Cost may kill travel program
Cost may kill travel program — A government proposal that would force air travelers to pay up to $200 a year for a fast pass through airport security could kill the program, advocates and lawmakers said Wednesday. (USA Today)
U.S. officials rush to plug security holes — Homeland Security officials are rushing under a rapidly approaching deadline to plug dangerous intelligence gaps that the terror suspects recently arrested in London might have slipped through to board the U.S. flights they intended to blow up. (Gannett News Service)
Tropical Storm Lane hits western Mexico — Tropical Storm Lane lashed Mexico’s Pacific Coast with winds and rain Thursday, flooding streets in Acapulco before setting on a course to hit the hurricane-battered tip of the Baja California Peninsula. (AP)
J.K. Rowling challenges airport security — British author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final Harry Potter book onboard a plane as carryon luggage. Had security agents not relented, she said on her Web site, she might not have flown, she said in a posting dated Wednesday. (AP)
With record passenger crowds, NYC airports get makeovers — Projects to ease traffic and spruce up the scenery around New York City’s airports are taking off, a group of officials announced Wednesday. John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports — both located in the borough of Queens — served more than 33 million passengers in the first half of 2006. (AP)
BAE chief says he expects more delays on Airbus — European planemaker Airbus may further delay delivery of its superjumbo A380 airliner amid rising production costs, Mike Turner, CEO of British aerospace and military giant BAE, said Wednesday. (USA Today)
British man’s air rage costs airline $200K — The booze-fuelled rage of a British passenger on a Canada-bound flight from London forced pilots to turn the plane around over the Atlantic Ocean and land in Glasgow, costing Ottawa-based Zoom Airlines $200,000, a Scottish court has heard. (CanWest News Service)
Muslim nations considering tourism push — Muslim countries are considering a global campaign to boost tourism by 2010 and are contemplating a move to ease visa restrictions for each other’s citizens, Malaysia’s national news agency reported. (AP)