Thread: A corporate travel organization is lobbying for new regulations to rein in the right of border agents to search, copy data from, and even  view thread

Thread: As airlines look for ways to cope with skyrocketing fuel bills, some bloggers and letter-writers are suggesting a radical idea: airline passengers should pay  view thread

Thread: American Airlines announced it will start charging $15 for an economy class passenger’s first checked bag in mid-June, unless he’s an AAdvantage elite member  view thread

Thread: As fuel costs keep rising, airlines are turning not only to fare increases and fuel surcharges but also schedule cutbacks to stem their losses  view thread

Thread: Now that Delta and Northwest have finally announced their long-expected merger, speculation is rampant about which airlines might be the next to combine (see  view thread

Thread: FAA aircraft inspectors charged that the agency hasn’t enforced its own inspection requirements, and air traffic controllers apparently faced retribution from superiors for reporting  view thread

Thread: With the opening of expedited security lanes at Washington D.C.’s Dulles and National airports last week, the long-delayed Registered Traveler program is now up  view thread

Thread: Singapore Airlines said it will switch its non-stop New York-Singapore and LAX-Singapore services to all-business-class aircraft; economy and premium economy passengers will have  view thread

Thread: At Salt Lake City and Denver, the TSA is testing a new procedure whereby travelers choose a security lane based on one of three  view thread

Thread: A charter airline called Primaris announced plans to begin coast-to-coast scheduled service with all-business-class seating (see this week’s story). Currently, all-business-class airlines only operate  view thread