In 2021, airlines were on track to record more cases of air rage than in the previous 30 years combined. Mask mandates, alcohol, and other safety procedures have been cited as common causes of the sharp rise in unruly passengers. The Federal Aviation Administration has enforced a zero-tolerance policy with fines up to $37,000 per violation in response to the rise in incidents. The dramatic increase in cases has also had negative implications for flight attendants and crew members.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports on security technologies being used by airport security with David Pekoske, TSA administrator.
You have a few choices when it comes to services that get you through the airport faster. Here's how they stack up.
CNBC’s Phil LeBeau joins ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ to discuss the TSA worker shortage as the agency asks office staff to help at airport checkpoints. LeBeau says some airports have severe staffing shortages, such as those in Detroit, Denver, St. Louis and Boston.
Airline passenger levels are inching closer to where they were before the pandemic. CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports.
CNBC's "Squawk Box" team discusses airlines stocks and the travel industry recovery with Helane Becker, airline analyst at Cowen.
Markets close at record highs as stimulus checks begin landing in Americans' banks accounts. Plus, air travel begins to really take off.
TSA Administrator David Pekoske joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the weak number of passengers flying, the safeguards put in place at airports and the increase of TSA firearms confiscation.
Of all the industries the pandemic has affected, the airline industry is among those that have been hit the hardest. According to the International Air Transport Association, airlines' passenger revenue is estimated to sink by over $300 billion from 2019. In the age of social distancing, planes are not designed to keep passengers six feet apart. Still, airlines are making drastic changes to their travel policies, pushing sanitation efforts, and more to attract weary travelers back to the skies.
The Treasury Department and the major airlines have reached an agreement in principle on billions in aid, aimed at softening the blow from Covid-19. CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports.
The Department of Transportation has given airlines final approval to pare service back to minimum flights due to plunging demand. The decision comes one day after TSA screened just 108,310 people at U.S. airports, compared to 2.38 million on the same day a year ago.
Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue's president and chief operating officer, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss the company's 20th anniversary of its first-ever flight, the airline industry, coronavirus and more.