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CHINA INVESTIGATING PHONE THREATS THAT GROUNDED 5 FLIGHTS FROM 3 AIRLINES
May 15, 2013
BEIJING, China - Chinese police are investigating telephone threats that led to the grounding of five flights around the country on Wednesday, though officials said no planes were in actual danger.
WIDOW’S BILL WOULD ADD SECOND BARRIER TO AIRLINE COCKPITS
April 30, 2013
A widow of a pilot who died on one of the jets that crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, is gaining congressional support in her campaign to add another barrier to airliner cockpits.
TRANSPORT CANADA PROPOSES A SECURITY LEVEL WARNING SYSTEM AND NEW TRAINING AT AIRPORTS
April 29, 2013
OTTAWA — The federal government is proposing to introduce a security risk assessment system that ranks the level of danger in airports as part of new regulations to prevent terrorism and other threats to aviation security.
FEDS DELAY POLICY TO ALLOW SMALL KNIVES ON PLANES
April 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — Airline passengers will have to leave their knives at home after all. And their bats and golf clubs.
FAA FURLOUGHS TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY, AIRLINES READY FOR MAJOR DELAYS
April 19, 2013
A source tells FOX Business the Federal Aviation Administration will begin sequester-related furloughs on Sunday, a move that has airlines preparing for the worst.
AIRLINES OFFERING PASSENGERS CHANCE TO CUT CHECK-IN, SECURITY LINES IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY
April 11, 2013
NEW YORK — Cutting lines at airports used to be only for the rich, famous or very frequent fliers. But then airlines started granting fast-track access to anybody with the right credit card or who was willing to shell out a few extra dollars.
AT UNITED AIRLINES, IS POLITE DISAGREEMENT BECOMING GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM A FLIGHT?
April 08, 2013
The thousandfold small indignities of air travel continue to mount. And you wonder, how far can this go?
LAX FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, PILOTS PROTEST LIFTING OF TSA BAN ON KNIVES
April 02, 2013
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KABC) -- The fight to keep small knives off planes has gone to the front lines: Flight attendants lobbied passengers Monday to join them in putting pressure on the TSA not to change current security policy.
AIRLINES SHOW ZERO TOLERANCE FOR UNRULY PASSENGERS
March 20, 2013
THE increased cost of aviation fuel and safety concerns has helped trigger a "zero-tolerance" attitude by airlines to drunken, unruly or aggressive passengers.
AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYS IT'S CONCERNED ABOUT KNIVES ON PLANES, ASKS TSA TO 'REASSESS' IDEA
March 14, 2013
DALLAS - American Airlines has "concern" over letting passengers carry small knives on planes, but it's stopping short of opposing the idea.

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