Tag: Air Travel

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has deflected criticism of his travel habits by saying he faces "unprecedented" security threats from taunting travelers, which has prompted career security staff to grant him waivers before flights to sit in first class. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Scott Pruitt vows to curb frequent first class travel if ‘unprecedented’ security risk can be managed

Josh Siegel · March 1, 2018 2:49 pm

In this 2017 photo, Delta Air Lines airplanes line the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City. Delta is one of several companies that severed its relationship with the National Rifle Association after the mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The Left is right on Delta, the NRA, conscience rights, and the separation of industry and state

Timothy P. Carney · February 28, 2018 1:11 am

Beltway Confidential

Did Boeing just swindle Trump with that Air Force One deal?

Philip Wegmann · February 27, 2018 5:55 pm

Legislation introduced to the House earlier this month by Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., would eliminate a Great Depression-era restriction that caps foreign ownership in U.S. airlines at 25 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trade groups battle over foreign investment in US airlines

Diana Stancy Correll · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

After rumors began to fly Monday that President Trump intended to nominate his personal pilot to head the Federal Aviation Administration, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said he'd prefer a candidate that would face an easier confirmation on the Hill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Thune warns Trump not to nominate his personal pilot as FAA administrator

Naomi Lim · February 27, 2018 2:37 am

United airplanes sit outside the company's hangar at Newark Liberty International Airport. Investing giant Berkshire Hathaway owns stakes in that airline and its three biggest U.S. competitors with a combined value of $10.2 billion. (Timothy Fadek/Bloomberg)

Warren Buffett’s own private airline? Billionaire investor won’t ‘rule it out’

James Langford · February 26, 2018 11:31 pm

"I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA. Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back," Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle tweeted. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Georgia lieutenant governor says he’ll kill any tax legislation benefitting Delta after it cut ties to NRA

Caitlin Yilek · February 26, 2018 8:18 pm

In this Feb. 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference In Oxon Hill, Md. On the offensive about his record and the defensive about the Russia investigation, Trump sought in a week's worth of rhetoric to show that he is outdoing his predecessor, if not all of history. This made for inflated claims. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump wants to make his personal pilot head of the FAA: Report

Kyle Feldscher · February 25, 2018 11:52 pm

"Delta is reaching out to the NRA to let them know we will be ending their contract for discounted rates through our group travel program. We will be requesting that the NRA remove our information from their website," the airline tweeted on Saturday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Delta, United Airlines to end discounted rates for NRA members

Daniel Chaitin · February 24, 2018 2:53 pm

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., wrote a letter Tuesday, saying he wants to obtain details about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's air travel over the last year, including how often he has flown first class and whether the EPA granted him a waiver for the flights.

Energy and Environment

Trey Gowdy questions EPA’s Scott Pruitt over frequent first-class flights

Josh Siegel · February 21, 2018 7:48 pm

Security agents found two one-pound canisters of gunpowder in a passenger's belongings last week at Alaska's Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

Airport officials in Alaska find gunpowder in passenger’s luggage

Anna Giaritelli · February 20, 2018 10:12 pm

Last year, the TSA found a record high 3,957 guns in passenger carry-on bags, nearly five times the number seized a decade ago. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Record high 104 guns found at airport security checkpoints in one week by TSA

Anna Giaritelli · February 20, 2018 9:32 pm