Airport security: buy an ID card and skip the line
Airport security: buy an ID card and forget about the line — People don’t often think of security as a convenience, but those who enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s new Registered Traveler program probably will. The program, which has tested in a few airports, will roll out nationally in June. (The New York Times)
Airline industry sees job growth, but pain remains — Employment prospects for airline workers are better now than at any time since the September 11 attacks, but the slight uptick in demand may not create jobs for all out-of-work airline professionals or lift the industry’s decimated wage structure. (Reuters)
The race to blast tourists into space is on — Two years after the first privately financed space flight jump-started a sleepy industry, more than a dozen companies are developing rocket planes to ferry ordinary rich people out of the atmosphere. (USA Today)
After America West merger, US Airways flying right — However you view it, Chief Executive Doug Parker’s slow, methodical approach to melding the laid back, casual style of America West with the button-down collar, suit-and-tie ways of US Airways is garnering applause. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
JetBlue ranks first, Northwest last in Logan on-time rate — JetBlue Airways posted the best on-time arrival performance at Boston’s Logan International Airport in both of the last two years, with flights landing on schedule 10 percent more often than the airportwide average, US Transportation Department data show. Northwest Airlines ranked last. (The Boston Globe)
Remember that trip to Maui? Soon your travel site will too — Online travel agencies are attempting to reinvent themselves as they begin to leverage the data they are collecting on our travel habits, in hopes that they will operate more like a traditional travel agent. (The Los Angeles Times)
Delta leads new round of airfare hikes — Major U.S. airlines raised fares on most domestic routes by $5 each way on Friday, matching a fare hike pushed through on Thursday by bankrupt carrier Delta Air Lines Inc. (Reuters)
JetBlue to fly to Pittsburgh, Jacksonville — Expanding low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways on Friday named Pittsburgh and Jacksonville, Fla., as the carrier’s two newest destinations. (USA Today)
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