Saying "we want to be part of any solutions" to the energy crunch crippling California, President Bush ordered federal agencies there today to cut power use by curtailing air-conditioning and even e-mail use during state electricity shortages.
Airlines suffered from terrorist attacks, global pandemics and recessions that have curtailed air travel.
But anxiety about the unpleasant hurdles often encountered at airport security checkpoints are also widely cited by those who have stopped or curtailed air travel.
The rescue work itself was hampered initially by the difficulty in getting personnel and supplies to the devastation zone; compounding the difficulty were periods of inclement weather that curtailed air operations.
The revised profit forecast for this year is still well below the $8.6 billion the association forecast March 2 — just days before the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident in Japan, which has sharply curtailed air travel to Japan, one of the world's largest economies.
A global summit on climate change is scheduled for December in Peru, and Nichols said California and Mexico may jointly introduce a proposal there to curtail air pollution.
The airline stated that Bahrain's minister of transport, who sits on the board of Gulf Air, had curtailed Bahrain Air's routes to important markets.
The Aim-listed company, which is backed by EasyJet's founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, blamed the Tanzanian presidential elections in October for curtailing government air travel.
Curtail air strikes, rein in Special Operations night attacks -- none of it will, in the long run, matter.
In Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry renewed his efforts to persuade Iraq to curtail Iranian air shipments of arms to Syria.
In terms of public relations, the announcement also appeared intended as a gesture to the West, which has urged Russia to curtail indiscriminate air and artillery strikes that have wounded or killed thousands of civilians.
