TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT

TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT

An employee with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checks the documents of a traveler at the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, U.S., Oct. 1, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters The Transportation Security Administration is giving U.S. immigration officials the names of every airline traveler as part of the Trump administration’s widespread deportation program, The … Read more

Drop-Dead Gorgeous Road in Theodore Roosevelt Nat. Park Finally Repaired After 6 Years

Drop-Dead Gorgeous Road in Theodore Roosevelt Nat. Park Finally Repaired After 6 Years

A view from the South Unit Scenic Loop – credit, National Parks Service One of the most beautiful drives in the Midwest, the South Unit Scenic Road in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) has finally reopened after a 6-year closure. The reconstruction required a $51 million investment from an important park fund and the Dept. … Read more

Trump administration waives $11 million fine for Southwest Airlines’ 2022 holiday meltdown

Trump administration waives  million fine for Southwest Airlines’ 2022 holiday meltdown

A Southwest plane and baggage carts at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration said it will forgive the last $11 million of a civil fine against Southwest Airlines that stems from the carrier’s 2022 holiday meltdown that … Read more

India warns IndiGo of regulatory action and takes action to cap airfare surge

India warns IndiGo of regulatory action and takes action to cap airfare surge

India’s aviation watchdog on Saturday warned airline IndiGo of regulatory action after it canceled thousands of flights over the last week, stranding passengers and forcing government action to limit a surge in airfares caused by the crisis. The country’s biggest airline, IndiGo canceled the flights because of a shortage of pilots after it failed to plan … Read more

Airbus issues major A320 recall after flight-control incident

Airbus issues major A320 recall after flight-control incident

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 airplane approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing from Las Vegas on May 9, 2025 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Europe’s Airbus said on Friday it was ordering an immediate software change on a significant number of its best-selling A320 family of jets in a move that … Read more

Millennials are driving a sports tourism boom — and spending big to do it. Here’s why

Millennials are driving a sports tourism boom — and spending big to do it. Here’s why

Vince Nguyen, a 39-year-old entrepreneur based in Vietnam, spends a few hundreds almost every month traveling to other countries to play pickleball. The sport, which began as a pastime after injuring himself in American football, has since become central to his lifestyle, as he plays it for two to four hours almost daily. Since he … Read more

‘Stakes are high.’ With shutdown over, airlines predict record numbers of travelers this Thanksgiving

‘Stakes are high.’ With shutdown over, airlines predict record numbers of travelers this Thanksgiving

A travelers check flight information at LAX as the shutdown passes the one-month mark, leaving essential workers unpaid in Los Angeles, California, on November 5, 2025. Grace Hie Yoon | Anadolu | Getty Images U.S. airlines are predicting another record Thanksgiving holiday travel period and are upbeat now that the travel-snarling government shutdown has ended. … Read more

Air traffic controllers, technicians with perfect attendance in shutdown to get $10,000 bonuses, FAA says

Air traffic controllers, technicians with perfect attendance in shutdown to get ,000 bonuses, FAA says

An airplane takes off from New York’s Laguardia Airport after the FAA ordered flight cuts at 40 major airports amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., November 7, 2025. Ryan Murphy | Reuters Air traffic controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during the government shutdown will receive … Read more

Japan to dispatch senior envoy to China, NHK says, as travel warning drives tourism selloff in Tokyo

Japan to dispatch senior envoy to China, NHK says, as travel warning drives tourism selloff in Tokyo

Visitors in front of the Cinderella Castle at Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo, Japan on Jan. 17, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan on Monday said it dispatched a senior foreign ministry official to China to ease rising tensions, public broadcaster NHK reported, as tourism-exposed stocks in Tokyo slumped amid the diplomatic feud. Masaaki … Read more

The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not

The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not

Planes line up on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on November 10, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. has been scrambling to hire more air traffic controllers for years. The longest-ever federal government shutdown might have made that even harder. “We need more of them … Read more