Transportation

DUI checkpoint in northeast valley set for Cinco de Mayo

DUI checkpoint Saturday in the northeast valley will coincide with Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The checkpoint will operate from 7 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Arlington Street, Metro Police announced. The location is just west of Nellis Boulevard.

2 May 2012
By Jackie Valley

Spirit Airlines sees revenue grow as network of routes expanded

A Spirit Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Spirit Airlines, the fastest-growing commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport in 2011, produced earnings in line with analysts’ expectations for the first quarter this year.

1 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Tired of airline fees? Here are a few tips to get around them

A WestJet airplane takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

In their earnings conference call last week, Allegiant Air executives fielded an interesting question from analysts. Would the company consider initiating a fee for passengers to have a seat that reclines when the airline initiates its six-hour flights between Las Vegas and Honolulu? The executives said no, they wouldn’t, because none of the seats on the airline’s Boeing 757 jets recline.

30 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Traffic up at Las Vegas’ McCarran airport for March, 1st quarter

A US Airways jet is seen during a rainstorm at McCarran International Airport on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

Passenger traffic continued to rise at McCarran International Airport in March, with international arrivals and performances by airlines known for charging high ancillary fees bumping totals 2.5 percent higher than last year.

26 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Earnings up 26.5 percent at Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

With two key revenue streams still on the horizon, the parent company of Allegiant Air on Wednesday reported a 23.1 percent increase in revenue and a 26.5 percent increase in earnings for the quarter that ended March 31.

25 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Maverick Aviation expands its fleet of tour aircraft

Maverick Aviation Group has added three high-wing Cessna Grand Caravan 208 planes to its fleet of tour aircraft.

The Maverick Aviation Group says it has added three planes ideally suited to Grand Canyon air-tour flights to its fleet at Henderson Executive Airport.

25 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

American-US Airways merger could lead to higher ticket prices

An American Airlines jet waits to taxi as a Southwest Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport in this 2009 file photo.

Airline analysts are growing more confident that American Airlines and US Airways will merge — a move that probably wouldn’t have a big impact on Las Vegas’ flight schedules but could force ticket prices to go up.

24 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Southwest making loyalty program interchangeable with AirTran

A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Members of Southwest Airlines’ Rapid Rewards loyalty program got a new benefit today — the ability to use their points on AirTran flights.

23 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Congress close to deal on transportation bill, freeing $45M for Nevada

After spending months moving at a snail’s pace, Congress is fast approaching a final agreement on a highway bill.

23 April 2012
By Karoun Demirjian

Taxi drivers lose appeal in fight over extra cabs

Southern Nevada taxi drivers made their case for reducing the number of cabs on valley streets in a new venue. But they got a familiar answer when the Nevada Transportation Authority rejected an appeal from two unions of last year’s Nevada Taxicab Authority approval of permanent cab allocations.

19 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Small plane being tracked by Air Force crashes into Gulf

The Coast Guard says a small plane that two F-15 fighter jets were tracking for hours has crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

19 April 2012
Associated Press

Fuel hedging leads Southwest Airlines to profitable 1st quarter

A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Southwest Airlines rode a stable financial strategy that helped it grow in the 1990s — a favorable fuel hedging program — to a profitable first quarter this year, surprising analysts who were anticipating a rare quarterly loss for the airline.

19 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Pilot plans insanity defense in Las Vegas flight disruption

Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain that had a "medical situation" during a Las Vegas-bound flight from JFK International airport, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in Amarillo, Texas. Passengers said the pilot screamed that Iraq or Afghanistan had planted a bomb on the flight, was locked out of the cockpit, and then tackled and restrained by passengers. The pilot who subsequently took command of the aircraft elected to land in Amarillo at about 10 a.m., JetBlue Airways said in a statement.

A JetBlue Airways captain accused of disrupting a flight when he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists plans to use an insanity defense at trial.

18 April 2012
Associated Press

With Allegiant shaking up Las Vegas-Hawaii air market, how will Southwest respond?

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport.

The skies over the South Pacific and the air routes between Hawaii and its ninth island, Las Vegas, will be filling up in the months ahead.

18 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Allegiant Air opens route between Las Vegas and Honolulu

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

For more than a year, Allegiant Air has been talking about flying to Hawaii, but no one has known which cities would be on the airline’s flight plan.

10 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
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