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CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports Delta officially unveiled its new terminal at JFK Airport in New York today.
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*Napolitano says some long lines in Chicago, LA, Atlanta. WASHINGTON, March 4- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse.
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MADRID, March 4- Workers at Spain's Iberia were set to ground nearly 1,300 flights in a second round of five-day strikes launched on Monday to protest against deep job and wage cuts at the loss-making airline. Union members clashed with police at Madrid's Barajas airport when the first round of strikes began on Feb. 18.
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Federal spending cuts from the "sequester" may lead to runway closures, flight delays and longer airport security lines.
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WASHINGTON, March 1- Delays of four hours or more at airports. Reduced paychecks for thousands of civilians employed by the Pentagon. The U.S. Coast Guard, crippled in its patrols of U.S. waters.
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The storm that blanketed the Midwest earlier this week, dumping more than a foot of snow in Kansas and forcing hundreds of flights to be canceled, is now headed for New England. For Boston, it's the third straight weekend of major snow.
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The storm blanketed states from Minnesota to Ohio earlier this week, dumping more than a foot of snow in Kansas on Thursday, forcing airports to cancel hundreds of flights and stranding motorists on highways.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb 22- A major winter storm headed northeast into the U.S. Great Lakes on Friday and threatened New England after blanketing states from Minnesota to Ohio with blinding snow, sleet and freezing rain. The storm dumped more than a foot of snow in Kansas on Thursday, forcing airports to cancel hundreds of flights and stranding motorists on highways.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 20- U.S. regulators on Wednesday proposed to free certain slices of airwaves in an ongoing effort to tackle the shortage of available wireless spectrum, a move that could ease Wi-Fi congestion in airports, stadiums and other high-use hubs.
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LILONGWE, Feb 19- State workers in Malawi have told the government and airlines they will shut the main international airport in the capital Lilongwe on Wednesday as part of a week-long public sector strike. The airport closure would cut off the main air routes serviced by Kenya Airways, South African Airways and Ethiopian Airlines.
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"I want to let the people of Bolivia know about the nationalization of Sabsa," Morales said in a televised speech in the central city of Cochabamba, adding that the company had made "an exorbitant profit with a derisory capital input."
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MADRID, Feb 18- Striking union workers clashed with police at Madrid's Barajas airport on Monday on the first day of a week-long strike over more than 3,800 pending job cuts at Spain's flagship airline Iberia.
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MADRID, Feb 18- Striking union workers clashed with police at Madrid's Barajas airport on Monday on the first day of a week-long strike over more than 3,800 pending job cuts at Spain's flagship airline Iberia.
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There was little sign of chaos on Monday morning in Barajas airport in Madrid, Iberia's hub, as the airline had already rescheduled most passengers on other flights or returned them their money. Workers kicked off the action with demonstrations at airports and plan a street protest in central Madrid on Wednesday evening.
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LONDON, Feb 18- A decision on how and where to expand the UK's airport capacity should be fast-tracked to prevent Britain falling behind competing hubs in Europe and the Middle East, according to the boss of London's Heathrow airport, which wants a third runway.
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LA PAZ, Feb 18- Bolivian President Evo Morales, who has tightened state control over the nation's small economy since taking office in 2006, nationalized an airports operator owned by Spanish infrastructure company Abertis on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 14- Hundreds of thousands of people made homeless, long waits at airports and criminals going unpunished. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing that U.S. military readiness would be eroded by the across-the-board cuts, to be split evenly between military and domestic discretionary programs.
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Parents may find themselves wishing they could check-in their toddlers when it comes to travel. CNBC's Sri Jegarajah explores the child-friendly concept airline by design firm RKS that promises a hassle-free journey.
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Atlanta's airport scored top marks for perks, according to a new survey. Orlando is best for kids and avoid Chicago if making a connection.
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DUBAI, Jan 28- Passenger flows through Dubai's main airport jumped 13.2 percent last year, helping the airport overtake Hong Kong to become the world's third busiest for international passenger traffic, airport authorities said on Monday.
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All Nippon Airways said on Monday it cancelled 151 domestic and 26 international flights scheduled for January 23-28 after Boeing's 787 Dreamliner passenger plane was grounded, affecting more than 21,000 passengers.