In the midst of a 5.3% industry-wide decline in passengers, Southwest Airlines retained its crown as the nation's biggest carrier in 2009. American finished second overall while carrying the most international passengers.
An Air India-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner rolled off of the airframer's controversial South Carolina, assembly line on Friday to a celebration of the first aircraft completed at the new facility.
An hour after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake heaved the Pacific floor off the coast of Japan, security cameras captured the moment Sendai Airport was washed out by the ensuing tsunami.