Fitch assigns an 'AA' rating to the authority's $175 million series 2008 B (AMT) bonds and affirms the 'AA' long-term underlying rating on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's (the authority) approximately $4.2 billion of outstanding airport system revenue bonds.

By Trevor Anderson, Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C. Mar. 19--As major U.S. airlines continue to shrink their operations to battle rising fuel prices, a weakening economy and declines in share prices, the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is thriving.

By Sarah K. Winn sarahkwinn@wvgazette.com The Charleston Area Alliance pledged to donate up to $200,000 to help start a new ultra-low cost airline based at Charleston's Yeager airport, the Alliance announced at its board meeting Tuesday.

By Benjamin N. Gedan; Journal Staff Writer The writedown is an unusual setback; most debt from other bankruptcies had been collected. * * * WARWICK - The Rhode Island Airport Corporation is writing down $72,000 in debt owed by Independence Air, the bankrupt discount carrier.

By JACK GILLUM tucson non-stops to 3 new cities It's added more than a half-dozen nonstop flights from Tucson - and promised customers a better experience, with inexpensive beer to boot. But the future success of ExpressJet Airlines Inc.