TSA to Start ‘One Stop Security’ for Some International Airports

If you're a regular Southwest Airlines customer, you may start noticing some big changes at the airline sooner than you might expect.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is once again expanding its TSA PreCheck program by adding two more international airlines.

Orlando is well known as the theme park capital of the world, but it also holds the title of the world's largest rental car market. Many of the city's rental cars originate from Orlando International Airport (MCO). Unfortunately, all those rental cars take up too much space in the airport's surface lots and parking garages.

On any given day, about a third of passengers who pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints use the TSA PreCheck lanes.

Two of this year’s 10 biggest startup fundraises so far happened in the past two weeks. 

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, September 27, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Are you tired of having to recheck your bags and clear security again for your connection after arriving in the U.S. on an international flight? Relief may be on the way — at least for some travelers.

Luxury hospitality company Four Seasons is wowing travelers with a brand-new around-the-world private jet trip from California back to Canada, touching on three different continents.

To encourage travelers to Japan to get off the beaten path, delve deeper into the country’s cultural heritage, and venture beyond the popular tourist destinations, Japan Airlines is offering complimentary domestic flights all across the archipelago.

It’s looking like Dominica will get an international airport by 2026, and this will be game-changer for visitors. The project, costing north of $1 billion, will welcome international flights from around the world — a stark contrast to the facilities at the current airport, Douglas-Charles Airport, which mainly handles domestic flights and around 60,000 passengers per year through the three gates. Dominica International Airport has been in the planning stages for several years. The new airport is being built on a 500-acre site. On completion, the runways will facilitate planes from local Caribbean airports and the US and Europe.

At a time when most airlines, budget or otherwise, are determined to make you pay through the nose for any piece of luggage you want to bring with you on a flight, Avelo Airlines, is going against the grain. Since May 25, 2024, Avelo, a US-based budget airline, lets adult passengers departing from Sonoma County Airport (STS) fly with one case of wine for free. As of September 16, 2024, however, the airline will be expanding its Wine Travel Free program to and from all its routes in the Western US.

Members of American Airlines AAdvantage have a new option in South America via budget airline JetSmart.