Travelers at airports are playing ‘check-in chicken’ in latest flight-booking trend
A travel hack has taken the internet by storm, with social media users discussing this dangerous trick. The “check-in chicken” waits for the flyer to reserve a seat until check-in is about to close. The bet is that you will be allocated a more desirable remaining seat, such as extra legroom or an exit row. […]
DOJ suspends DEA searches at airports over civil rights concerns
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has directed the Drug Enforcement Administration to cease consensual searches at airports and other public transportation facilities following hearings about possible civil rights violations. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing concerns about the DEA's traffic interdiction operations, including conducting consensual searches. […]
Upstate New York blasted by winter storm, rain as major airports face travel delays
As Thanksgiving travelers depart, a powerful early-season snowstorm across the Northeast caused travel delays and disruptions. More than a foot of snow fell in parts of upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania, according to the FOX Prediction Center. 20 inches of snow was reported in High Point, New Jersey, 19 inches in Cortez, Pennsylvania, and […]
Virginia FAA contractor allegedly spied for Iran, shared private info on US airports, energy industry: DOJ
The Department of Justice announced Friday that a former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contractor has been charged with being an illegal agent of the Iranian government. According to To the Department of Justice releasefrom at least December 2017 to June 2024, Abuzar Rahmati, 42, allegedly met with Iranian government officials and acted on their behalf. […]
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary wants airports to put alcoholic drink limit on flyers
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said airports should impose a two-alcoholic drink limit on passengers. O'Leary believes airports “should limit the amount of alcoholic drinks sold to passengers to two” to reduce incidents of disruptive behaviour on planes. According to the Independent. “Just as you have to show your boarding pass when buying cigarettes or […]
‘Oil Kills’ protesters disrupt flights at airports across Europe in wave of action | Europe
Environmentalists, campaigning under the slogan “Oil is death”, have been lining runways and grounding flights across Europe as holidaymakers try to get off for their summer holidays. A series of protests took place at airports from Oslo to Barcelona, with activists disrupting flights and demanding that rich, polluting countries phase out fossil fuels by 2030. […]
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks out after failed tech update causes worldwide chaos at airports and banks
The CEO of the cybersecurity company at the centre of Microsoft’s global outage was at a loss for words as he apologised for the chaos caused early on Friday but could not say when everything would return to normal. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz spoke of a massive tech outage after the company deployed a faulty […]
The surprising ways Clear is expanding beyond airports
Clear is designed to help customers speed through airport security check-in by getting to the front of the line, but the tech company now sees much broader uses for it, including in retail, online and even in the healthcare industry. “It just didn’t make sense to me to take a card out of my wallet […]
Nigerian unions shut down national grid and airports as indefinite strike begins | Nigeria
Nigeria’s main labour unions have launched an indefinite strike against the government’s failure to agree on a minimum wage, shut down the national electricity grid, disrupted airline services and blocked entrances to parliament. A minimum wage of 30,000 naira (£15) per month, agreed in 2019, expired in April this year. Trade unions are calling for […]
Ex-NFL Pro Bowler TJ Ward calls airports ‘scam,’ says TSA searches him due to his ‘man parts’
Super Bowl champion TJ Ward sent a message to all his X followers after a rather unpleasant trip at the airport. “Airports are a scam. TSA is a scam,” Ward, a former NFL safety who spent eight seasons in the league, posted on X last Friday. “All these rules are meaningless.” Many people remember the […]