Airlines

SALT LAKE CITY -- Mayor Ralph Becker says Salt Lake City is ready to demolish and rebuild its airport to make it more earthquake-proof and accommodate its role as an emerging regional hub.

CANBERRA, Australia — Tens of thousands of stranded Qantas Airways passengers worldwide scrambled to get to their destinations Sunday after the airline abruptly grounded its global fleet. In Australia, the government ordered emergency arbitration in the flagship carrier’s dispute with striking workers, seeking an order to force its planes back in the air.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- There's a laser light show taking place in the skies over America. It's cheap. It's easy. But most of all, authorities say, it's dangerous.

That's because those laser beams are being aimed at planes and helicopters in record numbers.

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Ski Team has dismissed an 18-year-old member of its development squad after he was accused of getting drunk and then urinating on a fellow passenger aboard a JetBlue flight.

DALLAS — American Airlines Inc. is buying 460 airplanes from Airbus and Boeing Co., the company announced Wednesday, calling it the biggest aircraft purchase in aviation history.

CHICAGO -- Osama bin Laden's death brought closure, but not celebration, to many airline workers.

Every time they secure a cockpit door, walk through security checkpoints or eye nervous passengers, employees of United and American airlines are reminded of the Sept. 11 tragedy and the 35 friends and co-workers who died in hijacked jets.

News of bin Laden's death Sunday brought a jolt of memory of the sadness and shock they felt during the attacks. The terror strikes also profoundly changed everyday life in aviation.