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Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.64 or 1.5 percent, to $42.28.

The Germanwings air crash investigation shouldn't set a precedent for future investigations because it sought to assign blame before the probe was complete, which could jeopardize airline cooperation if it became the practice, the head of a trade association representing the global airline industry said Wednesday.

The Boston-area transit system suffers from a structural failure that has resulted in severe financial distress, ineffective management and no viable maintenance and repair plan for its vehicles and equipment, according to a scathing report released Wednesday by a panel created by Gov. Charlie Baker.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.10 or .2 percent, to $41.86.

Business travelers are bypassing the taxi queue with greater frequency, choosing instead ride-hailing services like Uber Technologies.

The machinists' union has dropped an election among Delta Air Lines flight attendants after questions were raised about support cards submitted by the union.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.49 or 1.2 percent, to $41.76.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.77 or 1.8 percent, to $41.48.

Southwest Airlines Co. earned a record profit last year and the CEO benefited with a 24 percent increase in compensation, to $5 million.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.78 or 1.8 percent, to $41.47.

The closure of a runway at Kennedy Airport could create a traffic jam in the skies above New York City this summer.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air unchanged at $43.26.

The Staten Island Ferry will soon run every half hour around the clock.

Be prepared to pay a bit more if you're headed to some national parks and recreation areas this summer.

A railroad wants to sell 30 miles of tracks in the Adirondacks to help cover million-dollar losses on its tourist train in Saratoga and Warren counties.

An overnight storm that dumped freezing rain on parts of Texas and Oklahoma has made roads treacherously slick and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Dredging work in the Snake and Clearwater rivers near the Idaho and Washington state border to aid barge traffic is finished.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.59 or 1.3 percent, to $45.33.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.92 or 2.0 percent, to $45.92.

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to pay a worker almost $230,000 in damages for the retaliation he suffered when he helped a co-worker with her workplace health concerns.