Transportation

The manager for the troubled Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project told lawmakers Thursday that the state and the contractor are still battling over tens of millions of dollars in repairs dating back to 2012, but even if the contractor declares bankruptcy tomorrow, the project could still be completed.

Following incidents in which airliners vanished, U.S. accident investigators recommended Thursday that all passenger planes making long flights over water carry improved technology that will allow them to be found more readily in the event of a crash.

United Airlines' fourth-quarter profit fell 80 percent due to severance costs and contracts that lost value as oil prices tumbled.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.14 or .3 percent, to $49.31.

Airlines will save billions this year thanks to cheaper jet fuel, but they aren't likely to share the bounty with passengers — not while so many flights are already full.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $1.60 or 3.5 percent, to $47.44.

The dispute between dockworkers at the West Coast's sea ports and their employers didn't take a day off for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Officials from western North Dakota's oil-producing region pleaded with lawmakers Friday to expedite hundreds of millions of dollars in special funding so that infrastructure projects can begin by this summer.

Frontier Airlines says that it will hire contractors to do the work of 1,300 employees — about a third of its total workforce — at the Denver airport and in Milwaukee.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.11 or .2 percent, to $45.16.

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing slight increases for mailing letters and postcards — but leaving first-class "Forever" stamps at their present 49 cents.

The president of U.S. Navy contractor Electric Boat asked Rhode Island officials on Thursday to help ensure there are enough qualified state residents to fill thousands of jobs needed to build submarines in the coming years.

The successful bidder in the upcoming privatization of Portugal's national airline won't be able to make collective redundancies for at least two-and-a-half years after taking control.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $1.30 or 2.8 percent, to $45.31.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $1.11 or 2.4 percent, to $45.51.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.75 or 1.6 percent, to $45.86.

The International Association of Machinists says it has enough support from Delta Air Lines flight attendants to force a union-representation election.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.55 or 1.2 percent, to $46.61.

CSX Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit rose 15 percent as the railroad operator hauled more freight in fall, a busy shipping season.

A planned 47-mile expressway between Illinois and Indiana is on hold after new Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an executive order aimed at addressing the state's deep budget problems.