A US Airways pilot reported a "double bird strike" less than a minute after takeoff Thursday and was headed for an emergency landing in New Jersey when he ditched into the Hudson River, an air controllers union spokesman said. ...more

January 15, 2009

Tampa International Airport traffic declined by more than 875,000 passengers to 18.3 million in 2008 compared with record numbers of about 19.1 million in 2007. ...more

January 14, 2009

Tampa International Airport traffic declined by more than 875,000 passengers to 18.3 million in 2008 compared with record numbers of about 19.1 million in 2007. ...more

January 13, 2009

AirTran Airways says nine Muslim passengers, including three children, were removed from a flight from Washington to Orlando after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark. ...more

January 2, 2009

Travel guru Tom Parsons shares similar interests with other frequent visitors to the Tampa Bay area - including a quest for bargain airline fares. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- Travel guru Tom Parsons shares similar interests with other frequent visitors to the Tampa Bay area – including a quest for bargain airline fares. The founder and chief executive of Texas-based BestFares.com watches Bay area airfare trends "like a hawk" and has found that some holiday season airfares have declined since October, an unusual departure from customary increases as the holidays draw closer. Better yet will be the sales that Parsons expects will abound in January. ...more

December 17, 2008

Elfreide Kuemmel first began to suspect that something wasn't quite right when she boarded the plane that she thought was going to Tampa. ...more

November 20, 2008

Employees at US Airways are looking into how an 83-year-old woman in a wheelchair flying Monday from New York to Tampa instead found herself at an airport in Puerto Rico. ...more

November 19, 2008

Employees at U.S. Airways are looking into how an 83-year-old woman in a wheelchair flying Monday from New York to Tampa instead found herself at an airport in Puerto Rico. ...more

November 18, 2008

You can find some airfare bargains as long as you're not trying to travel during peak holiday periods. ...more

November 12, 2008