A coalition of more than 30 privacy rights groups has asked the federal government to suspend use of whole-body imaging technology at U.S. airports. ...more

June 4, 2009

Airline passengers face new requirements to provide detailed information while making flight reservations as the federal Transportation Security Administration steps up efforts to prevent misidentification of passengers with similar names. ...more

May 29, 2009

The Transportation Security Administration has informed 17 airports, including Orlando International Airport and Tallahassee Regional Airport, that they are being considered for improved checked-baggage screening technology under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Transportation Security Administration has informed 17 airports, including Orlando International Airport and Tallahassee Regional Airport, that they are being considered for improved checked baggage screening technology under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ...more

March 6, 2009

As predicted, the nation's economic malaise took its toll on corporate air travel to Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, when 220 corporate planes used Tampa International Airport compared with about 420 for Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa in 2001. ...more

February 13, 2009

As predicted, the nation's economic malaise took its toll on corporate aircraft travel to Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, when 220 corporate planes used Tampa International Airport compared with about 420 for Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa in 2001. ...more

February 12, 2009

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Palm Harbor has been picked to be his party's top congressional watchdog over the Department of Homeland Security. ...more

February 4, 2009

The traffic in and around Raymond James will be heavy before, during and after today's Super Bowl. ...more

February 1, 2009

A 45-year-old Tampa man was sentenced today to six months in a halfway house and five years probation for trying to bring a hunting knife onto an airplane. ...more

January 29, 2009

So there you are in an Ybor City parking lot trying to force a dollar bill into that slot in the self-pay machine, and the dollar won't go in. ...more

January 27, 2009