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When it comes to America's troubled airlines, every cloud is diligently searched for its silver lining. And so the FAA has found one for the post-9/11 air travel slowdown: It has given the agency time to launch plans for new runways and better airports. Still, the effect...
Smoother flying may be ahead, although it will take some time. The FAA announced this week that while air travel is picking up, it will take another year for traffic to climb back to pre-9/11 levels. And airlines won't start posting a profit until well into 2004...
By 2003 the process of federalizing security screeners will be complete, and some airports will have begun bringing in private firms who will operate under government oversight. Still, most experts agree that airline security is nowhere near as tight as it needs to be. "Things will have to be much...
Airlines are currently working with the government to establish faster and more efficient ways to get passengers through security checkpoints without compromising safety. Some industry officials want pre-screened frequent flyers to carry ID cards that would allow them to zip through security, despite government fears that terrorists might take...
You hear it before you see it. A group of fire fighters are milling quietly on a sunlit New York City street. Then you hear the roar. It's a jet, too loud, too low. The camera jerks up to catch a shaft of blue sky pierced by American Airlines...