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Orlando International Airport is the first US airport to add facial recognition to its automated passport control (APC) kiosks.
 

The TSA confiscated nearly 70 firearms in passengers' carry-on luggage last week -- breaking a record set two years ago.

Shanghai Airlines has defended its policy to make their employees who are going to get married submit information about their spouses.

 The most important factors business travelers and travel buyers consider when choosing ground transportation is traveler and vehicle safety, followed by availability for a timely pick-up and convenience of payment methods, according to The2015 Ground Transportation Study, sponsored by Dav El/Boston Coach Chauffeured Transportation Network and Empire CLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services.  

Security on Europe's rail networks will be stepped up with cross-border armed patrols and increased spot checks on trains.

The Metropolitan Transit System announced that its acting director of security, Manuel Guaderrama, has been given the permanent job.

Alaska Airlines just completed a test program that allowed passengers to use their fingerprints instead of government-issued IDs and boarding passes.
 

More than 1,000 security officers, baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants at New York’s LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airports voted unanimously to authorize a strike starting Wednesday night.

Travel groups are objecting to a House of Representatives plan to divert revenue from airline passenger fees paid to the TSA to pay for a highway trust fund.