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Last night Dallas Area Rapid Transit sent word that its board of directors signed off on the design-build contract that’ll push the under-construction Orange Line the final 5.2 miles that’ll get it to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport’s Terminal A. More >

North Texas travelers got a blue Christmas present on Wednesday as JetBlue Airways announced that it will launch service at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in May.

The low-cost airline said it will fly three daily round-trip flights between DFW and Boston using a 100-seat Embraer 190 aircraft, with the first flight May 1. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, but JetBlue didn’t disclose the initial fare. More >

American Airlines’ parent company said Tuesday it needs to achieve a competitive cost and debt structure as it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Dallas/Fort Worth Airport has made top marks in customer service, according to an international airport group.

For the fifth year in a row, DFW was ranked in the top five in Airport Service Quality by the Airport Council International. The airport was also inducted into the ACI’s Roll of Excellence, one of only two American airports of the 14 airports added to the roll. Austin-Bergstrom airport was the other. More >

Dallas and Fort Worth area trade show displayand event marketing company, Skyline DFW Exhibits & Events, announced today that the company will now offer promotional items and apparel as part of the company’s Creative Services offering. Skyline DFW saw companies investing thousands on high-quality event and trade show displays to portray their brand. More >

Manufacturing employment is a sector that is in general decline nationwide, and an analysis by On Numbers shows that Dallas-Fort Worth fared better in the past five years than some metropolitan areas, but worse than others.

DFW ranked 47th out of 100 metro areas in five-year manufacturing job growth and 64th in one-year growth, the analysis found. More >