Statistics show that traveling by corporate aircraft has become safer over the last two decades.

The decision to suspend the use of the Florida-based patrol boats is a setback for the Coast Guard and its $24 billion modernization program.

A growing pile of reports by investigators indicate that the pilots made no error contributing to the deadly crash of a Brazilian airliner.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says program would increase security while allowing citizens of some countries to enter the U.S. without visas.

Reflecting on the current air travel environment might present a challenge for those whose livelihood depends on the ability to make the occasional inappropriate remark.

Boeing is adopting a new strategy as it faces a new wave of orders that, if not managed right, could swamp the company again.

Asian countries are clamoring for planes to meet surging air travel demands, giving Boeing an edge in the region.

FREQUENT-FLIER REPORT CARD As airlines reduce domestic capacity and take off with unprecedented percentages of their seats filled with paying customers, it is increasingly difficult for consumers to book mileage award travel at standard published rates or even to “compare frequent-flier programs in a meaningful way” among airlines, according to a new report from the inspector general’s office of the Transportation Department. The percentage of frequent-flier seats awarded “has generally declined since 2002” to an average of about 7.7 percent of total revenue passenger miles flown by the six airlines with the largest frequent-flier programs, the report said. US Airways had the biggest growth in award tickets, to 9.1 percent in 2005 from 6 percent in 2002. United Airlines had the biggest decline, to 6.6 percent of total revenue miles flown in 2005 from 7.8 percent in 2002.