Tag: Air Travel

The airport said on Twitter that the outage "impacted several areas in the airport" and that they were working to restore it. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Flights into and out of Atlanta grounded due to power outage at world’s busiest airport

Eddie Scarry · December 17, 2017 8:02 pm

No one can deny Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's environmental deregulation, accomplishments that conservatives always cheer. But Zinke has corralled himself into an untenable position. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Ryan Zinke just made himself sky rodeo clown

Philip Wegmann · December 8, 2017 6:45 pm

Several airlines -- comprised of Delta, United, and American Airlines -- and some members of Congress are petitioning the Trump administration address the billions of dollars they claim state-run Gulf carriers unfairly receive in government subsidies. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

US airlines at odds over aviation agreements with Qatar and UAE

Diana Stancy Correll · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

A report submitted to the U.S. government shows that between 2004 and 2014, the governments of the UAE and Qatar have provided over $40 billion in subsidies and benefits to their state-owned airlines: Doha's Qatar Airways, Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, and Dubai's Emirates. (iStock Photo)

Newt Gingrich: Trump should enforce our free trade agreement on air travel

Newt Gingrich · December 2, 2017 5:01 am

"The computer said, 'Hey ya'll. You want the days off? You got it.'" (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Thousands of American Airlines flights lose pilots for holidays thanks to computer glitch

Kara Zupkus · November 29, 2017 8:20 pm

Exactly 2,609,372 passengers passed through TSA checkpoints on Sunday, making it the fifth-busiest day since the agency was established 16 years ago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

National Security

TSA adds Sunday to record books after massive Thanksgiving travel week

Anna Giaritelli · November 28, 2017 5:18 pm

The fee, known as the passenger facility charge, has had a cap of $4.50 for 15 years. But a provision in a Senate appropriations bill would nearly double the cap to $8.50. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Travel and airline groups clash over raising cap on ticket fees

Diana Stancy Correll · November 28, 2017 5:01 am

The U.S. Navy is a world leader in preparing aircrews for water crashes. Seeing as the aircraft involved in Wednesday's crash was a C-2 aircraft carrier cargo plane, the aircrew would have been trained at the higher-end of the water survival spectrum. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo Otero/U.S. Navy via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Eight military personnel just survived an air crash in water. Here’s how their training probably saved them

Tom Rogan · November 22, 2017 9:52 pm

A Navy C-2A Greyhound carrying 11 passengers and crew crashed into the Philippine Sea on Friday. Eight people have been recovered. (Navy photo)

National Security

Navy C-2 aircraft crashes with 11 on board in the Philippine Sea

David Brown · November 22, 2017 10:42 am

State-owned airline Air China suspended flights Tuesday between Beijing and North Korea due to a lack of demand, deepening the North's isolation amid mounting U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs.(AP Photo/ Greg Baker, File)

National Security

Air China suspends North Korea flights, deepening isolation

Associated Press · November 21, 2017 12:08 pm

It is clear that an air traffic control system designed in the 1940s is not equipped to handle the demands of 21st-century air travel. (iStock by Getty Images)

Air traffic control privatization is just an airline power grab

mark-baker, Ed Bolen · November 21, 2017 5:01 am

Four of the agency's 10 busiest days on record took place this summer. Those high travel trends are expected to continue through Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

TSA likely to see record airport screenings during Thanksgiving week

Anna Giaritelli · November 19, 2017 5:01 am