Transportation

  • Fuel costs weigh on Carnival's 2Q net income
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    NEW YORK (AP) - Carnival Corp.'s net income dropped 18 percent in the second quarter but managed to beat Wall Street's view as the cruise operator dealt with escalating fuel costs, unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and nuclear disaster.
     
  • NTSB: Culture of driving with phones must change
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The nation risks a surge in deadly accidents unless it makes distracted driving - talking, texting and browsing the Internet while operating cars, boats and trains - as taboo as drinking and driving, members of the National Transportation and Safety Board said Tuesday.
     
  • NRDC threatens US railroads with pollution lawsuit
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - An environmental group has sent letters warning two U.S. rail companies to prepare for a federal lawsuit if they don't undertake measures to clean up hazardous waste their facilities emit into the air from diesel engines in 16 California rail yards.
     
  • JetBlue reshuffles fleet with Airbus order
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    (AP) - JetBlue is reshuffling its fleet.
     
  • Icarus' revenge: Plane uses sun to power flight
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    LE BOURGET, France (AP) - The plane making one of the biggest splashes at the Paris Air Show carries a grand total of one person and is often delayed because there's too much wind or too little sun.