Transportation

The federal agency tasked with guaranteeing U.S. airport security is acknowledging an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown.

American Airlines says a passenger's electronic cigarette caused a small fire on a flight from Las Vegas to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Switzerland-based shipping company MSC is pledging to pay the cost of cleaning up hundreds of containers one of its cargo vessels lost in a North Sea storm.

A German labor union is calling on security staff at Berlin's two airports to stage a strike Monday amid ongoing pay negotiations.

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Herb Kelleher, who changed the airline industry by helping create and lead Southwest Airlines, a low-fare carrier that made air travel more accessible to the masses, has died.

Airlines are getting pummeled after a major carrier trimmed its revenue expectations for the fourth quarter.

Southwest Airlines honors founder Herb Kelleher who has died.

Authorities in Germany and the Netherlands are searching for up to 270 shipping containers lost at sea by a cargo ship caught in a storm, saying some are carrying hazardous materials.

Danish police say two more bodies have been found in a train crash on a bridge, raising the death toll to eight in Denmark's deadliest railway accident in 30 years.

The Hong Kong air carrier said it plans to honor the steep, accidental discount on business and first-class tickets.

Small business issues often win bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, but given the divisions in the incoming 116th Congress, advocates for companies have low expectations.

Vermont's population is among the smallest in the U.S., but a study from United Van Lines indicate people are moving to the New England state.

Qatar Airways says it now holds a 5 percent share in China Southern Airlines, helping expand the Gulf carrier's reach in one of the world's fastest growing aviation markets.

The first European American who reached the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon marveled at what was before him: an astounding system of canyons, profound fissures and slender spires that seemingly tottered from their bases.

Prices fell below $2 in nearly 20 percent of U.S. states.

The nation's largest legal marijuana market opened for business in January with jubilation and long lines of customers.

California Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office Jan.

Amazon's rise is forcing laundry detergents to shrink.

In South Korea's largest shipyard, thousands of workers in yellow hard hats move ceaselessly between towering cranes lifting hulks of steel.