Four airport-security employees were taken to area hospitals and a concourse was closed after reports of a strange odor in a checkpoint area.

More than 200 local NetJets Inc. employees are told Friday their positions are being eliminated as part of a 5 percent across-the-board workforce reduction.

The future of Port Columbus International Airport calls for two terminals, with both of the airport’s runways capable of simultaneous take-offs and landings. The plan for terminal expansion is still more than a decade away, but the Federal Aviation Administration gave environmental approval last week to a plan that would relocate the south runway a distance of 700 feet.

Passengers on a Port Columbus flight sit in a plane on the runway for more than nine hours Wednesday.

The crash landing of Flight 1549 has brought new attention to the problem posed by birds.

A Southwest Airlines pilot is on paid administrative leave after Port Columbus travelers claim he was drunk.

At Port Columbus, things aren’t as bright going into 2009 as they were in 2008.