The Transportation Security Administration has shelved $184 million in security equipment in a Texas warehouse rather than in the airports for which it was bought, according to a report compiled by House Republican investigators. Read full article > >
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TSA equipment gathering dust, House investigators say
Have airports become a horrible experience?
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Has the airport experience become horrible?
Long queues for passport control checks at UK airports are a fact of life but are still an “unacceptable” part of travel, Stansted Airport bosses say.
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Long airport wait ‘unacceptable’
Even with the demand for seats increasing, the big airlines have not restored many of their flights, particularly on routes to small airports.
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Regional Airlines Squeezed by Flight Cutbacks and Higher Fares
The home secretary has been warned by 11 airlines that Britain “risks gridlock” at airports over the Easter break because of staff shortages.
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Airlines fear Easter ‘gridlock’
Three years ago, Adrienne Snelling wrote letters to her children and grandchildren explaining how she and her husband, Charles D. Snelling, decided to cope with her Alzheimer’s disease. Adrienne was 79 then and had been battling the illness for about four years. Charles, her husband of nearly 60 years, was her primary caretaker at their home in Fogelsville, Pa. She was an accomplished fine arts photographer; he was prominent in Republican circles and had recently stepped down as chairman of the authority overseeing Reagan and Dulles airports and the construction of Metro’s new $6 billion Silver Line. Read full article > >
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Former MWAA chief and wife with Alzheimer’s ‘deliberate’ about end-of-life plans, daughter says
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.
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’
Regional Airlines Squeezed by Flight Cutbacks and Higher Fares
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012Former MWAA chief and wife with Alzheimer’s ‘deliberate’ about end-of-life plans, daughter says
Friday, March 30th, 2012Transportation bill would expand board of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011JetBlue, American Airlines planes stranded on tarmac in Connecticut for more than 7 hours
Monday, October 31st, 2011
