what was  described as a transatlantic probe.
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Scientists advising the US government said Monday that they have found evidence of an association between lung cancer in Gulf War veterans and exposure to combustible products used in the war.
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NEW YORK, 19 September 2004 - With a successive series of hurricanes ravaging the Caribbean and the southeast United States, US lawmakers and environmentalists met this week to examine if these climate changes are due, in part, to greenhouse-gas
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The government and a dozen airlines struck a deal Tuesday requiring sanitation improvements and increased testing of drinking water aboard aircraft after officials found evidence of harmful bacteria in the water of one in every eight planes tested.
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LONDON -- Officials have found traces of radiation on two British Airways jets, and the airline appealed yesterday to tens of thousands of passengers who flew to or from Moscow and other cities to come forward as investigators widened the search for clues into the poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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The U.S. government wants airlines  to turn over information on more than a million people who  traveled in June to test a new system for identifying  passengers who may pose a security risk, officials said on  Tuesday.
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The Department of Transportation launched a formal investigation yesterday into the weekend's travel disruptions at US Airways and Comair that left thousands of passengers stranded or separated from their baggage.
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An alleged terror plot with Caribbean roots has raised U.S. concerns about the vulnerability of the region's ports that are used to transit oil, natural gas and millions of American cruise ship passengers each year.
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Description: The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its work to the friendly skies. After random testing found contaminants, the agency decided to start regulating the water aboard airplanes.
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A group representing business travelers was expected to ask the US Congress on Tuesday to draft plans in the event that several major airlines are forced to liquidate.