Tag: Air Travel

Delta hit back at Ann Coulter after her day-long rant about her flying experience Saturday. (File photo)

Delta hits back at Ann Coulter for Twitter tirade: Your insults are unacceptable

Kyle Feldscher · July 16, 2017 11:40 pm

Conservative author Ann Coulter fired a fury of tweets on Saturday evening condemning Delta Airlines after she claims she was forced to move from her pre-booked seat. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

Ann Coulter calls Delta ‘worst airline in America’ after seating debacle

Mandy Mayfield · July 16, 2017 12:08 am

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger says the legislation would give too much power to the larger airlines.

Famed pilot ‘Sully’ Sullenberger opposes air traffic control bill

Sean Higgins · July 14, 2017 3:00 pm

While EAS was designed in 1978 to connect rural airports to larger hubs, to keep time from forgetting little out of the way aerodromes, the program essentially fuels boutique airliners for the rich and retired. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Beltway Confidential

It’d be cheaper for Uncle Sam to call an Uber rather than pay for some federally subsidized flights

Philip Wegmann · July 13, 2017 10:35 pm

Airport strikes ruin business trips, vacations, weddings, celebrations, graduations, and the general right of Americans to pursue happiness. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Beltway Confidential

Unions shouldn’t be allowed to shut down airports and screw everyone over

Tom Rogan · July 12, 2017 3:40 pm

Numerous government audits suggest efforts by Congress and the FAA to bring 1960s-era ground-based radar air traffic control system into the satellite age may be doomed to failure. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Air traffic control reform is a no-brainer

Marc Scribner · July 12, 2017 4:01 am

Smoke and flames rise from a Marine plane that crashed in a farm field, in Itta Bena, Miss., killing several. (WLBT-TV via AP)

National Security

Trump, Melania offer ‘deepest condolences’ after Marine plane crash in Mississippi

Caitlin Yilek · July 11, 2017 1:16 pm

The evacuation is causing delays at Baltimore-Washington, Dulles International, and Reagan National airports. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Hazmat incident causes delays at Washington, DC, area airports

Sean Langille · July 10, 2017 11:46 pm

Republican senators serving rural states oppose privatizing the air traffic control system because they worry that smaller airports and general aviation, such as private pilots and business jets, will lose under a nonprofit governed by a board composed of industry players.

Republican air traffic control disagreement could be trouble for Trump infrastructure plan

Josh Siegel · July 10, 2017 4:01 am

A sign for International Arrivals is shown at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington Secrets

Foreign travel to US upgraded to ‘strong,’ higher under Trump

Paul Bedard · July 5, 2017 6:01 pm

The United States will phase in new security measures at airports over time, which will both be seen and unseen. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Security

White House: New air travel safety measures are the greatest improvement opportunity since 9/11

Kyle Feldscher · July 2, 2017 2:30 pm

The Navy will resume training flights in its T-45 Goshawk jets in July after they were grounded due to oxygen deprivation incidents, according to the commander of Naval Air Forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jameson E. Lynch/Released)

National Security

Navy training aircraft hit with oxygen problems to resume student flights

Travis J. Tritten · June 30, 2017 2:41 pm