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More air travelers may soon be scanning their smartphones instead of paper slips at airport gates.

The federal government is starting to deploy full-body imaging machines at an additional 11 airports across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday.

An investigation is underway after a child was heard giving instructions to a pilot from the air-traffic control tower at one of America's busiest airports.

One runway, a whole lot of problems. The main runway at New York's John F. Kennedy International will be closed for four months starting March 1. Millions of travelers will experience delays — including some not flying anywhere near the Big Apple.

Many air travelers know: Getting through the airport can make flying look easy. A new report shows which airports seem to make the experience painless and which can add to the frustration.

A United Airlines flight was diverted to Salt Lake City due to a bomb threat and landed safely in the Utah airport, local airport officials said on Thursday.

New full-body airport security scanners using X-rays generate much lower doses than normal background radiation, a draft report compiled by international agencies says.

Britain introduced body scanners at Heathrow airport Monday, a measure rushed in after a failed attempt by a Muslim extremist with explosives strapped to his leg to bomb a U.S.-bound passenger plane from Amsterdam.

The uncle of a Colorado airport driver charged in a terror plot against New York City has been indicted, two law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

A collision with a large bird forced a United Airlines plane to return to Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia, ...