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JetBlue CEO Dave Barger will step down in February and be replaced by the airline's president, Robin Hayes.

Facts about the regional airline industry in the United States: — LEADING REGIONALS: By 2014 traffic, among the largest are ExpressJet, SkyWest, Envoy Air and Endeavor Air.

Washington state officials on Wednesday named a new head of the state ferry system, which is emerging from a tough summer.

For passengers traveling between smaller cities and large hub airports, the ticket may say Delta, American or United, but they're likely flying on a regional airline whose planes are painted in the major carrier's colors.

Tourists and truckers were told Wednesday to prepare for several more days of disruptive detours around a closed stretch of busy Interstate 15 in southern Nevada that crumbled in chunks during intense flash flooding.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.60 or 1.5 percent, to $39.42.

Eastern Connecticut has won an $8.2 million federal grant to upgrade freight rail.

A federal accident investigation board is deciding the cause of a fatal cargo plane crash that has become the focus of dispute between UPS and its pilots union over whether work schedules are causing fatigue and jeopardizing safety.

Passenger traffic on American Airlines and US Airways was nearly flat last month, and the carrier expects that a key revenue figure will grow no more than 2 percent for the third quarter.

Bertha, the broken-down tunneling machine, moved forward three feet during recent testing, while workers building an underground circular pit that will allow access to the machine finished installing the last of 84 large concrete cylinders known as piles.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.45 or 1.1 percent, to $39.67.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.17 or .4 percent, to $39.39.

Wyoming is appealing Oregon's recent decision to deny an application to build a coal terminal at the Port of Morrow, on the Columbia River.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.18 or .5 percent, to $39.04.

The Nova Star ferry that runs between Portland, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is ending its first season a few weeks early.

The Alaska Railroad Corp. is reporting revenue growth of more than 4 percent in the last fiscal year, despite declines in petroleum and coal shipments.

Last month, construction crews placed a series of hollow tubes over the Wanzer Brook in Fairfield as part of a Vermont Transportation Agency program that uses new technology to cut construction time, save money and reduce the backlog of bridges that need replacement.

The Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding in Bath, Maine, has a new commanding officer.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.21 or .5 percent, to $39.50.

A settlement over the death of a boy who was hit by a falling flight information sign inside Birmingham's airport was approved Wednesday, and the family said they had forgiven the contractors involved.