Airline executives have pushed the government to modernize air traffic control and alleviate congestion in some of the busiest air corridors in the U.S.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington is one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Delta, United, American and Southwest generated about $8 billion in profit on $200 billion in revenue last year, but the airlines all lost money flying passengers.

The American Airlines’ subsidiary has ties that go back decades in Ohio, and just said it was moving its headquarters to Charlotte.

Louis Armstrong International Airport has updated its list of airlines with flight cancelations that stretch into Wednesday. Many airlines began canceling flights Monday night, and all of them shut down operations here Tuesday, though the airport remained open.

US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of a collision like the one that just killed 67 people.

The arrivals board at the reopened Reagan National Airport is showing dozens of canceled flights that were scheduled for Friday, with the majority scrapped by American Airlines. That includes early-morning journeys from Charleston,

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It's been more than two decades since American Airlines, the nation's largest carrier, was involved in a deadly crash.

"Knowing we were the first flight from DCA to come to Dallas, I was just grateful we made it safely," said Felicia Neal.