Air Travel
Flight Delays Come To An End After FAA Furloughs Are Lifted
Congress approved a bill Friday allowing the U.S. Department of Transportation to shift about $250 million within the agency and put 15,000 air traffic controllers back on the job full-time.
Blumenthal: FAA Furloughs ‘Enhance Risk’ At Nation’s Airports
The FAA announced all of its 47,000 employees, including 15,000 air traffic controllers, will be furloughed one day every two weeks through September.
Sequester Budget Cuts To Hit FAA, May Trigger Nationwide Delays
About 50,000 FAA employees including 15,000 air traffic controllers are being forced to take a furlough day every other week until the end of September because of the cuts.
Fact Check Friday: Getting The Truth As The Sequester Takes Effect
Airport control towers closing, teachers laid off, and meat going bad or uninspected. These are the claims, some exaggerated, from both sides about these automatic spending cuts starting Friday with the sequester.
New Jersey Members Of Congress Decry Sequester’s Impact On Air Travel
“If you think there were long lines before, you’re not going to be able to imagine what it’s going to be when we have the furloughs,” the Transportation Security Administration’s Justin Bourque told WCBS 880 reporter Peter Haskell.
Sequester Likely To Make Air Travel An Even Bigger Headache
Air travel could become the human face of the sequester, with long delays expected at big airports and an effect also likely on smaller airports.
Fact Check Friday: #Obamaquester
That’s the hashtag being used by some Republicans, including the House Speaker John Boehner, to blame President Barack Obama for the automatic federal cuts that are a week away.
‘My TSA’ App Helps You Figure Out What You Can Bring
As we approach the busiest travel day of the year – the day before Thanksgiving – there is a new tool to help you get through airport security with fewer hassles.
Think It’s Bad Flying Out Of NYC? Try Flying In
The blizzard crippled area airports, and they’re still trying to get back to normal. It’s had a ripple affect all across the country, including Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
Holiday Travelers Benefit From Spread-Out Season
Travelers are hitting the roads, rails, and skies and there is information you need to know!
You Can’t Buy American Airlines Tickets On Orbitz
American Airlines says it will no longer sell tickets on the Orbitz travel website, effective immediately.
Travel Nightmare? What Travel Nightmare?
Travelers opposed to the invasive new security measures are hoping their online calls for a nationwide protest will create long lines and teach the Transportation Security Administration a lesson.
Airline Passengers Prep For Pat-Downs, Body Scans
Ahead of the busiest travel day of the year, seasoned passengers who know the drill said thinking ahead could make the passage through airport security go a lot quicker.
Southwest Airlines Buying AirTran
The buyout, funded mostly with debt, will also give Southwest a bigger slice of the market in cities like Boston and New York, where it has been expanding.
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