Southwest Airlines Co. and Continental Airlines Co. are both reporting more empty seats in June, the first full month of the summer season, than they recorded in June 2007. Southwest reported Tuesday that it filled 78.2 percent of its seats

Alvy Dodson, the federal security director for Dallas Love Field, is moving to the private sector. Mr. Dodson, who took the position at Love Field a year ago, previously spent 29 years working for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's public safety

American Airlines Inc. has informed its flight attendants' union that it may furlough 900 flight attendants as of Aug. 31. In a hotline message to members, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said the airline delivered a WARN letter, Worker

Industrial building developer and owner ProLogis said Wednesday that it has leased a half million square feet of Dallas-area industrial space to three companies. In Northeast Dallas near Interstate 635, ProLogis leased 270,000 square feet of distribution space to SpeedFC,

Lone Star Funds, a Dallas-based investment firm, has agreed to buy the home-lending business of New York-based CIT Group Inc., raising its bet on the subprime mortgage industry, which is at the center of the current credit crunch. Lone Star

Alberto Lombardi, the high-flying Dallas-based restaurateur who once owned eateries in every U.S. time zone, is ready to land. Tonight's opening of Pescabar, a restaurant serving Italian seafood in Dallas' West Village, is the second of five Lombardi spots to

Blockbuster Inc. said Tuesday it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Circuit City Inc. as market conditions have worsened since the idea was first hatched in April. The Dallas-based movie rental chain, with aspirations of becoming a one-stop home entertainment