Feds delay policy to allow small knives on planes

WASHINGTON — Airline passengers will have to leave their knives at home after all. And their bats and golf clubs.

American Airlines flights grounded because of computer glitch

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines grounded flights across the country Tuesday because of an outage of its main reservations system. Thousands of passengers were stranded at airports and on airplanes.

Storm causes some flight diversions from Tucson International

Several flights to Tucson International Airport were diverted and at least two departures were canceled today because of stormy conditions, but most afternoon flights were unaffected or simply delayed.

FAA grounds Boeing's troubled 787s

The federal government grounded Boeing's newest and most technologically advanced jetliner Wednesday, declaring that the 787 cannot fly again until the risk of battery fires is addressed.

New non-stop Phoenix-London flight planned

PHOENIX —Travelers will soon be able to fly to London from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport any day of the week.

Frontier dropping Tucson-Denver flights

Frontier Airlines is dropping its nonstop service to Denver for the summer and plans to return with seasonal fall and winter service.

American Airlines to close Tucson call center

American Airlines will close its regional reservations center in Tucson as part of a bankruptcy restructuring plan announced today, shedding about 700 local workers.

Airline plans layoffs, bigger focus on hubs

US Airways says it is reorganizing its operations to focus on a few hub cities, including Phoenix, to cut costs amid a sharp airline-industry slump, The Associated Press reported. As part of the reorganization, the airline said it will lay off about 1,000 employees.

Airline plans layoffs, bigger focus on hubs

2 wayward pilots tell investigators their laptops occupied them

WASHINGTON — Not sleeping, the pilots say. They were engrossed in a complicated new crew-scheduling program on their laptop computers as their plane flew past its Minneapolis landing by 150 miles — a cockpit violation of airline policy that could cost them their licenses.

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Saudi female journalist to get 60 lashes for TV talk about sex

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex.

Airliner-cockpit napping called common, beneficial

MINNEAPOLIS — Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say it's not uncommon to sneak a nap inside the cockpit.

Investigators searching for answers to Northwest jetliner's bizarre flight

WASHINGTON — Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep? Federal investigators struggled to determine what the crew members of a Northwest Airlines jetliner were doing at 37,000 feet as they sped 150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase them…

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Airliner's pilots miss destination — by 150 miles

MINNEAPOLIS — Two Northwest Airlines pilots failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles before discovering the mistake and turning around.

Imams kicked off flight in '06 settle case with US Airways

MINNEAPOLIS — Six imams taken off a 2006 US Airways flight after passengers reported what they considered suspicious behavior have settled their discrimination lawsuit, saying they considered it acknowledgment that their removal was a mistake.