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President Barack Obama plans to appoint a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to lead the Transportation Security Administration.

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.

After that flight -- dubbed "The Miracle on the Hudson" -- Sullenberger has become a celebrity, appearing on TV shows and writing a book, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters." He was reportedly paid $2.5 million to $3 million for the book.

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.

The industry is beginning to show signs of a recovery, with modest increases in revenue and forecasts of growing demand this year. After more than a year of slumping demand and sinking revenue, the nation's airline industry is beginning to show signs of a recovery, with modest increases in revenue and forecasts of growing demand this year.

More than 300 passengers aboard a U.S. cruise ship came down with a gastrointestinal illness during what should have been a relaxing vacation through the Caribbean, a cruise line said.

The pilots' union of Lufthansa began a strike Monday after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over pay and job security failed, an airline spokeswoman told CNN.

As the controversial law takes effect Monday, critics argue it could increase wildlife poaching, violence between visitors and against rangers, and destruction of historic and cultural monuments. By Julie Cart A federal law taking effect Monday may ...

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.

Kevin Smith, the creator of movies like Clerks, Dogma, and the upcoming Cop Out, posted a series of angry, sarcastic messages on his Twitter feed blasting Southwest Airlines for allegedly throwing him off a flight after he had already been seated and buckled in.

A powerful snowstorm pounded the nation's capital and other mid-Atlantic states early Saturday, snarling down traffic and bringing travel to a virtual standstill.

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.

A single-engine plane reporting on traffic made an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike on Monday, inadvertently becoming the cause of a morning rush-hour jam. No injuries were reported....