Airline industry woes are giving airports across the nation a shrinking feeling. ...more

August 14, 2008

Tampa International Airport managers have set goals for 2009, including steps they need to take to maintain the number of nonstop destinations airlines offer out of Tampa during the airline industry's continued downturn. ...more

August 13, 2008

Dramatic fare increases and flagging demand for travel may test Tampa International Airport in the year ahead, its director says, but the groundwork will continue for its largest expansion project in 40 years. ...more

August 8, 2008

I borrow the words of Thomas Paine, "These are the times that try men's souls." Although those familiar words were written in 1776, they have meaningful application in contemporary America as she struggles on the domestic and international scenes. Our nation suffers from an incompetent president and an impotent Congress. As a result of their collective domestic and foreign failures, America's future, quite literally, swings in the wind. ...more

July 29, 2008

TAMPA - JetBlue Airways on Nov. 2 will inaugurate a daily flight between Tampa International Airport and Westchester County Airport, which serves New York, Connecticut and some New Jersey areas. ...more

July 15, 2008

The impact of skyrocketing aviation fuel prices could result in massive job losses, declining business activity and reduced tourism as early as the second half of 2008, the Business Travel Coalition, a Radnor, Pa.,-based business consumer group, warned Monday. ...more

June 24, 2008

Ben Dike had just paid $160 to check two suitcases that exceeded Delta Air Lines' 50-pound weight limit, so the idea of luggage fees didn't sit well with the Tampa businessman. ...more

June 16, 2008

TAMPA - Ben Dike had just paid $160 to check two suitcases that exceeded Delta Airlines' 50-pound weight limit, so the idea of luggage fees didn't sit well with the Tampa businessman. ...more

June 15, 2008

CHICAGO - Baggage fees are fast becoming an unavoidable part of U.S. flying - three of the largest carriers now charge $15 for a first checked bag. No. 2 United Airlines and No. 7 US Airways announced their new fees on Thursday, three weeks after No. 1 American Airlines set the precedent for the charge. ...more

June 13, 2008

Passengers flying tiny SeaCoast Airlines between St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport and Key West gather in what looks more like a cozy family room than an airport terminal. ...more

June 10, 2008