Logan International Airport

Frontier Airlines , which is headquartered in Denver, has decided to discontinue service to Logan International Airport on May 17. Currently Frontier has one flight to Kansas City, Mo., every day except Saturday. Besides Frontier, Delta Air Lines also offers service to Kansas City. Frontier has been seeking to cut costs and trim unprofitable routes as transitions into a low-cost airline and its parent company, Republic Airways Holdings Inc., prepares to sell or spin it off, according to Bloomberg News.

A United Airlines jetliner made an emergency landing this afternoon at Logan International Airport after reporting some problems with the pilots' instruments, but no one was injured and no damage to the aircraft was reported, a Logan spokesman said. Flight 224, an Airbus 320 from Chicago to Boston carrying 144 passengers and five crewmembers, landed on Runway 22L at 12:42 p.m. without incident, and taxied to the gate at Terminal C, said Phil Orlandella. United Airlines spokeswoman Mary Ryan said the pilot, upon approaching Logan, noticed "an issue" with his...

Delta Connection and United Express customers at Logan International Airport will likely see little immediate impact from the bankruptcy filing of Pinnacle Airlines Corp., which operates the regional services for the major carriers in Boston. Delta Air Lines has a total of 2,044 monthly departures from Logan. Of those, 685 are operated by Delta Connection carriers, which include Pinnacle, ASA, Comair, and Chautauqua, with 167 flown by Pinnacle. Memphis-based Pinnacle has received $74 million in support from Delta Air Lines.

They call them Go Packs , and this is the way they work: Boston travelers can buy 10 one-way flights between Logan International Airport and all Washington, D.C.-area airports — Washington-Reagan, Washington-Dulles, Baltimore — for $699 plus $7 in taxes and fees per flight, or about $77 per trip. You can buy the Go Packs through April 17 for travel from April 23 through June 27. One useful feature: The Go Pack can be shared. When you buy one, you get 10 separate codes, one for each flight you've prepaid.

Third in an eight-part series. "Flight attendant Cameron?" the voice from Dallas barks. "Are you going to sign in for your trip? Are you stuck in traffic?" Halle Cameron squints at the clock on her nightstand: 7 a.m., Sept. 11, 2001. American Airlines Flight 11 departs in 45 minutes from Logan International Airport, nonstop to Los Angeles. She had finally earned the seniority to pull cross-country flights like this, after 10 years of short-hop connections and layovers in Des Moines.

Logan International Airport will hold an annual drill Wednesday to check the readiness of snow-removal equipment. Each year, the Massachusetts Port Authority tests more than 50 pieces of equipment that keep the airport runway and taxiways open and safe.

JetBlue Airways says it will launch five weekly seasonal flights between Logan International Airport and St. Thomas International Airport in the Virgin Islands starting Dec. 15. The carrier also said that the service would enable Boston customers to reach St. Croix on JetBlue flights connecting through San Juan.

JetBlue Airways is launching seasonal service between Boston and Nantucket in May, the airline's 45th destination out of Logan International Airport. Flights will leave Boston at 4:50 p.m. from May 17 through Sept. 4. Passengers can book flights -- which will use full-size planes, according to JetBlue -- starting today. Prices are $98 roundtrip for travel between May 17 and June 13. Non-sale fares start at around $145 roundtrip.

To mark the launch of seasonal service from Logan International Airport to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, JetBlue is offering one-way sale fares as low as $149 through Dec. 22 for travel from Jan. 5 to Feb. 15. The New York-based carrier said in June that it would begin starting Dec. 15 direct flights from Boston to St. Thomas International Airport and returns via San Juan, Puerto Rico. St. Thomas is JetBlue's 43d nonstop destination from Logan.

There will be a lot of commotion and brilliant light on the water at the end of a Logan International Airport runway tonight, but it will only be a drill, airport officials said. The airport is conducting the drill to see how fast it can get portable lighting to an emergency area, in this case the water off Runway 14, said Logan spokesman Phil Orlandella. The drill, which will involve Massport Fire Rescue, the Coast Guard, Boston Fire Department, and State Police, will be conducted at 7 p.m.

