FAA tells employees equipment outage cause 819 flight delays; Atlanta was hardest hit

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

FAA: Flights delayed after computers couldn’t talk to each other because of router failure

FAA: Computers couldn’t talk to each other

FAA says widespread delays, cancellations in US due to problem with flight plan system

FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays

FAA says computers working again; Controllers union says problems in Salt Lake City, too

FAA says flight computers working again

WASHINGTON — FAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again.

FAA says widespread delays, cancellations in US due to flight plan system problem

FAA glitch causes widespread delays

ATLANTA — A problem with the FAA system that collects airlines’ flight plans caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday. It was the second time in 15 months that a glitch in the flight plan system caused delays.

FAA says widespread delays, cancellations in US due to flight plan computer problem.

FAA computer problem causes widespread delays

Spanish airline Iberia cancels 368 flights because of strike by flight attendants

Strike at Spain’s Iberia cancels flights

MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia has canceled 368 flights because of a two-day strike by flight attendants seeking pay increases.

Airlines raised on-time mark in September, with Hawaiian, Alaska and Southwest leading the way

Airlines boost on-time arrivals in September

Colorado hit with 3-plus feet of snow, hundreds of flight delays as storm moves east

Snowstorm blasts Colorado, Wyoming; delays flights

Colorado hit with 3 feet of snow, hundreds of flight delays before storm moves to Kan., Neb.

Big snowstorm moving out of Colorado to Kan., Neb.

Early storm dumps snow across Rockies, western plains; 70 accidents reported in Wyoming

Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains, more forecast

American Airlines will close Kansas City, Mo., maintenance base

American Airlines will close KC base

DALLAS — American Airlines will close a maintenance base in Kansas City, Mo., and shrink other repair shops next September as the slump in travel leaves fewer planes to maintain.

Clouds, wind halt countdown for test flight of NASA’s moon rocket, launch off until Wednesday

Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight

Clouds, wind halt countdown for test flight of NASA’s new rocket for moon program

NASA new rocket test flight delayed by bad weather

Cloudy weather halts countdown for test flight of NASA’s new rocket for moon program

NASA test flight delayed by cloudy weather

Windy, cloudy weather could interfere with test flight of NASA’s new rocket for moon program

NASA test flight delayed, bad weather still looms

Spain’s Iberia to cancel 440 flights due to 2-day cabin crew strike

Strike forces Iberia to cancel 440 flights

Flights delayed, canceled after brief power outage at Boston’s Logan International Airport

BOSTON — A brief power outage at Boston’s Logan International Airport has caused flight delays and some cancellations.

Alitalia: 4-hour strike could cause delays, cancellations of flights

ROME — Alitalia says a four-hour strike called for Sunday could cause delays or cancellations of some flights.

Powerful typhoon tears through Japan, many lose power, flights canceled; 2 dead, dozens hurt

TOKYO — A powerful typhoon tore through Japan’s main island Thursday, peeling roofs off houses, cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands and forcing flight cancellations before turning back toward the sea. Two men died, and dozens were injured.

Powerful typhoon forces flight cancellations, cuts power in Japan; 2 dead, dozens injured

Powerful typhoon slams into Japan, 2 die

Brookings sees more flight delays as economy improves; light rail, rush-hour fees suggested

DALLAS — Lengthy airline delays are twice as common now as in 1990 and will get worse as the economy recovers, according to a Brookings Institution report released Thursday.

Security checkpoints at Houston airport briefly shut after passenger goes up a down escalator

HOUSTON — Security checkpoints in three of five terminals at a Houston airport were closed for about 15 minutes after a passenger accidentally got on an escalator going down, then turned around and ran back up.

Airlines on-time more in August; Southwest, Continental, US Airways, United above average

MINNEAPOLIS — Arriving on-time was just a little bit easier for airline passenger traveling in August.

Skies clear, cleanup begins after Australia’s most severe dust storm blankets Sydney

SYDNEY — Millions of Australians were wiping a film of reddish Outback grit from nearly everything Thursday after the country’s worst dust storm in seven decades played havoc with transport systems and sent asthmatics scurrying inside.

Dust storm shrouds Sydney in red grit, causing flight chaos and prompting health warnings

SYDNEY — Australia’s worst dust storm in 70 years blanketed the heavily populated east coast Wednesday in a cloud of red Outback grit, nearly closed the country’s largest airport and left millions of people coughing and sputtering in the streets.

Interim Honduran government again extends curfew, after clashing with anti-coup protesters

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The interim Honduran government has extended a curfew until Wednesday morning after security forces clashed with supporters of the country’s ousted president.

Former American Airlines chief backs effort to require a limit for planes to sit on tarmac

WASHINGTON — A former CEO of American Airlines on Tuesday backed imposition of a three-hour time limit on how long airlines can strand passengers on airport tarmacs, but he also warned of unintended consequences.

Former American Airlines CEO joins passenger rights advocates backing tarmac stranding limit

WASHINGTON — A former CEO of American Airlines on Tuesday backed imposition of a three-hour time limit on how long airlines can strand passengers on airport tarmacs, but he also warned of unintended consequences.

FAA announces safety measures, says it will stopping calling airlines its ‘customers’

WASHINGTON — Responding to criticism that his agency has become too cozy with companies it regulates, the new head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the FAA will stop calling airlines “customers,” as he announced steps to ensure air carriers comply with safety orders.