ALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, criticized for roundabout flights at taxpayer expense from his Manhattan home through Washington to work in Albany, has started taking more of the cheaper direct flights upstate following an internal review.

For the summer travel season, Virgin America will increase the frequency of flights between LAX, New York City and Washington, D.C., the California-based airline announced today.

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BEIJING, June 13 -- China and Taiwan agreed Friday to allow 36 round-trip charter flights every weekend as the first step in a mutual plan to dramatically expand visits to the self-ruled island by Chinese tourists.

An airline analyst isn't buying Air Canada's reason for planning to charge its lowest-fare customers $25 for a second checked bag on North American flights. For it's part, Air Canada says it's to combat ...