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May 17, 2017

House chairman pushes privatizing air traffic control in US

A House Republican committee chairman called on lawmakers Wednesday to turn the nation's air traffic control operations over ...

May 15, 2017

Chao on infrastructure: Trump plan out in weeks

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Monday that the Trump administration's infrastructure plan will be out in a few ...

April 28, 2017

Correction: Exploding Air Bags-New Problem story

In a story April 19 about a woman injured by an exploding air bag inflator, The Associated Press reported erroneously that ...

April 24, 2017

Pilot killed in crash of replica WWI-era plane in California

Authorities say a pilot was killed when a replica World War I-era biplane crashed in a field on California's central coast.

April 13, 2017

Airlines pushing back on talk of banning overbooking flights

With the federal government and a Senate committee looking into the dragging of a man off a United Express flight, airlines ...

April 12, 2017

Crash that sent pilot to closed runway prompts FAA changes

When pilot Joseph Milo reported engine trouble, an air traffic controller directed him to a nearby airfield. But the airfield ...

April 10, 2017

US airlines show improvement in annual study

Airlines are getting better at sticking to their schedules and are losing fewer bags. Their customers seem to be complaining ...

April 07, 2017

US restricts drone flights over 133 military facilities

Drone flights over 133 military facilities will be restricted for security reasons, marking the first time such flight ...

April 05, 2017

APNewsBreak: Thousands of defects found on oil train routes

When a freight train derailed in the Montana town of Culbertson, spilling 27,000 gallons of crude oil, investigators blamed ...

April 04, 2017

Harrison Ford won't face any penalties over runway incident

Harrison Ford will not face any penalties over mistakenly landing on a taxiway at a Southern California airport earlier this ...

April 01, 2017

3 arrested in fire that collapsed Atlanta highway overpass

Three people were arrested Friday in connection with a raging fire that collapsed an elevated portion of Interstate 85 in ...

March 25, 2017

Harrison Ford says he was distracted when he flew over plane

Actor Harrison Ford said he was distracted and concerned about turbulence from another aircraft last month when he mistakenly ...

March 17, 2017

Trump calls for privatizing air traffic control operations

President Donald Trump is calling for privatizing the nation's air traffic control operations in his budget proposal, a top ...

March 11, 2017

Driver-optional cars: Once-reluctant California opens a road

Cars with no steering wheel, no pedals and nobody at all inside could be driving themselves on California roads by the end ...

February 24, 2017

Kenya cleared for direct flights to the US after a decade

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says Kenya has complied with international safety standards and can have direct ...

February 15, 2017

US says canceled flights declining, fewer bags getting lost

The government says U.S. airlines canceled fewer flights in 2016 than any year on record while also posting record-low ...

Donald Trump, Myron Gray, Deborah Ale Flint

February 10, 2017

Trump shows interest in privatizing air traffic control

President Donald Trump told airline and airport executives Thursday that he is interested in privatizing America's air ...

February 09, 2017

The Latest: Trump 'positive' on air traffic control change

The Latest on President Donald Trump's meeting with airline executives (all times local): 11:55 am A top airline industry ...

February 07, 2017

Trump advisers' tax credit plan for infrastructure has risks

President Donald Trump has promised to revitalize America's aging roads, bridges, railways and airports, but a plan put ...