U.S. says threat against airlines remains high
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - The United States is likely to keep a high threat designation for the airline industry because militants still see air travel as a target, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
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Air travelers in the United States face  crowded planes and rising fares this year, but those conditions  have not dampened ticket demand, the chief executive of  American Airlines said on Wednesday.
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The nation&#39;s civil aviation watchdog vowed Monday to develop tighter controls to ensure safer flights. Safety supervision will top the administration&#39;s efforts next year as potentially
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National intelligence director Mike McConnell said Tuesday that U.S. authorities are worried about "sleeper cells" of would-be terrorists inside the United States and are remaining vigilant against any new attacks.
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U.S. airlines, after a Christmas  weekend that snarled thousands of travelers' holiday plans,  will face a government review of whether they are living up to  customer service commitments made five years ago, the U.S.  Transportation Department's top auditor said on Monday.
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Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Security fears may dampen demand for  air travel in the short term, industry watchers said on  Thursday, after British police foiled a plan to blow up  transatlantic jetliners, but they won't throw U.S. airlines off  their long recovery from the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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The US embassy in Jordan says several plots to attack American targets have been foiled but the threat remains high.
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The longer-term solvency of the US agency that insures pensions is at risk, threatened by troubled airlines and other companies failing to fund their retirement plans, the agency&#39;s director said on Thursday.
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Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon has declared the national carrier will continue to fly despite facing union threats on two fronts.
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In these days of jittery travel, sometimes just a phone call can ground an airplane. Over the past week and a half, false bomb threats have forced at least half a dozen flights to make emergency landings in Europe, frightening passengers, tangling schedules and costing airlines big money.
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October 8, 2004 -- The longer-term solvency of the US agency that insures pensions is at risk, threatened by troubled airlines and other companies failing to fund their retirement plans, the agency&#39;s director said yesterday.
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The threat of terrorists stealing a nuclear device remains high in many parts of the world, a private study concluded Wednesday
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The U.S. government raised the  security alert on passenger planes to its highest level for the  first time on Thursday after Britain said it had foiled a plot  to blow up flights to the United States.
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A member of the 9/11 commission told House lawmakers Wednesday that the risk of an airline passenger detonating a suicide bomb has increased as a result of security precautions to prevent hijackings.
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Terrorists may be conducting "dry runs" at U.S. airports to test security before a possible attack, according to a Transportation Security Administration warning to airport screeners.
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Numerous law enforcement and counterterrorism officials also warned last week that a heightened threat of terrorist attack will persist through the January inauguration.