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TSA GIVES SENIORS A PASS

Lucas A. Ferrara

March 20, 2012 19:00

TSA to Begin Limited Test of Modified Screening for Passengers 75 and Older Risk-Based Security InitiativeAs part of TSA's ongoing efforts to move towards a more intelligence-driven security system, enhance aviation security and improve passenger experiences at security checkpoints, the agency is...

AIRLINES ARE ON-TIME

Lucas A. Ferrara

March 16, 2012 18:30

Airline On-Time Performance, Cancellation Rates in January Improve from Last Year No Tarmac Delays Longer than Three Hours on Domestic Flights or Longer than Four Hours on International Flights in December  The nation's largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 83.7 percent in...

AIRLINES ARE RAKING IT IN

Lucas A. Ferrara

March 13, 2012 18:00

BTS Releases 3rd-Quarter 2011 Airline Financial Data; Network Airlines, Low-Cost Airlines and Regional Airlines All Report Profits   Scheduled passenger airlines reported a profit margin of 6.8 percent in the third quarter of 2011, down from the 10.4 percent profit margin in the third quarter...

AIRLINES HIRE MORE

Lucas A. Ferrara

October 20, 2011 18:30

BTS Releases August Passenger Airline Employment Data; August 2011 Employment Rose 2.8 Percent from August 2010    U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.8 percent more workers in August 2011 than they did in August 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of...

AIRLINES ARE HIRING

Lucas A. Ferrara

October 14, 2011 18:30

BTS Releases August 2011 Airline Full-Time and Part-Time Employment Data     The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), yesterday updated its airline employment web page with...