Forecast for D.C. airport appears dim
As the nation struggles to regain some sense of normal daily life, one of the most visible obstacles is the empty airport on the Virginia bank of the Potomac River,...
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Task forces will examine airport, cockpit security
The Bush administration struggled Sunday to find ways to buoy the nation's hobbled airline industry, announcing new task forces aimed at ratcheting up security at U.S. airports and inside aircraft...
Stricter security slowing rebound for air travel
More passenger jets filled the nation's skies Friday, but hourslong waits in ticket counter lines and a gantlet of new, vastly stricter security measures underscored that America's commercial air travel...
Flights trickle out of reopened airports
The federal government reopened the nation's sky to commercial air traffic Thursday, but progress in restoring America's treasured liberty of unrestrained travel was slow. About 50 of the nation's 458...
FAA demands tougher security
The nation's fleet of commercial aircraft was grounded Wednesday for the second straight day, disrupting the travel plans of millions of Americans, and federal officials said the grounding would continue...
Airlines prepare for daunting task: Restarting system
The unprecedented nationwide grounding of commercial flights in the minutes after Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington has left the airline industry with one of the most monumental...
Easy cockpit access, lax security aid hijackers
For all the security measures taken at the nation's airports, two things stand between a safe trip and terror: a simple deadbolt lock on the cockpit door and scantly trained...
Suburb set to vote on O’Hare fight funds
After months of mixed signals, Des Plaines leaders will decide Wednesday evening whether to contribute to a $1.4 million campaign to fight expansion plans for O'Hare International Airport. A special...
Daley plan cheered this time
Supporters of a proposal to expand O'Hare International Airport finally had their day Monday, using the last public hearing on the plan to let Gov. George Ryan know the project...
O’Hare plan a big draw
Des Plaines officials are bracing for a large turnout at City Hall Thursday night when Gov. George Ryan holds the first of four hearings on Mayor Richard Daley's expansion plans...