More than half of the top 15 airports in the U.S. are majority regional-airline flights.
In 1990, smoking was banned on all interstate buses and all domestic airline flights lasting six hours or less.
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But while commercial airline flights were allowed to resume within two days of the incidents, authorities continued to restrict VFR operations.
From tainted meat and lead-laced dolls to busted mortgage securities and canceled airline flights, crises are downright de rigueur these days.
Commercial airline flights started backing up and delayed some travelers Monday, a day after air traffic controllers started going on furlough because of government spending cuts.
On average, 1, 500 out of some 22, 000 scheduled airline flights a day were held up, leaving 100, 000 passengers fuming in lounges or sweltering on the hot tarmac.
In addition, Hurricane Sandy temporarily curbed consumption in the northeastern part of the country, not only due to less driving but thousands of canceled airline flights, he added.
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In a study published in 2006, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who rode 37 airline flights with a radio-frequency measuring device found emissions from cellphones that could interfere with global-positioning satellite systems.
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Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts, though some delays appeared in the late evening in and around New York.
But not every airline overbooks flights in an effort to keep seats full.
As for British Airways, a spokesman said that the airline was concentrating on flights for the moment.
Bhoja Air is a small commercial airline that started domestic flights in 1993.
The airline had to cancel flights to Hong Kong from Sydney, London, Istanbul, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Bangkok, Singapore, Bali and Manila.
There had also been a number of key developments in Cornwall since 2001, including the start flights by airline Ryanair at Newquay Airport.
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The airline was operating 15 flights, two more than usual, from Heathrow to Canada on Friday -- seven to Toronto, three to Vancouver, two to Calgary and one each to Ottawa, Halifax and Montreal.
Budget airline easyJet has cancelled eight flights at its operations at Manchester and Luton airports.
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The airline has already returned mainline flights to some communities such as Augusta, Ga.
JetBlue canceled 97 of its 570 scheduled flights Friday, a day after nixing 150 flights, the airline said.
He added the airline could have operated international flights from Belfast International Airport.
The airline Jet2 is to resume flights at Belfast International Airport on Wednesday, after it suspended its operations due to safety concerns.
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Kingfisher, once India's most luxurious airline, cancelled all its flights since Oct. 1, 2012, after its employees went on strike over pay.
Before it suspended flights, the airline had been cannibalizing planes for spare parts because it ran out of funds, Kingfisher engineers said.
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Cardiff was hit by the withdrawal of flights by budget airline bmibaby in 2011, but has said it expects 5% - 8% growth during 2013.
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The airport was hit by the withdrawal of flights by budget airline bmibaby in 2011, but says it expects 5% - 8% growth during 2013.
"The runways are open and everything is fine at the moment because passengers have had more time to check flights with their airline, " she said.
To appease disgruntled passengers, JetBlue is giving full refunds to those whose flights were canceled and has been helping rebook passengers to new flights, the airline said.
Budget airline easyJet cancelled about 70 flights in and out of Gatwick Airport while British Airways scrapped a number of flights with more delayed due to icy conditions at both Heathrow and Gatwick.
The airline has suspended all commercial flights and closed its offices in Abuja to allow Nigerian officials and international experts from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigate the cause of the crash.
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