Your fingerprints could replace your airline boarding pass
Your driver"™s license and boarding pass could wind up as excess baggage on your next flight if a new test of biometric identification takes off. Instead of handing your boarding pass and ID to a Transportation Security Administration agent, you could soon simply place two fingerprints on a scanner to be recognized and ushered through […]
Goh Choon Phong New IATA Chairman
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Goh Choon Phong, CEO of Singapore Airlines, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term, effective from the conclusion of the 73rd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Cancun, Mexico. Goh is the 76th Chair of the IATA […]
Closer Collaboration Key to Enhancing Aviation Security
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) adopted a resolution reaffirming the airline industry"™s commitment to safety and security. It also called for greater collaboration among all government and industry stakeholders to keep flying secure with risk mitigation measures that maximize the protection of passengers and crew while minimizing disruption to […]
Homeland Security may ban laptops on all international flights
Because of the real threat from terrorists, #Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said he may extend the ban on laptops to all international flights in and out of the U.S. It will expand the current ban on electronic gadgets bigger than a mobile phone that covered ten airports in North Africa and the Middle East. […]
Global smart airports market share continue to grow by 2016-2024
Zion Market Research, the market research group announced the analysis report titled "˜Smart Airports Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016"“2024"™ Global Smart Airports Market: Overview Neither can a smart city exist without a smart airport nor can a smart airport exist without a smart city. The smart airport in the […]
Air Canada Flights Now Located at Los Angeles Airport Terminal 6
Effective today, Air Canada’s flights and Maple Leaf Lounge at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are located at the renovated and modernized Terminal 6, following a seamless move overnight from Terminal 2. Air Canada’s 19 daily flights arrive and depart from gates 68A, 68B and 69B at Terminal 6, offering a more convenient connecting experience […]
Try this alternative to banning laptops and tablets on planes, airline group says
As U.S. security officials consider expanding a ban on laptops, tablets and other such electronic devices in the cabins of commercial flights, an airline trade group proposed tightening security measures instead. Passengers on flights to the U.S. from eight Middle Eastern and African countries already are banned from carrying on electronic devices larger than a […]
Fights break out in Ft. Lauderdale airport after Spirit airlines cancels 9 flights
Hundreds of people’s tempers flared in a Fort Lauderdale International Airport terminal for Spirit Airlines Monday night after several flights were canceled. In footage captured by witnesses, airport security is seen moving in quickly and a number of people are arrested. It all started after nine flights were canceled. Spirit Airlines is currently negotiating with […]
With Redding gone, 4 top Chicago airport security jobs now vacant
Four of Chicago"™s top airport security jobs are now vacant "” a void that raises even more questions about the state of security at O"™Hare and Midway airports. The high-level vacancies include Jeff Redding, who was fired last week; two deputies who"™d been working under him; and the managing deputy commissioner of security who was […]
IATA: 40m safe flights in 2016 but reports on accident investigation too haphazard
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says 2016 saw a mammoth 40 million safe flights but urged aviation safety stakeholders to reinforce their commitment to a safety in the industry. Speaking at the IATA Safety and Flight Operations Conference in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Alexandre de Juniac, IATA"™s Director General says, «Safety is the top […]
