Tag: Air Travel

U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor Erik Gordon, left, helps a passenger navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks at a United Airlines gate before boarding a flight to Tokyo, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston.

Tech advances at US airports yield more busts of visa overstayers exiting the country

Anna Giaritelli · May 1, 2019 10:32 am

File- This April 30, 2009 file photo shows a Boeing 787, painted in the company's colors, stands in the paint hangar at the company's facility in Everett, Wash. Boeing's much-delayed 787 Dreamliner has hit another production snafu. Hairline cracks have been discovered in the wings of some 787's that are being built. The Chicago-based manufacturer said none of the 122 jets already flown by airlines around the world are affected. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

FAA tightens screws on Boeing with new inspections of 787 model

James Langford · April 29, 2019 6:16 pm

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands at the Southern California Logistics Airport in the high desert town of Victorville, Calif.

Southwest seeks passenger feedback on 737 Max to prep for plane’s return

James Langford · April 25, 2019 8:45 pm

A worker looks up at a parked Boeing 737 Max 8 built for Jet Airways as another 737 Max 8 made for Shenzhen Airlines stands behind at a Boeing Co. production facility in Renton, Wash.

Boeing sees airline pilots as key to restoring public trust in 737 MAX

James Langford · April 24, 2019 5:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

George Monbiot and the climate change heart of darkness

Tom Rogan · April 19, 2019 4:50 pm

Military delegates arrive at the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing.

National Security

New York airline employee was Chinese agent

Caitlin Yilek · April 18, 2019 9:12 pm

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for India-based Jet Airways lands following a test flight, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at Boeing Field in Seattle. Flight test and other non-passenger-bearing flights of the plane continue in the Seattle area where the plane is manufactured, as a world-wide grounding the the 737 MAX 8 continues, following fatal crashes of MAX 8's operated by Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air.

Trump suggests Boeing rebrand 737 name

John Gage · April 15, 2019 11:51 am

A woman waves a rainbow flag during the 11th annual Pride Parade along Ocean Drive, as part of Miami Beach Pride week, Sunday, April 7, 2019, in Miami Beach, Fla.

San Jose city council votes to hang rainbow flags near new Chick-fil-A

Alana Goodman · April 13, 2019 4:45 pm

A drone hovers at the DJI booth during CES International in Las Vegas.

National Security

San Francisco 49ers head of security: NFL needs permission to shoot down threatening drones

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2019 6:55 pm

The Los Angeles Rams play against the New England Patriots during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta.

Super Bowl saw 54 drone incursions: Homeland Security

Anna Giaritelli · April 10, 2019 4:46 pm

In this Monday, April 8, 2019 photo, Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, built for American Airlines, left, and Air Canada are parked at the airport adjacent to a Boeing Co. production facility in Renton, Wash. Orders and deliveries of Boeing's 737 Max plunged in the first quarter as the plane was grounded around the world following a second deadly crash. Boeing disclosed Tuesday, April 9, that it received no new orders for the Max in March.

Shareholders slap Boeing with class action lawsuit over 737 MAX controversy

Daniel Jativa · April 10, 2019 2:49 pm

In this March 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s next own-goal on trade: new tariffs over EU airline subsidies

Erin Dunne · April 9, 2019 2:17 pm