United Airlines To Slash 16,370 Jobs As Air Travel Sinks
By Tyler Durden United Airlines joined American Airlines in the latest round of massive job cuts as the virus pandemic continues to batter the travel and…
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TSA Tries Out Another (Illegal) Biometric “ID Verification” System
By Edward Hasbrouck The new “touchless ID verification” stations at DCA include a webcam (at top center of photo above) a magnetic-stripe reader (lower left)…
Police Use Facial Recognition Smart Helmets To Conduct Indiscriminate Surveillance At Airports
By MassPrivateI When news broke about the Flint Bishop airport police becoming the first police department in the country to start using facial recognition police…
Delta Air Lines Has Permanently Banned Nearly 250 People From Flying Due To Mask Violations
By Aaron Kesel Delta Air Lines has placed nearly 250 people on a “no-fly list” for failing to comply with its mandatory mask policy, CEO…
Airport Robbery: Feds Take Over $2 Billion From Travelers Through Asset Forfeiture
By Michael Boldin For the first time ever, data from the Treasury Department’s forfeiture database has been put through a detailed study regarding airport seizures,…
Senate Bill Would Exempt REAL-ID From Due Process And Oversight
By Edward Hasbrouck Rather than responding to our comments on the latest proposal by the Department of Homeland Security to require ID for airline travel,…
Don’t Look Now, But This Airline Just Cancelled All International Flights Until March 2021 Due To COVID
By Tyler Durden The prospects for a V-shaped recovery in airlines are looking dim. The latest indication of how slow things are getting back to…
Your “Immunity Passport” Future Begins To Materialize As Airlines Call For Digital ID Tracking Systems
By Derrick Broze, The Last American Vagabond The world’s largest airline trade group has called for immunity passports, thermal screening, masks, and physical distancing to…
Global Tourism To Suffer Crushing Blow In 2020
By Tyler Durden While few industries have been spared by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, even fewer have been hit harder than the tourism sector….
TSA Tries Again to Impose an ID Requirement to Fly
By Edward Hasbrouck Air travel in the US has been reduced by more than 90%, measured by the numbers of people passing through checkpoints at…
TSA To Check Passengers’ Temperature At Airports
By Tyler Durden The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin checking passengers’ temperatures at select airports next week. People familiar with the matter told The…
Hong Kong Airport Rolls Out Cleaning Robots And Full-Body Disinfection Booths
By Mayukh Saha Activist Post Editor’s Note: While we vehemently disagree with this author’s conclusions, we’re bringing you this news strictly for the good reporting…
United Reports $2.1BN Loss As Airlines Brace To Fire 100,000 Once Bailout Loans Expire
By Tyler Durden United Airlines confirmed the carnage hitting US airlines today when it reported a $2.1 billion loss for first quarter as the coronavirus…
“A Tsunami Has Arrived” – Spanish Tourism Collapses
By Tyler Durden Anyone with the slightest bit of common sense has ditched their dream trip to Europe as Covid-19 steamrolls across the continent, with…