Amtrak ridership continues to increase nationwide and on the Silver Star through Tampa as travelers seek alternatives to paying costly gasoline prices. ...more

November 3, 2008

Security workers at Tampa International Airport will get new powers next week that could make a superhero blush. ...more

October 15, 2008

Computer problems that are preventing airlines from filing flight plans have contributed to nearly 24 arrival delays and about 20 departure delays at Tampa International Airport tonight. ...more

August 26, 2008

There's a new option for people annoyed at having to take their laptops out of their bags at airport security. The Transportation Security Administration will now allow travelers to leave their computers inside "checkpoint friendly" cases. ...more

August 6, 2008

CLEARWATER - DayJet, which operates on-demand business and other flights throughout the Southeast aboard three-passenger "very light jets," announced today that St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport would become its 14th departure location. The Pinellas airport joins Sarasota-Bradenton International and Lakeland Linder Regional Airport as airports where travelers can book flights to more than 50 airports, many of them airfields in small towns with no commercial airline service. ...more

July 9, 2008

American Airlines said it was canceling up to 500 flights Tuesday, potentially more than one-fifth of its schedule, to check the bundling of wires in some planes, the same issue that caused the airline to scrap more than 400 flights last month. ...more

April 9, 2008

Customers are growing less satisfied with independent travel Web sites, J.D. Power and Associates said Tuesday in releasing its 2007 survey of 5,414 travelers. ...more

November 28, 2007

TAMPA - Customers are growing less satisfied with independent travel Web sites, J.D. Power and Associates said Tuesday in releasing its 2007 survey of 5,414 travelers. ...more

November 27, 2007

TAMPA - Construction on two highway projects at Tampa International Airport remains on schedule, airport and state highway officials said today. Completion of the state's $205 million airport interchange project is scheduled for May 2010, but incentive plans have been created for the contractor that could result in the massive bridge and highway work just outside the airport's boundary to be ready for use by fall 2009. ...more

October 11, 2007

Here are tips on booking air fares for the winter holidays from Farecast.com, which uses past air fare data to predict future air fare patterns. ...more

September 30, 2007