Apr 10 Watch FAA Audits Deal New Blow to Airline Industry, Travelers American Airlines canceled some 900 flights Thursday for a third day of deep-reaching schedule changes due to a new round of tighter FAA safety inspections. An airline safety expert and an FAA representative examine the impact on the airline industry… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch New Plan Aims to Relieve Air Travel Congestion The government announced plans on Wednesday to ease congestion for holiday air travel, including opening up military air space and limiting flights to busy New York City airports. A former Federal Aviation Administration chief and an airline representative examine the… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Western Blizzard Causes Cancellation of Thousands of Flights The blizzard in Colorado has led to the cancellation of roughly 2,500 flights. NewsHour reports on what this will mean for travelers in the days ahead. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Airport Officials Work to Implement New Bomb Detection Systems Last month's thwarted bomb plot on transatlantic flights by British police prompted transportation authorities to issue new security restrictions and pay greater attention to the need for better bomb detection devices. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Homeland Security Chief Calls Plot 'Comparable to 9/11' Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff outlines what authorities have learned about the plot to blow up airplanes traveling from Britain to the United States, an attack Chertoff said would have been "comparable to 9/11."… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Airline Terror Plot Foiled in UK Soon Before Planned Bombings British authorities announced Thursday that they disrupted a conspiracy to bomb multiple flights to the United States. The attackers planned to use liquid explosives and focus their attacks on flights to New York, Washington D.C., and California. Officials said the… Continue watching
Sep 11 Airports Closed Across Nation By Admin After terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all departing flights canceled nationwide for the first time in history. Flights will not resume until at least noon on Wednesday. Continue reading