Tag: Air Travel

Washington Secrets

Obama’s ‘Africa Summit’ to close parts of D.C., limit airspace

Paul Bedard · July 25, 2014 2:39 pm

File - This July 17, 2014, file photo show people walking amongst the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine said the passenger plane was shot down as it flew over the country, killing all 298 people on board. Aviation has suffered one of its worst weeks in memory, a cluster of disasters spanning three continents. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Air travel a leap of faith for passengers

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 7:33 am

A forensic team recovers human remains among the wreckage of crashed TransAsia Airways flight GE222 on the outlying island of Penghu, Taiwan, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Stormy weather on the trailing edge of Typhoon Matmo was the likely cause of the plane crash that killed more than 40 people, the airline said Thursday. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Very bad week: Airline disasters come in a cluster

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 1:51 am

Travelers congregate in front of a departures board showing one canceled flight to Tel Aviv at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Newark, N.J. In a sign of increased caution about flying near combat zones, U.S. and European airlines halted flights to Israel Tuesday after a rocket landed near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines suspended service between the U.S. and Israel indefinitely. The actions come days after a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

FAA tells US airlines not to fly to Tel Aviv

Washington Examiner · July 22, 2014 10:52 pm

A destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, a Tel Aviv suburb near the airport, central Israel, Tuesday. As a result, Delta Air Lines and U.S. Airlines decided to cancel their scheduled flights to Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Beltway Confidential

U.S. flight ban could be Hamas’ biggest success in latest clash with Israel

Spencer Brown · July 22, 2014 5:10 pm

A girl holding a candle stands in front of a banner during an event to mourn the victims of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday. (AP/Lai Seng Sin)

Beltway Confidential

What could possibly go wrong? Malaysia Airlines rerouting flights over Syria instead of Ukraine

Blake Seitz · July 21, 2014 6:22 pm

People search a wheat field for remains in the area of the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Armed rebels forced emergency workers to hand over all 196 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines crash site and had them loaded Sunday onto refrigerated train cars bound for a rebel-held city, Ukrainian officials and monitors said. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

US turns up heat on Russia over downed plane

Matthew Lee · July 20, 2014 3:10 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry said the rebels allowed outside investigators only 75 minutes to inspect the crash site on Friday, and three hours on Saturday. (AP Photo)

John Kerry says ‘drunken’ rebels compromising Malaysia Airlines crash site in Ukraine

Sean Lengell · July 20, 2014 2:25 pm

A closed desk of Malaysian airlines is seen at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

Why airlines didn’t avoid risky Ukraine airspace

DAVID KOENIGSCOTT MAYEROWITZ · July 18, 2014 9:55 pm

An Airbus A350 XWB flies on display during Farnborough International Air Show, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Airbus beats Boeing in airshow orders race

Danica Kirka · July 17, 2014 9:14 pm

Why Republicans are annoyed by Democrats’ anti-perk pledges

Betsy Woodruff · July 10, 2014 5:36 pm

Joe Biden: China airports better than New York’s LaGuardia

Joe Biden: China airports better than New York’s LaGuardia

Paul Bedard · July 9, 2014 7:41 pm