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After airline seats have crept closer together and narrower in recent decades a US Congress panel has proposed legislation for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to determine the minimum size that airlines must provide.
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has just issued an update of its Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to provide the public with notice regarding CBP’s plans to use personally identifiable informa
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JetBlue Airways will be the first airline to test facial-recognition systems with passengers at Boston’s Logan Airport as part of a broader rollout of the emerging technology at US airports.
Wendover Productions uploaded a great video explaining the economics of airline classes.
It explains why airlines make most of their money in business class, the history of airlines’ various classes, and more.
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The law in the US still prohibits tourist travel to Cuba, but a dozen other categories of travel are permitted, including family visits, official business, journalist visits, professional meetings and educational and religious activities.
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'Egypt’s Only Daily Independent Newspaper In English'
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can now order some passengers to go through a body scanner, even if they request a full-body pat-down.
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In stripping it of the Category 1 rating it received in 1997, the FAA said Thailand's civil aviation authority failed to meet "minimum international standards."
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British Airways flights are cancelled up to and including 14 January and Easyjet services to the Egyptian resort are suspended until at least 6 January. Scandinavian Airlines informs that their flights are on hold until end of January.
According to a coroner probing the death of an Edinburgh pilot, frequent fliers and aircrews are risking their health by breathing in toxic fumes inside aircraft cabins.
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Joining a growing number of airlines, Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda has banned the transport of shark fins and other shark products on their aircraft. The airline’s commitment represents a major step in curbing the global shark fin trade.
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Air New Zealand had recently temporarily suspended carrying the product pending a review, after the New Zealand Shark Alliance had exposed the practice in local media.
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The government wants interim targets leading up to 2020, and targets on clean energy in new homes, to be optional. It also points out that the targets on aviation are pointless while there is uncertainty over the use of biofuels.
Meanwhile, green groups are furious at what they believe is part of an on-going campaign to water down renewables legislation.
The UK has already signed up to an EU target to have 20% of Europe's energy from renewable sources by 2020. That target applies to fuel, as well as electricity.
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