The weekend terror incidents in the United Kingdom –- which included an attack on the Glasgow Airport –- are expected to impact fliers on both sides of the Atlantic, Bloomberg News reports. In the USA, officials are not changing the…
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu’s Airport Check-in column: Reno-Tahoe International formally unveiled its Registered Traveler lanes last week. Registered Traveler programs provide speedy security clearance through a separate line for pre-screened subscribers who pay about $100 a year. Called…
A full sippy-cup, the latest rules restricting liquids in carry-on baggage and claims of Secret Service exemptions all apparently combined to fuel an airport security incident this past weekend at Washington’s Reagan National Airport. AP writes allegations that an airport…
Atlanta’s is the world’s busiest, and it probably feels that way to fliers departing there today. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (free registration) writes that for the second time this week, long lines were building Friday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s security…
After creating controversy in the USA, the introduction of a no-fly list is now doing the same north of the border. The Canadian version of the list will be in place starting next Monday and it will be airline staff…
In a dispute that dates back to 2005, the federal Transportation Security Administration is sending 22 U.S. carriers a $219-million bill for back security fees. A Bloomberg News report in The Baltimore Sun (free registration) says the fees, created to…
Terrorists will cause many more 9/11s, with the airline industry remaining a top target, Michael Jackson, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is quoted as saying Tuesday by The Vancouver Sun (free registration). It is vividly clear…
Three students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock say they developed a program as part of an information systems engineering project that will help speed fliers through lines for check-in, baggage and security. The Associated Press says the…
The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that it will deploy new technology that screens bottles for liquid explosives at the USA’s busiest airports this summer. USA TODAY writes that the TSA will deploy 200 machines that can detect a certain…
You are out of luck if you’re hoping for a change to Transportation Security Administration’s ban taking liquids and gels past security in your carry-on luggage. Those restrictions are here for the foreseeable future, Kathy Kraninger, director of the Dept….