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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wins Innovator of the Year Award in Inaugural Verified Air Travel Awards

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wins Innovator of the Year Award in Inaugural Verified Air Travel Awards

The Forbes Travel Guide-powered accolades celebrate the best in the industry. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is pleased to announce that it was named Innovator of the Year in Forbes Travel Guide’s inaugural Verified Air Travel Awards for the implementation of facial recognition technology at U.S. airports. Forbes Travel … Read more

TSA readies for busiest Labor Day travel period on record, provides top travel tips to help airline passengers prepare

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wins Innovator of the Year Award in Inaugural Verified Air Travel Awards

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to screen more than 17 million people during what is expected to be the busiest Labor Day travel period on record, which will run Thursday, August 29 through Wednesday, September 4. The peak travel day is projected to be August 30, when … Read more

'Raw-Dogging' Flights, TSA Toiletries And Giant Fire Trucks In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

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'Raw-Dogging' Flights, TSA Toiletries And Giant Fire Trucks In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

If you haven’t heard about raw-dogging a flight, consider yourself lucky. Unfortunately for you, that’s exactly what this post is about, so either turn back now or buckle up. Basically, instead of listening to music, reading a book or watching a movie on a flight, some flyers are choosing to skip all that in favor … Read more

Denver airport expects record number of travelers Memorial Day weekend

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Denver airport expects record number of travelers Memorial Day weekend

Denver International Airport is gearing up for a record number of Memorial Day weekend passengers, meaning travelers can expect a busy trip and long waits, airport officials said Tuesday. Between Thursday and Tuesday, airport officials expect nearly 450,000 passengers to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, according to a news release from DIA. This is … Read more

Texas Man Somehow Gets On Airplane Without Ticket

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Texas Man Somehow Gets On Airplane Without Ticket

A Delta passenger from Texas somehow managed to use a child’s boarding pass to get on a flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Austin, Texas; flight attendants caught onto his little scheme after he hid in multiple bathrooms shortly before takeoff. Salt Lake City police arrested Wicliff Fleurizard on March 17 after he was removed … Read more

What The Hell Is Going On With Airlines Right Now?

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What The Hell Is Going On With Airlines Right Now?

Photo: NASA The beloved Mars helicopter Ingenuity took its final flight in January, bringing its mission to an end after a historic three-year run on Mars. The helicopter was the first to fly on a planet other than Earth, and it racked up many other accolades before succumbing to rotor damage that prevented future flights, … Read more

Denver airport’s new security checkpoint expected to speed up lines

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Denver airport’s new security checkpoint expected to speed up lines

Denver International Airport is about to get a boost in its oft-maligned efforts to keep up with sky-high passenger traffic when the first of two new state-of-the-art security checkpoints opens inside the main terminal in less than two weeks. The sleek 17-lane West Security Checkpoint is in the northwest corner of the terminal on Level … Read more

TSA Managed To Find Some Stuff And Other Transportation Stories

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TSA Managed To Find Some Stuff And Other Transportation Stories

Screenshot: Jet Lag: The Game on YouTube If you were trying to get from the northernmost point in the U.S. — Utqiagvik, Alaska — to the southernmost point in the U.S. — Key West, Florida — how would you do it? Chances are you’d hop the next flight to Anchorage and then it’s a hop, … Read more

Man dies after crawling into engine of SFO-bound flight

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Man dies after crawling into engine of SFO-bound flight

FILE: A Delta Air Lines Airbus being serviced at the gate at Salt Lake City International Airport in 2015. Robert Alexander/Getty Images SLCPD released a timeline of the incident, which according to the department began when a store manager inside the airport contacted Airport Control Center dispatchers at approximately 9:52 p.m. Monday to report a … Read more

Passenger numbers expected to explode over the holidays at SFO, Bay Area airports

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Passenger numbers expected to explode over the holidays at SFO, Bay Area airports

FILE: Aerial view of San Francisco International Airport with United Airlines jets in 2017. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images In this week’s news, airline travelers are expected to number a record 3 million on several days over the Christmas holidays; a new competitor enters the busy SFO-Taipei route; Alaska Airlines inks a partnership with a fast-growing Canadian carrier; United updates … Read more