Big airlines expand $10 surcharge for already-expensive travel around the holidaysOctober 6th, 2009 Airlines expand $10 surcharge on busy travel daysMINNEAPOLIS — Several big airlines have added $10 surcharges for busy days around the holidays, making days that already tended to be expensive to fly a little more costly. Last month airlines added a $10 each-way surcharge for Nov.
Big airlines add $10 surcharge on 3 busy days around Thanksgiving, New Year'sSeptember 25th, 2009 Big carriers add $10 surcharge on 3 busy daysMINNEAPOLIS — Several big airlines this week have added $10 surcharges for most of their tickets for travel on three busy days around Thanksgiving and New Year's holidays. American and United airlines added the charge for most of their fares for travel on Nov.
The Transportation Department's on-time arrival ranking for US airlinesSeptember 8th, 2009 DOT releases airline delay list for AugustThe percentage of airline flights in August that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, according to the U.S. Transportation Department:
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Soon to be under the same fold, Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines begin codeshare dealSeptember 2nd, 2009 Soon-to-be sister carriers start codeshare dealDENVER — Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines, soon to be under the same fold, began a codeshare agreement on Wednesday. Codesharing allows airlines to sell seats on each other's flights.
Official: 2 Buffalo, NY, firefighters killed in floor collapse inside burning storeAugust 24th, 2009 Official: 2 firefighters killed in Buffalo fireBUFFALO, N.Y. — Officials in Buffalo, N.Y., say two firefighters have been killed after the first floor of a burning convenience store collapsed into the basement.
Buffalo wing celebration in, where else, BuffaloAugust 24th, 2009 Buffalo wing celebration in, where else, BuffaloBUFFALO, N.Y. — If you're looking for the place where buffalo wings started, you'll naturally want to head to Buffalo, N.Y.
A look at airlines' on-time performance as reported by the DOTAugust 4th, 2009 A look at airlines' on-time statusThe following lists 19 airlines' on-time performance in June and overall on-time performance since the beginning of the year, according to data from the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Carrier On-Time Arrival Pct.
Former Wolverines, Bills player Riemersma files paperwork for Michigan congressional seatJune 10th, 2009 Ex-football star Riemersma eyes congressional seatGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Former Michigan and Buffalo Bills tight end Jay Riemersma (REE'-muhrz-muh) has designs on Congress.
Family, friends of Buffalo, NY, crash victims express anger, say crash appeared avoidableMay 13th, 2009 Family, friends say NY crash seemed avoidableCHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Jonathan Collopy was left with one question after watching investigators spend hours Tuesday dissecting what happened to Continental Connection Flight 3407 before it crashed, killing 50 people.
Families of Buffalo plane crash victims look for answers in NTSB hearingMay 12th, 2009 Families of Buffalo crash victims look for answersCHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Ruthann Stilwell tried to prepare herself, but hearing about the final two minutes of her sister's life aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407 still hurt.
Bronx man shot to death in Buffalo less than 1 day after graduating from collegeMay 10th, 2009 Bronx man killed after graduating from collegeBUFFALO, N.Y. — A shooting in Buffalo has claimed the life of a Bronx man who had just celebrated his college graduation.
Aircraft crashes into house in New York stateFebruary 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - An aircraft with 48 passengers on board crashed into a house in a suburb of Buffalo in upstate New York, media reports said Friday. Authorities from across western New York were rushing to the scene in the Buffalo suburb called Clarence Center, wgrz.com reported.
Widow from 9/11 attacks among New York crash victimsFebruary 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - A woman who had lost her husband in the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) was among those killed in the late Thursday air crash in New York state, her sister said early Friday. 'We know that she was on that plane,' Sue Bourque was quoted by the Buffalo News as saying about her sister Beverly Eckert, who had been waiting at Buffalo airport to pick her sister up when the Continental Airlines plane crashed some 10 kilometres away.
Many dead after airliner crashes in New York stateFebruary 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - A commercial airliner struck a house and burst into flames late Thursday outside Buffalo, New York, local officials said. The crash occurred after 10 p.m.
First cloned buffalo dies but Indian scientists happyFebruary 11th, 2009 KARNAL - Even though scientists at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here received a setback Thursday after the country's first cloned buffalo calf died just five days after its birth, they are happy that the 'superior technology' they used for cloning was 'tested'. The female buffalo calf died at the NDRI centre here, 150 km from the national capital, Wednesday night, scientists said.