Pfizer Inc.'s once promising anti-smoking drug Chantix received another blow Wednesday after a nonprofit group's report about serious physical side effects prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban the drug's use by pilots and air traffic controllers. ...more

May 22, 2008

The government says it can trim a month or more off the hiring process for air-traffic controllers. ...more

February 16, 2008

Domestic airline delays in 2007 were the second worst on record, the Transportation Department said Tuesday. ...more

February 6, 2008

Flights in the United States were late more than 26 percent of the time last year, a slightly better performance than in 2000, when airlines were tardy 27.4 percent of the time. The federal government began collecting airlines on-time data in 1995. ...more

February 6, 2008

A helicopter pilot was killed when his small craft crashed into a freeway and burst into flames, authorities said. ...more

January 27, 2008

In an uncertain market, especially, independent contractors tend to do exceedingly well because companies are reluctant to beef up their payrolls and make permanent full-time hiring commitments. ...more

January 13, 2008

Experienced air traffic controllers are retiring faster this year than the government projected and their union says the remaining veterans can no longer safely handle peak volumes in major markets. ...more

January 11, 2008

Air travelers face a high risk of a catastrophic collision on a U.S. airport runway because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked air traffic controllers, congressional investigators said Wednesday. ...more

December 6, 2007

Federal officials plan to free up military airspace to ease Christmas holiday travel as it did for Thanksgiving. Striking a deal with the weatherman, however, may actually work better. ...more

November 27, 2007

President Bush on Thursday proposed that airlines be allowed to fly through unused military airspace during holiday travel periods to ease congestion and delays, in particular on East Coast routes serving Florida. ...more

November 16, 2007