Tag: Air Travel

A TSA worker works at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

TSA says personnel won’t be coerced into border deployment: ‘We’re soliciting volunteers’

Anna Giaritelli · May 16, 2019 9:14 pm

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers assist travelers with luggage through a security screening area during a partial federal government shutdown Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in SeaTac, Wash. TSA staff are among tens of thousands of federal employees considered essential as the federal government shutdown moves into its second week. They are working without pay until the shutdown ends, but will likely be paid retroactively later on.

TSA union warns border deployment may ‘undermine’ air safety at busiest time of year

Anna Giaritelli · May 15, 2019 9:18 pm

DOT calls to halt air travel between US, Venezuela

Diana Stancy Correll · May 15, 2019 6:48 pm

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner being built for Turkish Airlines takes off on a test flight, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Renton, Wash. Passenger flights using the plane remain grounded worldwide as investigations into two fatal crashes involving the airplane continue.

GOP lawmakers warn against ‘jumping to conclusions’ on 737 MAX crashes

James Langford · May 15, 2019 5:37 pm

In this June 18 2015 file photo, vapour forms across the wings of an Airbus A380 as it performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget airport, north of Paris.

Trump administration seeks to hit EU with tariffs over Airbus subsidies

Sean Higgins · May 14, 2019 7:08 pm

Beltway Confidential

Like the rest of us, Diana Ross hates the TSA

Madeline Fry Schultz · May 10, 2019 4:00 am

Airports, airlines battle over ticket fees

Diana Stancy Correll · May 10, 2019 4:00 am

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 TUI fly airplane being built for TUI Group sits parked at Renton Municipal Airport next to Boeing's assembly facility in Renton, Wash. Friday, April 26, 2019.

Half of airline passengers afraid of Boeing 737 MAX after crashes

Melissa Quinn · May 8, 2019 3:58 pm

The Sukhoi SSJ100 aircraft of Aeroflot airlines is covered in fire retardant foam after an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Scores of people died when the Aeroflot airliner burst into flames while making the emergency landing at the airport Sunday evening, officials said.

American killed in Russian plane fire was en route to begin dream job

Caitlin Yilek · May 7, 2019 6:04 pm

In this image provided by Riccardo Dalla Francesca shows smoke rises from a fire on a plane at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday, May 5, 2019.

41 people die after jet makes emergency landing in Russia

Zach Halaschak · May 5, 2019 7:13 pm

National Security

Navy investigating harrowing Boeing 737 crash in Florida

John Siciliano · May 4, 2019 3:36 pm

In this photo released by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, authorities work at the scene of a plane in the water in Jacksonville, Fla.

Boeing 737 from Gitmo skids into Florida river with 142 passengers

John Gage · May 4, 2019 4:00 am