Tag: Air Travel

The bill was designed to spin our nation's air traffic controllers off into a quasi-private agency. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

AIRR Disaster: Air traffic control reform a boom for unions, a bust for taxpayers

Russ Brown · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

Federal officials will implement screening procedures at airport parking lots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

National Security

Former TSA director: Airports will add parking lot security checkpoints

Anna Giaritelli · June 30, 2016 1:23 am

State Department spokesman John Kirby said he was not permitted to explain what changed. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

National Security

State Dept.: Trust us on Iran-Boeing deal

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2016 8:22 pm

The cockpit voice recorder of the doomed EgyptAir plane that crashed last month killing all 66 people on board has been found and pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's investigation committee said. (AP Photo/Thomas Ranner, File)

Voice recorder of EgyptAir plane recovered

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2016 3:13 pm

Egypt says it has spotted the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt says it’s found wreckage from crashed EgyptAir plane

Associated Press · June 15, 2016 8:27 pm

Customs and Border Protection will require passengers to present their boarding passes while a digital photo is taken of them. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

National Security

Feds begin facial recognition testing at airport

Maria Biery · June 13, 2016 8:34 pm

House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster's legislation would transfer control of the ATC to an independent, nonprofit corporation governed by an appointed board of directors. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Will air traffic control be privatized?

Susan Ferrechio · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

They will total 155 roundtrip flights per week. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

Six airlines to start flights to Cuba

Kelly Cohen · June 10, 2016 4:41 pm

A pilot of the Russian air force's elite aerobatic squadron died Thursday when his fighter jet crashed near Moscow. ?(AP Photo/Sergei Venyavsky, file)

National Security

Russian air show fighter jet crashes

David Wilkes · June 9, 2016 8:20 pm

Two South Carolina Air National Guard F-16s collided in the skies over Georgia Tuesday night, Air Force officials said. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

National Security

Two F-16s collide over Georgia, both pilots safe

Jamie McIntyre · June 8, 2016 12:39 pm

Sen. Tom Carper said TSA must find a way to strike "the right balance between security and convenience." (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Watchdog: Long airport lines forced ‘honest and objective’ review at TSA

Mariana Barillas · June 7, 2016 4:39 pm

The Air Force Thunderbirds fly in formation during graduation ceremonies at the 2016 class of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Thursday, June 2, 2016, in Colorado Springs, Colo. President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address. A Thunderbirds jet crashed after flyover of academy commencement attended by Obama.

Air Force Thunderbird jet crashes after academy commencement flyover attended by Obama

colorado-springs, kaitlin-durbin · June 2, 2016 7:38 pm