Tag: Air Travel

He said the ruling allows the administration to review vetting procedures. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

DHS Secretary John Kelly: Trump’s travel ban court loss actually a ‘big win’

Josh Siegel · June 15, 2017 8:29 pm

They will take effect if the injunctions are lifted or stayed. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Trump delays travel ban amid legal setbacks

Sarah Bedford · June 14, 2017 6:41 pm

Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Customs officials find $468,000 of cocaine in passenger’s wheelchair

Anna Giaritelli · June 13, 2017 9:53 pm

The lack of student flights is delaying the progression of 25 students per month, or a total of 75 Navy pilots by the end of this month, Grosklags said. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Mai/U.S. Navy via AP)

National Security

Mystery oxygen problem with Navy trainer aircraft has halted student flights

Travis J. Tritten · June 13, 2017 7:48 pm

The checkpoint screening technology is being used at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport and Denver International Airport starting this week. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

TSA tests program to let travelers use their fingerprints as a boarding pass

Melissa Quinn · June 13, 2017 7:28 pm

The Senate is set to begin debating amendments to the Iran sanctions bill this week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

John Cornyn amendment targets Iran’s largest airline

Susan Ferrechio · June 12, 2017 10:13 pm

The Air Force is keeping a squadron of its newest F-35 fighter aircraft on the ground while it continues to probe why some pilots have reported experiencing symptoms of oxygen deprivation while in the cockpit. The temporary grounding affects only the F-35s at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Darlene Seltmann)

National Security

Air Force extends grounding for F-35s amid oxygen problem

Jamie McIntyre · June 12, 2017 6:04 pm

Thanks to the last-minute approval of Norwegian Air International's foreign carrier permit by the Obama administration, the American airline industry now faces a threat very similar to the one responsible for destroying the once-mighty U.S. maritime shipping industry. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Airline jobs threatened by carriers fleeing regulation after late Obama move

Dan Carey · June 7, 2017 4:01 am

The cruel irony of Trump Twitter is that it doesn't irritate his enemies. It empowers them. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

One tweet at a time, Trump confirms the ACLU’s argument against his travel ban

Philip Wegmann · June 6, 2017 3:58 pm

House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Schuster, R-Pa., didn't give up on the proposal, which calls for moving the air traffic control system from the FAA to an independent agency governed by a board of directors made up mostly of major airline representatives. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s backing boosts air traffic control privatization in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · June 6, 2017 4:01 am

The union previously supported similar legislation (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)

Air traffic controllers union may back Trump on privatization

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2017 5:28 pm

Security agencies on both sides of the Atlantic will buckle down on finding a better solution. (iStock photo)

National Security

No laptop ban on flights from Europe to US: report

Kyle Feldscher · May 30, 2017 5:02 pm