GENEVA, March 5- Global air travel demand rose 3.7 percent in January from a year earlier and may pick up pace in 2013, the International Air Transport Association said on Tuesday. Recent months have seen some positive economic signs emerge in both the U.S. and China, and the euro zone crisis seems to have stabilised, "said IATA Chief Executive Tony Tyler.
GENEVA, March 5- Global air travel demand was up 3.7 percent in January from a year earlier and has the potential to accelerate further this year, the International Air Transport Association said on Tuesday. "Passenger travel is growing in line with business confidence levels.
WASHINGTON, March 5- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is seeking an overhaul of his state's transportation funding, less than two weeks after neighboring Virginia approved a reorganization of how it funds road, bridge and highway repairs.
March 4- The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking additional details of AMR Corp and US Airways Group Inc's proposed $11 billion merger which aims to create the world's largest airline.
*High winds, deep drifts, low visibility in northwest North Dakota.
*Delta, Southwest see key revenue measure rising. Southwest Airlines Co said it expects unit revenue to increase in the low-single-digit percentage range for both the month of February and the first quarter.
*Napolitano says long security lines in Chicago, L.A., Atlanta. Napolitano said mandatory spending cuts ordered on Friday by President Barack Obama have led to the elimination of overtime for Transportation Security Administration officers and customs agents.
*Napolitano says some long lines in Chicago, LA, Atlanta. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse.
*Napolitano says some long lines in Chicago, LA, Atlanta. WASHINGTON, March 4- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse.
March 4- Southwest Airlines Co said it expects a key revenue measure to rise in the low-single-digit percentage range for both the month of February and the first quarter. Chief Financial Officer Tammy Romo gave the forecast at a JPMorgan aviation conference that was carried on the Internet.
GENEVA, March 4- Global air freight traffic rose 4.5 percent in January, driven by growth in Asia and the Middle East in an encouraging start to the year although it remains well below levels seen two years ago, IATA said on Monday. But it's too early to be overly optimistic, "said Tony Tyler, Chief Executive of the International Air Transport Association.
GENEVA, March 4- International air freight traffic rose by 4.5 percent in January from the same month a year ago, the International Air Transport Association said on Monday.
MADRID, March 4- Workers at Iberia were set to protest at Madrid's Barajas airport at midday on Monday as part of a strike over job and pay cuts at the loss-making airline that will ground nearly 1,300 flights this week.
BRUSSELS, March 4- Aviation pollution can only be stabilised by the middle of the century if a price is set on airline carbon emissions, research said, countering industry hopes that green goals can be met via technology improvements and biofuels.
*High winds, 3- foot drifts, low visibility in northwest North Dakota.
*Napolitano says some long lines in Chicago, LA, Atlanta. WASHINGTON, March 4- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse.
MADRID/ LONDON, March 4- Thousands of workers facing pay and job cuts at loss-making Spanish airline Iberia on Monday staged a second wave of protests that could ground nearly 1,300 flights this week.
MADRID, March 4- Workers at Spain's Iberia were set to ground nearly 1,300 flights in a second round of five-day strikes launched on Monday to protest against deep job and wage cuts at the loss-making airline. Union members clashed with police at Madrid's Barajas airport when the first round of strikes began on Feb. 18.
Instead, it would focus on overseeing a self-policing program executed by the manufacturers themselves through more than 3,000 of their employees assigned to review safety on behalf of the FAA. These so-called designees had existed for decades, but the FAA had vetted and controlled them.
The world's second-wealthiest man explains to CNBC why workers in Europe and other parts of the developed world are at the "best" part of their career after they reach their 60s.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 10:00 AM ETViolent protests broke out in eight Brazilian cities last night, with the worst violence occurring in Rio de Janeiro. Thousands of protesters threw Molotov cocktails and anything else they could find. The protests began over a 10-cent increase in bus and subway fares.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 11:05 AM ETFBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce describes how NSA surveillance helped to detect and thwart a plot to bomb the NYSE.