Transportation

Las Vegas airport scores poorly for on-time flights

A Delta jet at McCarran International Airport.

McCarran International Airport had the seventh-worst rate of flight delays and cancellations among 35 North American airports in December, a company that tracks on-time performance reported. Portland, Ore.-based FlightStats said McCarran had a 65.8 percent on-time rate with 11.8 percent of its departures classified as “excessively late,” leaving at least 45 minutes after the scheduled time.

10 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Allegiant Air execs talk routes, fees and the airline's future at McCarran

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, photo, an Allegiant Air jetliner flies over the the the New York-New York Hotel & Casino after taking off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Allegiant Air didn't announce many new Las Vegas routes last year, but the sixth busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport still has big plans.

10 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Tesla station to bring electric cars to Wyoming

In this Jan. 2, 2014, photo, a pickup truck sporting Wyoming-themed mud flaps and a brush guard in front drives down Main Street in Lusk, Wyo. Electric cars are all but unheard of around here, but last month Tesla installed four of its Supercharger units in the courtyard of the Covered Wagon Motel in Lusk.

In the least populated county in the least populated state, old Ford and Chevy pickup trucks roam — and rule — the roads.

7 January 2014
By Mead Gruver, Associated Press

215 Beltway off-ramp to McCarran to close for road work

A section of the 215 Beltway heading into McCarran International Airport will shut down late Sunday while crews begin widening the highway, Clark County officials said.

3 January 2014
By Ana Ley

California bullet train in limbo after legal setbacks

This image provided by the California High-Speed Rail Authority shows an artist's conception of a high-speed rail car in California.

Officials overseeing California's $68 billion high-speed rail project have taken pains in recent weeks to assure the public that construction plans are moving ahead, characterizing a series of recent setbacks as "a bump in the road."

2 January 2014
By Juliet Williams, Associated Press

Cabbie gets $10,000 reward for returning $300,000 found in back of taxi

The $300,000 left behind in Gerardo Gamboa's cab.

A taxi driver who turned in $300,000 found in the back of his cab has received a $10,000 reward from the gambler who lost it. Gerardo Gamboa received the reward money from an unidentified gambler, believed to be a local poker player, who left the money in a paper bag in the cab.

27 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

New laws for 2014 span driver's licenses, taxes and tax credits, transportation and more

People living in the United States illegally will qualify for a Nevada driver's license, filmmakers who produce in Nevada will be eligible for a tax credit, motorists in Clark County will pay an additional 3.4 cents for a gallon of gasoline, and thousands will have health insurance coverage under a new federal law managed by the state. These are only a few of the 45 laws passed by the 2013 Legislature that take effect Jan. 1.

27 December 2013
By Cy Ryan

Passenger traffic at Las Vegas airport flat in November

A Delta jet at McCarran International Airport.

After five months of increases and five months of declines in the number of passengers flying into McCarran International Airport this year, November’s numbers were right where you’d expect — with no change at all.

24 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Cabbie returns $300,000 found in taxi, wanted to ‘do the right thing’

Talk about a Christmas miracle. A Las Vegas cab driver who found $300,000 — $100 bills in six $50,000 bundles — in a brown paper bag in the back seat of his taxi returned the money to the owner, a gambler who had won big at the Cosmopolitan.

24 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Delta running pilot program at McCarran to curb baggage thefts

Travelers pick up their luggage at the McCarran International Airport baggage claim area of Terminal 1 on Nov. 28, 2010.

Delta Air Lines, the second-busiest commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport, has begun a two-month pilot program to prevent thefts from the airport’s baggage claim carousels.

24 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Nevada's drivers worst in the U.S.? Far from it, website reports

Nevada Highway Patrol troopers investigate at the scene of a rollover accident in the southbound lanes of I-15 near Lamb Blvd. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. The vehicle was northbound but, possibly due to tire failure, the vehicle crossed the median and rolled. The driver was ejected and is reported in critical condition. A child in a car seat suffered non-life-threatening injuries, said NHP Trooper Jeremie Elliott.

Forget the stories about how bad drivers are in Nevada; a new ranking says drivers in 11 other states are worse than those here in the Silver State. The website Carinsurancecomparison.com says the nation’s worst drivers are in Louisiana.

20 December 2013
By John Taylor

Alaska Airlines makes inaugural nonstop flight between Anchorage, Las Vegas

Marilyn Romano, regional vice president of Alaska for Alaska Airlines, takes a cellphone photo of a cake celebrating the inaugural flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Las Vegas, at a Terminal 3 gate at McCarran International Airport on Dec. 19, 2013.

For Las Vegas, it’s perfect timing. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines today inaugurated nonstop service between Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, and Las Vegas, weeks after the state’s residents began receiving their annual Alaska Permanent Fund royalty checks.

19 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

U.S. 95 ramp to Interstate 15 to be closed for work

The U.S. 95 southbound ramp to Interstate 15 North will be closed from tonight until Friday morning for work on a drainage system.

19 December 2013
By Brian Nordli

American Airlines orders 90 regional jets

American Airlines planes sit at a gate at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport, Nov. 29, 2011.

American Airlines, fresh out of bankruptcy and newly merged with US Airways, said Thursday that it will buy 90 new regional jets from Brazil's Embraer S.A. and Canada's Bombardier Inc. and use them to replace smaller, less fuel-efficient planes.

12 December 2013
Associated Press

Allegiant Air to sell pain relievers during flights

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, photo, an Allegiant Air jetliner flies over the the the New York-New York Hotel & Casino after taking off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will be the first airline to offer over-the-counter medications on flights.

11 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta
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