| Passengers
re-enter screening after firearm
found at BWI airport
Sept. 22, 2006 - Security screeners
discovered a firearm in a carry-on
bag at Baltimore's main airport
Friday morning and two concourses
were closed when its owner disappeared,
authorities said.
Officials at BWI Airport held onto
the carry-on but its owner continued
through the checkpoint and disappeared,
airport spokesman Jonathan Dean
said.
Concourses A and B, which serve
Southwest Airlines, reopened after
90 minutes. Passengers were being
required to go through screening
again.
TSA
Issues Draft Security, Privacy and
Compliance Standards for Registered
Traveler Program
Sept. 21, 2006 - The draft standards
have been posted to the Registered
Traveler homepage on TSA.gov and
are open for a two-week public comment
period.
Business
travelers' airfares soaring
Sept. 19, 2006 - Business travelers
paid more for flights during the
second quarter this year than at
any time since 2001, says a new
study to be released Tuesday by
American Express Business Travel.
Feds
tell airlines fuel surcharges must
be included in fares
Sept. 20, 2006 - An attempt by U.S.
airlines to list fuel charges separately
from fares in advertisements was
rejected by the Department of Transportation
(DOT).
Web,
phone meetings replace some business
trips
Sept. 19, 2006 - More business travelers
are cutting meeting costs by using
telephone, video and Web conferences
instead of flying.
What
fate, the laptop? How to beat the
system
Sept. 21, 2006 - Travelers limited
to one "laptop-sized bag"
as their sole piece of cabin baggage
- at least on flights from Britain
- have been faced with a dilemma:
How can you take your laptop along
as well, short of consigning it
to a dire death in the cargo hold,
or having it lost or stolen along
with vital data?
Britain
relaxes rules on carry-on bags
Sept. 21, 2006 - Britain is relaxing
restrictions on carry-on baggage
Friday, allowing musical instruments
and larger bags to be taken aboard
aircraft, the government said.
Crisis
seen in luggage screening
Sept. 19, 2006 - The nation's airports
face a looming crisis in their ability
to screen checked luggage for bombs
that will require billions of dollars
to avert, a new report ordered by
Congress says. |
