If you didn't know any better, you would have thought the film footage coming out of the Orient Road Jail, of ham-handed thugs masquerading as guards, was something out of "Cool Hand Luke." ...more

February 14, 2008

In a symbolic vote Thursday, the Tampa City Council joined the chorus of opposition to a proposed jet fuel pipeline through central city neighborhoods. ...more

February 8, 2008

Speculation about airline mergers has been heating up lately, and some industry observers believe there finally may be some real action for a change. ...more

February 6, 2008

Airport police are investigating what a Chicago man and a homeless woman traveling with him planned to do with 99 driver's licenses stolen from people across the country and doctored with their pictures. ...more

January 29, 2008

Airline consolidation may not be the panacea for the industry amid persistently high fuel prices, but observers say it would help by removing domestic capacity from the system. ...more

January 24, 2008

Four of the five largest U.S. carriers, including AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, cut their round-trip fuel surcharge to $20, dropping an increase that briefly doubled the fee. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Airport Sets Record Tampa International Airport set a record with 9.58 million passenger departures in 2007, up 1.5 percent compared with 2006, despite a year-end decline airport officials attributed to an economic downturn. Southwest Airlines remained the airport's leading carrier with 27.8 percent market share, followed by Delta Air Lines, US Airways, Continental Airlines and American Airlines. The number of departing passengers declined 4.2 percent in December to 771,544 compared with a year ago. ...more

January 17, 2008

For the first time in its history Southwest Airlines announced a major seasonal change in schedules beginning May 10 that will add flights in growth markets - including Tampa - and trim flights elsewhere. ...more

January 9, 2008

Airline passengers will face higher fares, but some airline earnings will be lower than originally estimated for 2008 and 2009, a Raymond James & Associates report said Tuesday. ...more

January 9, 2008

Residents can expect to hear more flights over their rooftops during the next few months, with most of the noise coming from commercial planes landing on Tampa International Airport's east runway. ...more

December 17, 2007