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Delta Airlines and United Express, MBS International Airport's two major carriers, have agreed to a 3 percent airline lease increase for each of the next two years.  

Mesaba Airlines is asking for a federal subsidy to offer three daily flights from Tupelo Regional Airport.  

Airlines say they'll start watching out for passengers who may be infected with Swine Flu or other types of influenza this fall. But they are not yet saying they'll prevent them people flying or that they will give refunds to sick passengers who can't make their flights. Paul Flaningan from Southwest Airlines tells USA Today, "We do definitely reserve that right to take a look at someone, and if they exhibit signs of having a communicable disease and flying is not in their best interest, we can defini

We're going to proceed with our normal policies, and if the situation were to change drastically then we'd have to examine that.   -Christopher White

 

Connectivity -- at a cost, of course -- is coming to Northwest Airlines. The move to add in-flight WiFi access to Northwest's fleet by June comes as Delta Air Lines Inc. continues scrubbing the Northwest brand as part of the companies' merger. It also comes as many of the nation's domestic carriers race to make Internet access for customers ubiquitous throughout their fleets; the addition is attractive to business customers who are demanding increasing connectivity while aloft and also to the airlines  

Southwest Airlines, McCarran's busiest air carrier, saw its passenger count increase 3.2 percent in October. Consequently, US Airway, the airport's No. 2 airline, saw its passenger counts fall 31.4 percent in the month. In October, US Airways announced it cutting its to and from Las Vegas by nearly half starting in February as part of an overall realignment by the Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier.  

A federal air marshal who says he was seriously injured when a flight attendant deliberately smashed a beverage cart into him is suing Delta Air Lines and the crew member, a "Jane Doe" co-defendant in the suit, who allegedly preceded the attack with less forceful rammings and warnings that he and a fellow air marshal should "stay out of my way." He has since been unable to return to duty and is now working at a desk for a much lower salary, said attorney John A.B. Ayoub of Ayoub & Mansour , who filed the  

Saving money at the airport begins when you arrive. If a friend hasn't dropped you off, you should look into the Airport 2 Economy Parking Lot. It's secure. It has a free shuttle, and it's dirt cheap.  

This post is part of a regular series written by ETF Trends editor Tom Lydon, special for CNBC.com. If you're like millions of other Americans right now, you're thinking about loading up the car or getting on a plane to visit loved ones and eat all the turkey you can stomach. All this flying and driving presents an exchange traded fund (ETF) investment opportunity. Holiday travel is expected to be down this year from last year, but that doesn't mean that people won't be flying the friendly skies or pu  

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL ) received some interesting options activity this afternoon, suggesting a bullish tone. The airline recently announced that they would inject capital into Japan Airlines, as well as an issuance of $688.7 million in pass through certificates. S&P currently has Delta rated as a buy, with a $10 price target; Fitch has various Neutral and Negative ratings on the debt.