Hitting the Books: That time San Francisco's suburbs sued the airport for being too loudNIMBYism has a long and storied history in the Bay Area.By A. Tarantola, 01.22.2023
Hitting the Books: AI is already reshaping air travel, will airports themselves be next?Or, 'Why there aren't any tchotchke shops in private terminals.'By A. Tarantola, 12.04.2022
Hackers forced more than a dozen US public airport websites offlineThe incident did not affect air traffic control or other critical operations.By K. Holt, 10.10.2022
Uber expands its airport reservation service globallyIt's now available at 55 airports around the world.By M. Moon, 06.16.2022
Uber can track flights and adjust reservations when you're arriving lateUber Reserve is now operating out of more than 20 US airports.By K. Holt, 10.06.2021
London City is the first major airport to control air traffic via a digital towerThe mast contains 16 high-definition cameras that beam live video to ground staff based 90 miles away.By S. Shah, 04.30.2021
Supreme Court asked to review case against border device searchesThe ACLU and EFF believe the searches are unconstitutional.By J. Fingas, 04.24.2021
US pushes Europe to reject Chinese baggage screening tech over spying fearsThis echoes the fight against Huawei.By J. Fingas, 06.28.2020
Nintendo will host Switch pop-up lounges in four US airportsGet a few ‘Mario Kart’ races in while you wait for your plane.By M. DeAngelis, 02.11.2020
Heathrow Airport installs anti-drone system that can locate UAV pilotsIt will help enforce the five-kilometer drone no-fly zone around the airport.By C. Fisher, 01.14.2020
Homeland Security wants airport face scans for US citizensYou'd have to give up some privacy whether entering or leaving the US.By J. Fingas, 12.02.2019
Air travelers entering US face long delays as CBP computers crashThe CBP is currently investigating the cause.By A. Tarantola, 08.16.2019
Paris may offer flying taxis to 2024 Olympics guestsYou'd beat the traffic from the airport with a ride from Airbus.By J. Fingas, 06.23.2019
Germans can soon use their iPhones as virtual ID cardsiOS 13's expanded NFC support will make it possible.By J. Fingas, 06.17.2019
Lyft also trying out PIN-based airport pickups in PortlandUber launched a similar feature today. By A. Khalid, 05.13.2019
Uber is testing PIN-based pickup at the Portland airportUber is launching a pilot program at Portland International Airport. By A. Khalid, 05.13.2019
Robot valets are parking cars at an airport in France After some tests, the robots are now full-timers.By C. Fisher, 03.15.2019
The UK is expanding drone no-fly zones around major airportsIt will be illegal to operate drones within five kilometers of an airport.By K. Holt, 03.11.2019
Dubai Airport drone scare temporarily disrupts flightsIt's the latest in a series of airport disruptions caused by drones.By S. Shah, 02.15.2019
Heathrow and Gatwick airports buy anti-drone systems after scareThey don't want a repeat of the panic from the Gatwick incident.By J. Fingas, 01.06.2019