Transportation

Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport grew by 4.1 percent in January compared with the same month last year. While that was a smaller leap than in some recent months, airport Executive Director Kevin …

The Des Moines Airport Authority Board this week changed its incentive package for airlines that offer new flights from Des Moines. 

The new version will apply to qualifying seasonal flights. Previously, the board had required …

Allegiant Air has announced twice-weekly nonstop flights between Des Moines International Airport and Destin-Fort Walton Beach airport, Fla., beginning in May. In addition, Des Moines airport officials announced that Southwest Airlines will begin its seasonal …

The Scarbrough Group of Companies, based in Kansas City, Mo., announced it has appointed Adam Hill as president and chief operating officer of Scarbrough International Ltd. The full service international and domestic transportation provider, which has operations in Central …

Cedar Rapids Gazette: In about 20 years, the growing use of electric vehicles could take a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year hit on a state fund relied upon to finance better roads, the Iowa Department of Transportation said Tuesday. Iowa’s …

Iowa’s trucking industry pays $4.3 billion in wages for 98,540 jobs, new data from the American Transportation Research Institute and the Iowa Motor Carriers Foundation show. The Iowa trucking industry pays over $4.3 billion in …