Transportation

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.08 or .2 percent, to $40.08.

Just weeks before the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner is set to resume, an Australian official said Thursday that the sprawling search area in the southern Indian Ocean may be extended farther south based on a new analysis of a failed attempt to call the plane by satellite phone.

Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines announced Thursday it is doubling its service from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Dubai-based port operator DP World says its profit rose 26 percent in the first half of the year as new capacity and a pick-up in global trade allowed it to process more cargo.

The amount of Colorado marijuana being seized en route to other states through the U.S. mail has more than quadrupled since 2010 and was destined for more states than before, according to a new report by a federally funded drug task force.

New Zealand's national airline has posted a 45 percent increase in profit on slightly higher revenues.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.11 or .3 percent, to $40.63.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.37 or .9 percent, to $40.15.

Families of passengers who were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine are starting to sort through the long process of gaining compensation for their loss.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.11 or .3 percent, to $40.52.

The start of natural gas drilling near the Pittsburgh International Airport is being cheered by Pennsylvania politicians from both parties.

Airline passengers have come to expect a tiny escape from the confined space of today's packed planes: the ability to recline their seat a few inches.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.50 or 1.3 percent, to $40.41.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.38 or .9 percent, to $40.14.

To win the hearts of frequent business travelers, United Airlines is going through their stomachs.

The Indiana Department of Transportation and seven local partners will keep funding passenger rail service between Indianapolis and Chicago through Jan. 31 while the state agency negotiates with a private vendor to operate the line, it said Wednesday.

Come to Venezuela and you might get a longer trip than you bargained for.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.35 or .9 percent, to $39.89.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.12 or .3 percent, to $39.63.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.98 or 2.5 percent, to $39.51.