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DFW International Airport gets free Wi-Fi on all terminals, compliments of AT&T

Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport reached an agreement with AT&T to provide free Wi-Fi to all visitors at the airport’s five terminals, totaling more than six million square feet of space.

 

Brewer releases copy of letter to Obama

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, R, sustained a controversy stemming from her confrontation of President Obama on an airport tarmac by releasing a copy of the letter she handed to the president on Phoenix... Obama dismissed the encounter as being "blown out of proportion" in an interview Thursday with ABC News. "I think it’s always good publicity for a Republican if they’re in an argument with me,” he said. “But this was really not a big deal."

 

Ariz. governor says Obama was 'thin-skinned' in airport exchange

Jan Brewer & Barack Obama

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says President Obama was "somewhat thin-skinned" and "tense" in a testy greeting caught on camera on a Phoenix-area tarmac.

Senh: I haven't seen this much disrespect for a President from the other party before Obama turn office. It's obvious from her statement that all she's doing is trying to help her party win this year's election by mentioning their differing views on the economy. Yeah, what a warm welcome.

 

Sen. Rand Paul stopped by Tenn. airport security

Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, the son of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and a frequent critic of the Transportation Security Administration, was stopped by security at the Nashville airport Monday when a scanner set off an alarm and Paul declined to allow a security officer to subsequently pat him down. The White House said airport security acted appropriately....

 

2 Muslim men kicked off flight sue airlines

Two Muslim men who were kicked off an airplane in May are suing Delta Air Lines Inc.

 

Thanksgiving air travel forecast: full flights

Thanksgiving air travel forecast: full flights

Passengers may have to compete with slightly fewer people getting to the airport this Thanksgiving, but flights will be as full as ever, airline industry officials said Thursday... But U.S. carriers have reduced capacity to match demand and offset higher costs, the association said. That means few empty seats.

Senh: Thanks airlines. Since there are less people traveling this year because of the economy and outrageous airlines fees, let's use fewer planes so the flights will be packed.

 

Paris airport tests 'virtual' boarding agents

Paris airport tests 'virtual' boarding agents

An airport in France is experimenting with "virtual" boarding agents in a bid to jazz up its terminals with 21st century avatars who always smile, don't need breaks and never go on strike.

 

Rumsfeld gets TSA pat-down at O'Hare airport

Rumsfeld gets TSA pat-down at O'Hare airport

Not even the former U.S. Secretary of Defense gets a pass when it comes to pat-downs at O'Hare International Airport.

 

Air travel hampered through New York, Boston

Air travel hampered through New York, Boston

The snowstorm that slammed the deep South and churned its way into the Northeast is causing similar headaches for travelers. Travel in and out of New York and Boston was limited Wednesday morning.

 

Winter storm could strand air passengers for days

An East Coast blizzard that has shut down airports in New York and New England could leave passengers stranded for days.

 

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