On a recent rainy day at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a suitcase bound for Colorado Springs, Colo., lay on the ground outside a terminal under a maze of American Airlines conveyor belts that ferry bags to and from nearby planes. ...more

September 20, 2008

Several major airlines said Thursday they are aggressively shoring up their cash positions amid their slow travel season. Falling oil prices will help in the long run, though bad fuel hedge bets could damper the enthusiasm in the near term, executives said. ...more

September 19, 2008

Southwest Airlines Co., which had resisted the kinds of capacity cuts being made by other carriers, will eliminate nearly 200 flights early next year, including six in Tampa, as it struggles with high fuel costs and a weakening economy. ...more

August 27, 2008

TAMPA - Daily ridership dipped Tuesday at Tampa International Airport on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 hijackings, but the airport continued to report record figures this year, including an 8.1 percent increase in August passengers over a year ago. On Tuesday's slow travel day, 13,825 passengers flew from Tampa compared with 16,888 outbound reservations that were scheduled Wednesday, said airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan. Officials estimate the number of arriving passengers matches the number departing Tampa. ...more

September 11, 2007