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Airfarewatchdog wonders how many potential airline customers are refusing to fly until they can be assured that they won’t be trapped in a cramped airplane parked overnight on a tarmac. Every time another news story appears detailing the suffering of passengers in such situations, with no food or working lavatories, no doubt another few hundred flyers take to their cars and Greyhound.
Don’t toss that one-quart, zip-top, clear plastic bag just yet. Despite hopeful reports, technological advances and the recent terror-plot convictions in London, TSA won’t be relaxing its 3-1-1 rule on liquids any time soon.
The Obama administration used economic stimulus money to pay for 50 airport projects that didn't meet the grant criteria and approved projects at four airports with a history of mismanaging federal grants, a government watchdog said Monday.
With apologies to George Carlin, if airports are all about going places, why do you begin your trip in a terminal?
The nation’s airports are feeling pretty lonely these days.
Sprawled along the edge of a giant coastal wetlands area, John F. Kennedy International Airport shares airspace with thousands of birds — many of which wind up as carcasses on the runways after colliding with aircraft.
Hear that flapping? It’s not cute birds returning from winter vacation. It’s the sound of any extra travel dollars you may have flying out of your wallet.
Life has taken Roger Gleen up and down the East Coast, and on this night the weary traveler settles into a chair in the corner of the world's busiest airport.
BAA Ltd. should be forced to sell two airports serving London and one in Scotland, the government's anti-monopoly agency said Wednesday.
Flying in the U.S. has been transformed since Sept. 11, with passengers forced to remove their shoes, take out their laptop computers and put liquids and gels in clear plastic bags. Yet it's perfectly legal to take a loaded gun right up to the security checkpoint at some of the nation's biggest airports.
A new Chicago airport or a vast expansion of one of the city's existing airports will be necessary to keep pace with booming demand for air travel in the coming decades, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Houston's airports are planning to reopen to commercial flights Monday with limited service after suffering some damage from Hurricane Ike.
International and domestic flights were disrupted across India on Wednesday as thousands of airport employees went on strike to protest plans to privatize airports, officials said.
Britain's competition watchdog said it may force airports operator BAA to sell three of its seven airports around the country — including two in London — following fierce criticism of the company for poor customer service, overcrowding and long delays.
From his office overlooking the runways of one of the nation's busiest airports, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Chief Executive Jeffrey Fegan sees the slowdown coming this fall.
To the untrained eye, the man looked like any other traveler as he waited in line at Kennedy Airport. But something about the way he was acting caught the attention of two security screeners.
Airports across India were running smoothly Wednesday with flights on time despite more than 15,000 airport workers going on strike nationwide, an official said.
Congested airports nationwide can charge landing fees based on the time flights land and traffic volume instead of on the plane's weight, according to a federal policy introduced Monday.
For the third year in a row, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has retained its title as the nation's busiest airport in terms of flights, according to preliminary government data released Wednesday.
Britain's flight schedules slowly returned to normal Friday, a day after fears of a major terrorist plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes caused massive disruptions.
Privately run infrastructure deals dry upA rush by state and local governments to sell roads, bridges and airports to private operators in return for eye-popping upfront sums has all but collapsed in the recession.
CDC:The US and many other countries airport staff checking the health of arriving passengers.You may be detained and quarantinedIf you travel internationally from the United States, you may be asked to:
Man lives in U.S. airports for 30 days, comes to Phoenix -Traveling for hours on a plane may be strenuous for some people, and sitting in an airport terminal for hours isn't usually something one looks forward to if they can avoid it.
EPA: Limit plane deicing chemical runoffAirports across the country spray millions of gallons of deicing chemicals onto airliners. The deicing fluid can turn streams bright orange and create dead zones for aquatic life.
Feds keep little-used airports in business WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — One of the USA's newest airports has a 5,500-foot lighted runway, a Colonial-style terminal with white columns, and hundreds of acres for growth. But Kentucky's Williamsburg-Whitley County Airport lacks one feature: airline passengers.
So I went over to MSNBC.com just now and saw this story on the release of the Lockerbie Bomber. What caught my eye first was this picture right next to the story on MSNBC's main page. Notice what it says on the steps leading to the airplane?
Driverless cars with bug-eyed windows, arriving soon at HeathrowThe main gallery of the Science Museum contains George Stephenson's Rocket and a Model T Ford, machines that revolutionised transport in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Airports feel the pressureIn the same way "staycation" has been accepted by Webster's as defining recession-influenced holiday plans, "bear-port" might describe the depressed travel market at the nation's airports, industry officials say.
Q: What happens when a suitcase is left in an airport toilet? A: Total chaosAN ABANDONED suitcase triggered a major security alert at Scotland's busiest airport yesterday and threw the travel plans of thousands of passengers into chaos.
Gold sold like chocolate from German vending machinesShoppers in Germany will soon be able to buy gold as easily as bars of chocolate after a firm announced plans to install vending machines selling the precious metal across the country.
DHS Awards Millions for "In-Line" Baggage Screening Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano awarded $41 million in the last week for in-line baggage systems at airports in San Francisco and Philadelphia. These are dollars from the pot of $700 million allocated for airport in-line baggage systems in the stimulus bill — a.k.a.
Because I don't believe in being a negative nellie, as promised, I'm publishing the companion list to my "Top 10 Worst US Airports" list.
I spent the better part of the last three years of my life on airplanes and in airports. No really. For like three years straight I was on a plane almost every month (and multiple times a month) of the year. Some of it was business. Some of it was pleasure.
Vacation Idea: John Murtha County AirportIf you are one of the few who are planning for a summer vacation this year and want to leave the hustle and bustle and crowds behind then check out this site located in the middle of nowhere. Amenities include a $2.5M terminal, $5M state of the art traffic control tower (never u …
Cabbies threaten to strike over airport fee riseTaxi drivers are threatening to stage a two-day boycott of Sydney Airport after the Macquarie-run airport announced its plans to slug passengers a $3 fee from next weekend.
'Cocaine cast' man arrested at Spanish airportExcerpt: The 66-year-old was also carrying six beer cans and two hollowed-out stools that had been packed with cocaine and re-sealed, police said.
Birdman of JFK [video] A single bird can take out a jet engine with potentially catastrophic results. There is, however, an ingenious and natural way way of keeping the birds out of the path of airplanes as they take off and land -- falconry.
The weird & wacky stuff confiscated at New York Customs ...Excerpt: An Australian traveler made worldwide headlines last month when he tried to smuggle two live pigeons past airport security by concealing them against his legs under a pair of tights.
Passengers feel like 'hostages' during 16-hour ordealSome passengers on a diverted Aeromexico flight finally reached their destination in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday after spending 16 hours in limbo.
Some Airports More At Risk for Bird StrikesThe location of an airport, along with the level of provided protection, can heighten or decrease the chances of a bird air strike, like the two strikes thought to have forced U.S. Airways flight 1549 into New York's Hudson River yesterday, suggest federal officials.
On watching the news article on birds hitting airplane engines, my one and only question is why aren't engines fitted with grills? I know there has to be a reason, but for the life of me, I can't think of it.
Strict Rules on Brits Seeking to Enter the U.S.New restrictions are being placed on certain travelers to the U.S.
First-Class Privilege - Airport SecurityThere have always been special queues for first-class check-in and boarding. Those are part of a private transaction between an airline and a customer. But two-tiered security checks are a different story. Airport security, after all, is not a business transaction.
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