At two airports in the United States and about a half-dozen overseas, travelers have a new option: rooms for rent right in the terminal.

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Is It a Dream? A Place to Nap at the Airport

UK citizens should have their own passport controls at domestic airports and ports, a group of MPs say.

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MPs urge UK-only passport lanes

A move by Congress may allow members of the board that oversees Reagan National and Dulles International airports to be removed by their appointing bodies and increase the size of the panel, which is supervising the construction of the Metrorail extension to Loudoun County . Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) has pushed for legislation that would expand the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority from 13 to 17. Under his plan, Virginia would get two new appointments and Maryland and the District would each get one additional member. Read full article > >

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Transportation bill would expand board of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

The home secretary has revealed her pilot scheme to reduce passport checks was used at 28 ports and airports.

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Checks were relaxed at 28 ports

The amount of Class A drugs – including heroin and cocaine – seized at British ports and airports has seen a large rise, according to figures.

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Seizures of Class A drugs ‘rise’

The head of the UK Border Force has been suspended after allegations he ordered security checks at airports and ports to be scaled back during the summer.

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VIDEO: UK border force head suspended

Boarding times at airports have doubled since the 1970s, prompting airlines to try all kinds of elaborate tricks to get passengers in speedily and leave the gate on time.

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Airlines Are Trying to Cut Boarding Times on Planes

NEW YORK — It was a passengers’ nightmare at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., this weekend. Passengers on at least three JetBlue planes and one American Airline plane say they were stranded on the tarmac for seven hours or more after being diverted from New York-area airports on Saturday. Read full article > >

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JetBlue, American Airlines planes stranded on tarmac in Connecticut for more than 7 hours

The government’s refusal to allow expansion at London’s main airports will damage the UK economy, according a Tory peer and former airline owner.

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Airport limits ‘damaging economy’

New ways of connecting airports, such as a high-speed rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick, are to be considered by ministers in the coming months.

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Ministers mull airports rail link

Chancellor George Osborne announces air passenger duty (APD) will be cut for direct long-haul routes from Northern Ireland airports.

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Osborne confirms NI air tax cut

For months, a bitter debate engulfed Northern Virginia over where to build a new Metro station at Dulles International Airport, part of the second phase of a 23-mile rail line intended to stretch into Loudoun County . Two months after a decision to place the stop above ground and save hundreds of millions of dollars, there is still no definitive plan for paying for and building the project. Representatives from local jurisdictions, Virginia and the U.S. Transportation Department, plus top executives from the airports authority and Metro, are still trying to hammer out an agreement. Read full article > >

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Jack Potter of airports authority faces challenges, but also great promise

Documents were filed in the only remaining wrongful-death lawsuit still pending out of nearly 100 filed after the attacks.

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Court Filing Details Shortcomings of 9/11 Airport Screeners

President Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan got generally good reviews from economists on Friday, though several noted one glaring omission: The plan does not include a comprehensive way to address mortgage debt, which many see as the central drag on the U.S. economy. Before a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, Obama called on lawmakers to immediately pass his jobs package, which includes tax cuts for workers and employers and direct spending on schools, roads, airports and railways, among several other initiatives. Read full article > >

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Obama jobs plan: Economists give good reviews but say more needed on mortgage debt

Federal and local officials tightened security Friday in New York and Washington as investigators probed a possible al-Qaeda plot to detonate a vehicle-borne bomb around Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. After U.S. officials received word of what they called a credible but unconfirmed threat to use a car bomb in New York or Washington, police and other law enforcement agents in the two cities stepped up checks of bridges, tunnels, airports, bus and rail terminals and other sites. In New York, police set up vehicle checkpoints, swept parking garages for bombs, towed illegally parked cars and posted officers with helmets, bulletproof vests and assault rifles at train and subway stations. In Washington, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier put officers on 12-hour shifts indefinitely in accordance with a plan that Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) said she has been working on for eight months. Read full article > >

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N.Y., Washington tighten security amid probe of bomb threat