Congress may not come to a decision on the FAA budget for at least month, curtailing about $200 million a week in tax revenues. That means no work for 4,000 agency employees and 70,000 construction workers.
In an effort to reduce high fuel costs, American Airlines has ordered 460 new planes from Boeing and Airbus. The deal will phase out the carrier's current gas-guzzling fleet.
Southeast Asia's largest budget carrier, AirAsia, plans to buy 300 Airbus passenger jets — a record-breaking order that would make the Malaysia-based airline one of the world's largest carriers.