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I'm a shuttle driver for a hotel near the DFW airport, and in the last year a building program of making new toll plazas on the north and south end has taken place and part of this program has been to build very narrow concrete barriers to enter and exit the DFW airport. The concrete barrier lanes, makes one feel one is entering or leaving a fortress compound, such as the Berlin Wall. There is only one wide lane for 22 passenger hotel shuttles or semi's, and this lane is not toll tag only meaning that any car may go...

A Southwest flight carrying 115 passengers from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to BWI Airport was diverted to Nashville International Airport due to a passenger's "suspicious behavior," an airline spokesman said.

Driving down to Austin lately has become a real trip. I-35 is usually packed for most of the 185 miles, and what used to take three or four hours now can take five or six. Flying down can take almost as long, when you figure in airline security delays, more flight delays, and the time it takes getting into and out of crowded airports. But what if it took 45 minutes to travel from the Metroplex to Austin by train or an hour to make a trip to Houston? Advocates of high-speed rail lines are floating these ideas once again...

WASHINGTON – With the push to overturn flight restrictions at Dallas Love Field heating up, a schism has emerged among North Texas lawmakers. Three of the region's eight House members – all from the Dallas side – say it's time to loosen or scrap the 25-year-old Wright amendment. "I think it's outlived its usefulness," Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Plano, said Thursday. "That doesn't mean it's going to get repealed this year." The willingness of Dallas-area lawmakers to openly side with Southwest Airlines Co. against American Airlines Inc. represents a fresh threat to American and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Both have been...

Depart Time for Delta Has Arrived;Airline Has Distanced Itself at D/FW Since Announcing End of Hub 12:32 PM CST on Saturday, January 29, 2005 By ERIC TORBENSON and SUZANNE MARTA / The Dallas Morning News Christopher Faulkner will miss flying Delta Air Lines Inc. from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, but not enough to take connecting flights through the carrier's remaining hubs. "I don't do stops," said Mr. Faulkner, who flies more than 300,000 miles annually. He plans to shift much of his flying to American Airlines Inc., which will soon control more than 80 percent of D/FW traffic. "Time is...

Security error snarls D/FW travel Search for explosives empties terminals, delays thousands 01/10/2003 By TERRI LANGFORD / The Dallas Morning News A screener at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport caused an evacuation of three terminals Thursday when she improperly gave a passenger back a bag that had tested positive for explosives, according to the federal agency in charge of security. Thousands of passengers and at least 200 flights were delayed as terminals A, B and C were evacuated and searched to ensure that no threat existed. Transportation Security Administration screeners stopped the passenger about 2 p.m. as he made his...

Tapes show pilots calmly averted D/FW collision Airport worker failed to get OK to cross runway in November 01/01/2003 By HOLLY WARREN / The Dallas Morning News American Airlines pilots calmly averted a collision in November when a convoy of vehicles crossed a runway in front of a Boeing 777 preparing to take off at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, audiotapes released Tuesday show. "American 2421 heavy is aborting. You got trucks on the runway," the pilot told air traffic controllers. The runway incursion occurred Nov. 21 when an employee led four vehicles across a runway at the same time...

Last modified: 02:52 PM CST on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 Dozens of D/FW workers arrested 11/20/2002 From Staff and Wire Reports Sixty workers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport were arrested Wednesday for allegedly using invalid Social Security numbers to gain access to secure areas of the airport. According to the U.S. Attorney's office in Dallas, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Immigration and Naturalization Service agents arrested the airport employees. Each individual was charged with one count of misuse of a Social Security number, a felony. The workers arrested included baggage handlers, ramp and cargo agents, food service and maintenance...