Tag: Air Travel

A traveler undergoes an enhanced pat down by a Transportation Security Administration agent at the Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. (John Moore/Getty Images)

It’s time to privatize U.S. airport security

Washington Examiner · June 8, 2015 4:01 am

An Airbus A380 performs in an aerial flying display on day four of the Farnborough International Airshow on July 16, 2014 in Farnborough, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

EPA poised to target airlines with carbon rules

John Siciliano · June 5, 2015 9:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Obama brags that he may be the world’s greatest Boeing salesman

Timothy P. Carney · June 4, 2015 8:07 pm

The Keeping Our Travelers Safe and Secure Act, sponsored by Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., would require TSA to put a maintenance schedule in place within 180 days, and would impose penalties for noncompliance.Â (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Acting TSA chief out after security test miscues

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 1:02 am

Aircraft await on the runway to take off at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles April, Apr. 30, 2014. (AP Photo)

National Security

Bomb threats made against at least five flights

Kelly Cohen · June 2, 2015 2:16 pm

According to a recently released Homeland Security Inspector General report, Red Team members were able to get through security checkpoints with potential weapons in 67 out of 70 tests. (AP Photo)Â

TSA missed 95 percent of weapons, explosives in security tests

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 4:27 pm

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A one-year travel ban is expiring for five senior Taliban leaders held in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay until they were released last year in exchange for Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

National Security

Qatar extends travel ban for ‘Taliban 5’

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 12:27 am

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is working with the airline industry to conduct a study based on the emotional and mental health issues of pilots and barriers to reporting such issues.Â (AP File)

Crashes prompt mental health review of pilots

Robert King · May 28, 2015 3:41 pm

A Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C fighter aircraft sits near a hangar at Barnes Air National Guard Base, in Westfield, Mass., in this Aug. 27, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

National Security

Fighter jets scramble to meet Memorial Day flights threat

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 25, 2015 11:07 pm

A U.S. Travel Association app to alert lawmakers when you're stuck in traffic.

Boom: Memorial Day travelers to spend $12.3B, $330 per person

Paul Bedard · May 22, 2015 1:47 pm

National Security

Marine helicopter crash in Hawaii kills 1, injures 21

Kelly Cohen · May 18, 2015 11:11 am

A quadcopter drone arrives with a small delivery at Deutsche Post headquarters on December 9, 2013 in Bonn, Germany. Deutsche Post is testing deliveries of medicine from a pharmacy in Bonn in an examination into the viability of using drones for deliveries of small packages over short distances. U.S. online retailer Amazon has also started its intention to explore the possibilities of using drones for deliveries. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Businesses pressure FAA on drones

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2015 9:00 am