Delta Connection and United Express customers at Logan International Airport will likely see little immediate impact from the bankruptcy filing of Pinnacle Airlines Corp., which operates the regional services for the major carriers in Boston. Delta Air Lines has a total of 2,044 monthly departures from Logan. Of those, 685 are operated by Delta Connection carriers, which include Pinnacle, ASA, Comair, and Chautauqua, with 167 flown by Pinnacle. Memphis-based Pinnacle has received $74 million in support from Delta Air Lines.

Frontier Airlines , which is headquartered in Denver, has decided to discontinue service to Logan International Airport on May 17. Currently Frontier has one flight to Kansas City, Mo., every day except Saturday. Besides Frontier, Delta Air Lines also offers service to Kansas City. Frontier has been seeking to cut costs and trim unprofitable routes as transitions into a low-cost airline and its parent company, Republic Airways Holdings Inc., prepares to sell or spin it off, according to Bloomberg News.

Two baggage handlers have been charged with stealing cash, tobacco, cameras, expensive electronics, and other items from checked luggage at Logan International Airport, State Police said yesterday. Lashawn Fontenot, 25, of Lynn and Joshua Wright, 25, of Mattapan were arrested Tuesday at the airport, State Police said. State Police said the items stolen were worth thousands of dollars. Officials from the Massachusetts Port Authority contacted State Police several weeks ago after receiving numerous complaints of theft from checked luggage in...

JetBlue Airways is launching seasonal service between Boston and Nantucket in May, the airline's 45th destination out of Logan International Airport. Flights will leave Boston at 4:50 p.m. from May 17 through Sept. 4. Passengers can book flights -- which will use full-size planes, according to JetBlue -- starting today. Prices are $98 roundtrip for travel between May 17 and June 13. Non-sale fares start at around $145 roundtrip.

There will be a lot of commotion and brilliant light on the water at the end of a Logan International Airport runway on Thursday evening, but don't worry, it's only a drill, airport officials said. The airport is conducting the drill to see how fast it can get portable lighting to an emergency area, in this case the water off of Runway 14, said Logan spokesman Phil Orlandella. "You'll see a lot of light at the approach end of 14," he said. The drill, which will involve Massport Fire Rescue, along with the Coast Guard, Boston Fire Department, and State...

There will be a lot of commotion and brilliant light on the water at the end of a Logan International Airport runway tonight, but it will only be a drill, airport officials said. The airport is conducting the drill to see how fast it can get portable lighting to an emergency area, in this case the water off Runway 14, said Logan spokesman Phil Orlandella. The drill, which will involve Massport Fire Rescue, the Coast Guard, Boston Fire Department, and State Police, will be conducted at 7 p.m.

They call them Go Packs , and this is the way they work: Boston travelers can buy 10 one-way flights between Logan International Airport and all Washington, D.C.-area airports — Washington-Reagan, Washington-Dulles, Baltimore — for $699 plus $7 in taxes and fees per flight, or about $77 per trip. You can buy the Go Packs through April 17 for travel from April 23 through June 27. One useful feature: The Go Pack can be shared. When you buy one, you get 10 separate codes, one for each flight you've prepaid.

It was a relatively quiet start to the Christmas travel season in Massachusetts. State Police Sergeant Michael Popovics said the worst traffic problem yesterday followed a car fire during the evening rush hour on Interstate 95 in Needham. He said traffic volume was routine on other state roads. Logan International Airport reported a busy day, but most flights were running on time or with minor delays. Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella said Logan typically gets about 80,000 travelers a day, but expected about 5,000 more yesterday and even...

The trip to the Super Bowl just keeps getting easier for Patriots fans. Several airlines have added flights between Boston and Indianapolis over Super Bowl weekend, including several that don't normal fly the route nonstop. United Airlines has a special flight back to Logan International Airport on the morning of Feb. 6, and AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines will be operating nonstops between the two cities on Feb. 3 and Feb. 6. Along with carrying the Patriots players and their families on charter flights, Delta Air Lines will be flying...