Tag: Air Travel

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks about summer airline travel ahead of Memorial Day weekend, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at the Department of Transportation in Washington.

Maryland and Virginia senators tell Buttigieg DCA can’t handle more air traffic

Samantha-Jo Roth · August 24, 2023 10:28 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, a Southwest Airlines jet plane lines up for a landing at Love Field in Dallas. Southwest Airlines reports quarterly earnings on Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Beltway Confidential

Ensuring America’s airspace remains the safest in the world

Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and John Thune · August 24, 2023 9:37 am

Daily on Energy

Daily on Energy: Dulles and Dominion break ground on huge solar farm

Nancy Vu, Breanne Deppisch · August 22, 2023 4:54 pm

A flight departure board at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago still shows some cancelled flights Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week's fire at a Chicago-area air traffic facility. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

FAA loosens flight restrictions over Afghanistan, but airlines aren’t quick to resume practice

Mike Brest · August 16, 2023 8:03 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 photo, an American Airlines Boeing 767 takes off from Miami International Airport, in Miami. American Airlines Group Inc. releases quarterly financial results before the market opens on Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Woman whose preflight meltdown was captured on camera responds to video going viral

Jenny Goldsberry · August 14, 2023 3:02 am

What to know about Virgin Galactic’s first tourist spaceflight

Brady Knox · August 10, 2023 8:03 pm

Virgin Galactic is set to begin commercial space flights in June 2023.

WATCH LIVE: Virgin Galactic launches private astronauts into space in second commercial spaceflight

Brady Knox · August 10, 2023 2:52 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 file photo, a Qantas plane prepares to land at Sydney Airport, at Sydney, Australia. Qantas Airways Ltd. ,on Thursday Aug. 21, 2014, posted a record 2.8 billion Australian dollar ($2.6 billion) statutory loss for the last fiscal year reflecting a profit-draining battle with its smaller rival Virgin Australia and aircraft write downs. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Beltway Confidential

Australia’s crony-capitalist regulation, and one airline’s clever end-around

Timothy P. Carney · August 9, 2023 2:11 pm

Lawmakers raise airport security concerns after breaches involving private company

Samantha-Jo Roth · August 8, 2023 9:45 pm

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers assist travelers with luggage through a security screening area during a partial federal government shutdown Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in SeaTac, Wash. TSA staff are among tens of thousands of federal employees considered essential as the federal government shutdown moves into its second week. They are working without pay until the shutdown ends, but will likely be paid retroactively later on.

Congress concerned after passenger gets through TSA with trashed boarding pass

Luke Gentile · August 8, 2023 4:52 pm

Wild DC weather shuts down nation’s capital early, causing traffic and travel nightmares

Heather Hunter · August 8, 2023 1:19 am

‘Quite Orwellian’: Trips to Europe will require visa and personal data from travelers starting in 2024

Heather Hunter · July 30, 2023 11:00 am