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In this week's air travel developments, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is working on new procedures for arriving international passengers that would eliminate the need to recheck their bags for a domestic connecting flight, and even end the requirement to submit to another security check; .... two Republican senators introduce a bill to get rid of the TSA; a new survey compares the experiences of TSA PreCheck members with those of nonmembers; Southwest might be worrying about the impact of its business model changes on its bottom line; Denver International relocates check-in facilities for 24 airlines; Portland International gets a...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines baggage handler was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison after pleading guilty to knowingly possessing or receiving stolen guns. Federal prosecutors said Mark Hunter of St. Louis was charged after a passenger traveling through St. Louis Lambert International Airport reported that a pistol had been reported stolen from his luggage. Federal agents investigated and found seven reported thefts of guns from luggage checked on Southwest over a five-month period in 2020. After comparing Southwest scheduling records...

Delta Airlines is now putting big bumper sticker size labels on bas with checked guns. Seriously. Flag the bag and passenger as a target. Nice. /s I regularly travel Delta Airlines, Diamond level frequent flier and always check a concealed carry gun. This is first time my bags got tagged, A new policy counter staff said was implemented this past week. Searching their Web site and news on the Internet found no mention of this. I find the move by Delta, and presumably other airlines, to be outrageous. These stickers are big and not easy to remove. Now my bag...

New York – A Saudi man was busted at New York's JFK Airport after Transportation Security Administration officials spotted a stun gun and four other weapons in his checked bag, the New York Post reported Saturday.