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Southwest Airlines Co. said Thursday that it carried more passengers and a key revenue statistic rose by about 5 percent in September, compared with a year earlier.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.84 or 2.3 percent, to $35.27.

One of the world's largest floating cranes, a blue and red behemoth bearing two American flags, arrived at New York's Tappan Zee Bridge construction site on Monday.

A union representing German train drivers has called members out on a nine-hour strike Tuesday night, starting a campaign of walkouts after members voted for strikes in a pay dispute.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.44 or 1.2 percent, to $36.51.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.06 or .2 percent, to $36.89.

The news that a man flew from Liberia to the U.S. after exposure to Ebola, and wound up in a hospital isolation ward, has led to calls for tougher measures to protect Americans, such as a ban on flights from countries hit by the epidemic.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $1.73 or 4.9 percent, to $37.01.

American Airlines is further shrinking regional subsidiary Envoy Air by shifting some of its Miami flights to operators with bigger planes.

United Airlines says it is notifying passengers who were on flights with a man later diagnosed with Ebola and telling them how to contact federal health officials.

Amtrak says flooding from Superstorm Sandy caused more damage than first thought to the tunnels that carry trains under New York's Hudson River.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.87 or 2.5 percent, to $35.77.

Repairs on Superstorm Sandy-damaged rail tunnels used by trains linking New York with the whole Northeast Corridor could cause a service nightmare.

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday that a key revenue figure rose 2 percent in September as corporate flying and demand for travel within the U.S. offset "pressure" on international revenue.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $1.34 or 3.7 percent, to $34.81.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Delta Air Lines Inc., down $1.25 to $34.90 The airline stocks turned lower following reports of the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the U.S.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $1.25 or 3.5 percent, to $34.90.

The Federal Aviation Administration says that despite the sabotage last week at a suburban Chicago air traffic control center, air traffic controllers managed more operations at O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday than at any other airport.

The man hospitalized with Ebola shortly after arriving in the U.S. says he flew part of the way on United Airlines on Sept. 20.

A new underground train that will speed passengers through downtown Los Angeles took a symbolic step forward Tuesday with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by shovel-wielding politicians and transportation officials.