Browsing Tag: Airlines

A state surplus store in Harrisburg, Pa., sells what airport security confiscates....

Airlines have already begun charging for food, drinks, seat assignments and baggage. Now one is demanding that passengers cough up extra cash on board for fuel.

Item number three on the sign above the departure gate at Chandigarh Airport was a bit of a worry: “Note: Sikh passengers have been permitted to carry a Kirpan (up to 6-inch blade and 3-inch handle) in domestic flights only.”

Three of the largest Sikh advocacy groups in the United States are opposing airport passenger screening measures they say require hand-searches of turbans, despite the use of electronic imaging technology.

The success of the Amritsar-London-Toronto flight lies only in the fact that it originates from Amritsar. Diverting it via New Delhi will not only cause avoidable hardships to a majority of the air passengers but will be tantamount to surrendering a large chunk of the passenger pie to private airlines..