Read more US Airways stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3181/us-airways.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:13:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74195/unruly-passenger-booted-from-trans-atlantic-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA flight from Philadelphia to London made an unscheduled stop in Boston last night to eject an unruly Scottish passenger. The man, 50, was arrested for interfering with a flight crew, AP reports. A US Airways spokesman said the man was removed "in the interest of safety." The spokesman didn't...http://www.newser.com/story/74195/unruly-passenger-booted-from-trans-atlantic-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 4:05:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70480/capt-sully-plans-return-to-flying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChesley Sullenberger, who saved the passengers and crew of US Airways Flight 1549 when he executed daring water landing on the Hudson River in January, will soon return to flying. The hero pilot's return to the cockpit is imminent, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles reports. In addition to flying,...http://www.newser.com/story/70480/capt-sully-plans-return-to-flying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 17:15:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67855/us-airways-raising-bag-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS Airways is following the lead of its competitors and raising bag fees, reports the East Bay Business Times . On domestic flights, the first checked bag will cost $25 and the second will cost $30, a $5 bump for both. If the bags are checked at the airport instead of...http://www.newser.com/story/67855/us-airways-raising-bag-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 16:16:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67287/inability-to-stop-dads-suicide-drove-hero-pilot-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChesley Sullenberger, the pilot hero of January’s Hudson River jet landing, was driven to help others by his father’s suicide, the New York Daily News reports. “One of the reasons I think I’ve placed such a high value on life is that my father took his,” he writes in a...http://www.newser.com/story/67287/inability-to-stop-dads-suicide-drove-hero-pilot-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 13:29:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61660/aig-dodges-insurance-claims-from-hudson-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPassengers from US Airways Flight 1549 are having a tough time getting its insurer, AIG, to cough up for claims, the New York Times reports. Aviation liability insurance requires a finding of negligence. But Capt. Chesley Sullenberger and his crew were universally acknowledged to have performed amazingly well in saving...http://www.newser.com/story/61660/aig-dodges-insurance-claims-from-hudson-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 1:22:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61078/one-in-3-airports-hasnt-studied-bird-strike-risk-faa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA third of US airports haven't completed a mandated study of their bird-strike risk, USA Today reports. "This problem has been ignored and shuffled to the side by the aviation community," said an airport wildlife-control expert. The 150 airports won't be named until the FAA has contacted each one. The...http://www.newser.com/story/61078/one-in-3-airports-hasnt-studied-bird-strike-risk-faa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 10:41:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59380/belongings-trickle-back-to-flight-1549-passengers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOver the past few weeks, items both practical and sentimental have been returned to the lucky passengers of Flight 1549, the New York Times reports. Even ruined belongings are packed carefully in tissue paper and dryer sheets. “It made a very emotional experience as positive as it could have been,...http://www.newser.com/story/59380/belongings-trickle-back-to-flight-1549-passengers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 14:43:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55527/aging-airlines-cant-catch-up-to-younger-rivals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite many rounds of cost-cutting, so-called legacy airlines—United, Delta, US Airways—still face costs 35% higher than low-fare carriers like JetBlue and Southwest, the Wall Street Journal reports. The younger outfits have maintained a “cost gap” analysts thought their older peers could close over time. For one thing, having...http://www.newser.com/story/55527/aging-airlines-cant-catch-up-to-younger-rivals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 8:52:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54591/to-promote-reporting-faa-wants-bird-strike-info-secret.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FAA wants bird strike information kept confidential to encourage accurate reporting by airlines, ABC News reports. “There is a serious potential that information related to bird strikes will not be submitted because of fear that the disclosure of raw data could unfairly cast unfounded aspersions on the submitter,” the...http://www.newser.com/story/54591/to-promote-reporting-faa-wants-bird-strike-info-secret.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 15:39:35 CDT