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Frequent Fliers Now Have Their Own Security Lines In Nashville
Travelers enrolled in some airline frequent flier programs will get through security lines at Nashville International Airport (BNA) more quickly, thanks to a newly implemented policy.Priority lanes at...
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A Pro's Guide To Sleeping At The Airport [Infographic]
Layovers — especially during the holidays — can be an unfortunate side effect of traveling. Be it because of delays, technical difficulties, or weather, there are few among us who haven't had to spend...
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Travelers Would Rather Be Fingerprinted Than Deal With Airport Staff
A new survey finds that most travelers are willing to do a lot to get through the airport check-in and security as quickly as possible.For many of them, that means dealing with as few human beings as...
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4 Crucial Apps To Make Holiday Travel Fun And Stress-Free
If you're reading this, then we're going to assume you're already hip to apps like TripIt and those from the airline with which you're traveling, so let's go beyond the basics to the secondary apps...
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The TSA Found 3 Saw Blades In A Man's iPad Case, Then Let Him Board His Flight
TSA agents at Dulles International Airport discovered three saw blades a man had hidden in his iPad case on Friday, a TSA spokesperson said via Twitter today. Once the agents confiscated the blades,...
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More Than 1,600 Flights Have Been Canceled As Blizzards Move East
1,634 flights departing from or arriving at airports in the United States have been canceled today as winter storms move east, according to FlightAware.com.The National Weather Service has issued...
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Hundreds Of Flights To Eastern Airports Canceled As Blizzards Continue
Yesterday, more than 1,600 flights to, from, and within the United States were canceled as blizzards blanketed the country.So far today, 607 flights have been canceled, according to FlightAware.com.As...
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Ex-TSA Screener Says Agents Laugh At 'Nude' Passengers In Private Rooms
In a post on the blog "Taking Sense Away," an anonymous, self-described former TSA screener wrote that security agents in image operator rooms engage in "light sexual play" and laugh at nude images of...
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The TSA Found A Lot Of Grenades And Only 16 Guns Last Week
Every week, the TSA blog posts a roundup of various prohibited items its agents have discovered on passengers and in their bags.This week, the list included 10 grenades (four of them in carry-on bags)...
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The 21 Craziest Things The TSA Found In Travelers' Luggage This Year
Every day, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screens about 1.8 million passengers, along with all of their luggage.Those searches produce a lot of interesting results. Every week, dozens...
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Berlin Mayor Faces Calls To Resign Over Embarrassing Airport Construction Delays
The opening of Berlin's new airport has been delayed yet again, until after 2014.The project, begun in 2006, was first expected to be completed in 2011, and has been delayed several times since,...
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A Big British City Might Name Its Airport For Ozzy Osbourne To Boost Tourism
A proposal to name the airport of England's second-largest city after Black Sabbath star Ozzy Osbourne is being considered by Birmingham's City Council.The idea was put forward by Jim Simpson of Big...
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The Hipster Revolution Has Reached LaGuardia Airport
I usually dread spending time in airport terminals. Drab decor, lousy food, mounted TVs playing CNN on a loop — the sooner I can board my flight, the better.So I was totally unprepared for the makeover...
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San Francisco Airport Could Be Named After Gay Rights Leader Harvey Milk
A San Francisco politician has introduced legislation asking voters to rename the city's airport after slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.A charter amendment sponsored by Supervisor David Campos would...
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Dubai Airport Nearly Refused To Hang This Photo Of Female Co-Pilots
When was the last time you flew in a plane piloted by a woman? What about two women, both pilot and co-pilot? It's possible to not even know since passengers rarely see their flight crews much anymore,...
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TSA Will Remove Its Controversial 'Nude' Body Scanners From All US Airports
The TSA will remove all of the controversial x-ray body scanners from U.S. airports after the company that makes the machines failed to find a way to make passenger images less revealing, Bloomberg...
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10 Awesome Airport Lounges That Make A Layover Feel Like Vacation
For most of us, layovers are awful — you're surrounded by cranky fellow travelers with nothing to do but eat overpriced airport food and try to find a power outlet.But for a select few, layovers are a...
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Turkey Is Planning To Build The World's Biggest Airport
Turkey is planning to build the world's biggest airport in Istanbul, the country's Transportation Minister Binalis Yilidrim said yesterday.To be built on a 828 million-square-foot plot of land on the...
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Here's The TSA's Defense For Stopping A 3-Year-Old Girl In A Wheelchair On...
After TSA agents stopped a wheelchair-bound three-year-old girl at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport earlier this month, the TSA felt prompted by media attention to clarify its side of the story....
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Expect The Sequestration To Make Air Travel Even Less Pleasant
The automatic spending cuts mandated by the sequestration are set to take effect next week, and the FAA is preparing to cut about $600 million in expenditures for the remainder of FY...
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