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Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.10 or .3 percent, to $33.81.

The nation's largest flight attendants union says it wants airline passengers to return to stowing cellphones and other electronics during takeoffs and landings, but the group's arguments didn't seem to fly Friday in court.

A new customer service robot has started roaming around the passenger terminal of Indianapolis International Airport.

The Obama administration's plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authority that would almost certainly stand up in court if challenged, public health experts say.

Richard Davey, the former head of the MBTA, is stepping down as the state's transportation secretary at the end of the month, Gov. Deval Patrick announced Friday.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $1.10 or 3.2 percent, to $33.71.

Passengers cherish Virgin America for its mood lighting, live TV, fancy cocktails and friendly flight attendants.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.20 or .6 percent, to $35.07.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $1.22 or 3.5 percent, to $34.05.

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.