Transportation

A construction worker has fallen 80 feet to his death at a Philadelphia building site near the city's main railroad station.

To improve airline safety, maybe we need to remove the pilots.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.54 or 1.2 percent, to $44.74.

SkyWest Airlines has announced it will soon offer jet flights between West Yellowstone, Montana, and Salt Lake City to connect passengers with Delta flights.

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $746 million.

Omaha authorities say one person is dead and another remains trapped inside a railroad tank car after a reported explosion Tuesday.

The misadventure of a baggage handler who fell asleep in the cargo hold of a jetliner should be a warning for airlines to improve security procedures, safety experts said Tuesday.

Ford's European business saw stronger sales in the first quarter as falling unemployment and cheaper energy put more money in car buyers' pockets.

The shrinking space on airplanes is surely uncomfortable but a government advisory committee is starting to look into whether the lack of legroom also might be dangerous for passengers' health and safety.

The airport worker's shift started early, at 5 a.m., and ended with an unfortunate nap in the cargo hold of a departing Alaska Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.16 or .4 percent, to $43.07.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI), up 39 cents to $6.28 The Canadian gold mining company is merging with fellow gold mining company AuRico Gold Inc. in a deal worth about $1.5 billion.

What are you wearing to this year's New York Fashion Week? How about something in a sporty, light blue, poly-cotton blend with a U.S. Postal Service emblem? Organizers announced Monday that September Fashion Week events will be held at Manhattan's Skylight at Moynihan Station.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.20 or .5 percent, to $43.43.

Allegiant Air's pilots have agreed not to strike while a federal judge in Las Vegas weighs arguments from their union and the airline's management.

A federal agency has referred a union's organizing drive at Delta Air Lines to the Justice Department over questions about fraudulent signatures.

The nation's highway safety chief says his agency will seek quick action on a regulation requiring electronic speed limiters on big rigs.

There was a surge in long tarmac delays at the nation's airports in February, including several during a snow storm in Dallas.

Southwest Airlines carried more passengers for more miles in March than a year ago, while United Airlines reported lighter traffic but offered a more upbeat forecast of first-quarter revenue.

A California woman who has cancer and was travelling from Hawaii to San Jose on Monday was asked to depart an Alaska Airlines plane before takeoff.