Tag: Air Travel

The State Department issued a travel alert for all of Europe following Tuesday's terror attack in Brussels. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

State Department issues travel alert for Europe

Kelly Cohen · March 23, 2016 1:29 pm

"The biggest issue at LAX is the traffic. We have got to get people in and out of their faster." (AP File Photo/Reed Saxon)

National Security

Terrorist tactics evolving, airport security experts say

Sean Higgins · March 22, 2016 11:23 pm

A Russian Emergency Situations Ministry employee, left, tries to comfort a relative of the plane crash victims at the Rostov-on-Don airport, about 950 kilometers (600 miles) south of Moscow, Russia Saturday, March 19, 2016. (AP Photo)

61 dead from airplane crash in Russia

Anna Giaritelli · March 19, 2016 3:50 am

"We track this very closely and the simple fact is we don't have enough airplanes to meet training requirements for the entire force," Gen. Robert Neller said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

General: Deadly crashes partly due to budget cuts

Jacqueline Klimas · March 16, 2016 4:19 pm

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly to retire

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2016 8:25 pm

Dems look to end airline fee ‘gouging’

Pete Kasperowicz · March 10, 2016 2:28 pm

A Senate panel on Wednesday announced a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate FAA bill rejects privatization of air traffic controllers

Susan Ferrechio · March 9, 2016 10:55 pm

A piece of wreckage form a Boeing 777 washed ashore this weekend on the coast of Mozambique. (AP Photo/Lucas Marie,File)

Possible piece of wreckage from MH370 found

Kelly Cohen · March 2, 2016 2:37 pm

"This was a vote against the safety and health of airline passengers," said Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., referring to the 26-33 defeat of a bill that would have asked for standard seating space on passenger jets. (AP photo)

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Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · February 29, 2016 5:01 am

The Federal Aviation Association is transitioning from a radar-based system to a GPS-based one, a process called NextGen. However, the process has gone over budget and is behind schedule.

The bill that’s pitting airlines, unions against each other

Sean Higgins · February 22, 2016 5:01 am

U.S., Cuba sign deal to allow commercial flights

Susan Crabtree · February 16, 2016 5:43 pm

The meeting will formalize the expansion of the number of scheduled charter flights between U.S. and Cuba. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

National Security

Top U.S. officials headed to Cuba next week

Susan Crabtree · February 12, 2016 10:01 pm