WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines improved their on-time performance in May, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported.

WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines reported an improved rate for on-time flights in January over December but the rate remains behind on-time figures posted a year ago.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines reported declining rates of on-time flights and increasing rates of mishandled luggage in 2007, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Employment at passenger airlines grew 3.7 percent in November over the same period a year ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines' on-time performance in October was better than last year, but down from September, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The on-time arrival rate for airlines fell in July from a year earlier but improved from June's poor showing, the U.S. Department of Transportation said.

WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Six U.S. airlines applied Monday to fly new direct routes between the United States and China, the airlines said.

WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Understaffed airlines and an overtaxed U.S. air traffic control system are being blamed for a record number of delayed flights, it was reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- More U.S. airlines arrived late and lost luggage in December than a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlines continued to operate Monday, the third full day of a strike by its U.S. mechanics.

OMAHA, April 4 (UPI) -- The overall quality of U.S. airline service fell last year, two Midwestern researchers reported Monday.

EAGAN, Minn., March 15 (UPI) -- Minnesota-based Northwest Airlines, which lost $878 million last year, is freezing domestic routes at 2004 levels but will increase foreign routes.

HONOLULU, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Aloha Airlines has joined Hawaii's only other inter-island airline in filing for bankruptcy court protection, KITV-TV, Honolulu, reported Friday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Spirit Airlines in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Thursday gave 2,400 of its employees a bonus of $55 each for their performance in July. Spirit Airlines, which is the largest privately-held airline in the country, had the best on-time performance and the lowest

MILWAUKEE, June 2 (UPI) -- Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines has been named the 2004 best domestic air carrier for service by readers of Travel and Leisure magazine.