Tag: Air Travel

Passengers stand in line as they wait to pass through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at LaGuardia airport Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Will FAA halting flights into New York’s LaGuardia airport be the beginning of the end of the shutdown?

Philip Klein · January 25, 2019 3:44 pm

Passengers exit Southwest Airlines flight 1643 after the plane slid off the runway at Eppley Airfield Friday, Jan 18, 2019, in Omaha, Neb.

US airlines grapple with ‘maddening’ shutdown’s unknown length, costs

James Langford · January 24, 2019 7:00 pm

Terry Brown, of Alaska Airlines, makes adjustments on a computer terminal at a gate in the new passenger terminal at Paine Field, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Everett, Wash. Alaska Airlines says it will delay the start of commercial passenger service at the new terminal by at least three weeks due to the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government, as the officials who must sign off on a final environmental assessment are on furlough.

Aviation workers warn the shutdown has created ‘unprecedented’ risk in flying

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2019 5:51 pm

Forget self-driving cars; Boeing just tested a self-flying taxi

James Langford · January 23, 2019 3:03 pm

President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are shown.

Trump cancels Pelosi’s overseas trip as shutdown fight escalates

Melissa Quinn · January 17, 2019 7:26 pm

A TSA worker helps passengers at the Salt Lake City International Airport.

TSA employees calling out because of shutdown financial troubles

Claude Thompson · January 16, 2019 11:33 pm

Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019.

Here’s how to get airport screeners paid during government shutdowns: Privatize the TSA

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2019 5:00 am

Transportation Security Administration officials work at the entrance to a concourse at San Francisco International Airport, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in San Francisco. The federal government shutdown is nearing a fourth week.

TSA absences spiking during shutdown

Daniel Chaitin · January 15, 2019 4:28 pm

Delta Air Lines grounded flights and predicted widespread cancellations Monday, disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers, after a power outage hit its computer systems globally. (Red Huber/ Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Delta posts double-digit profits for 2018 despite higher fuel costs

Joe Williams · January 15, 2019 2:03 pm

Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019.

National Security

Shutdown forces TSA to shift security screeners to major airports

Anna Giaritelli · January 14, 2019 8:31 pm

According to ABC News, the Transportation Security Administration fails up to 80 percent of security tests. There is an urgent need for reform. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Of course the TSA let a gun onto an airplane: Their job is impossible for the public sector

Nicole Russell · January 14, 2019 8:31 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.

Houston airport closes terminal due to TSA staffing shortage amid shutdown

Vaishnavee Sharma · January 14, 2019 2:05 am