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Viewfinder: Hundreds of TSA Screeners and Agents Call in Sick at Airports as the Shutdown Continues

Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 9th, 2019, in New York City.

Pacific Standard Staff

Passengers wait at the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport, south of London, on December 20th, 2018, after all flights were grounded due to drones flying over the airfield.

Unidentified Drones Shut Down a Major London Airport (in Photos)

A series of drone sightings at London's Gatwick Airport caused over a hundred flights to be canceled or delayed as authorities struggled to respond to the potential danger.

Jack Herrera

News in Brief

Meet the Syrian Man Stranded at the Kuala Lumpur Airport for 91 Days and Counting

Trapped in an arrivals hall in a Malaysian airport, Hassan Al Kontar has the vagaries of the modern global systems of asylum to blame. To pass the time, he narrates his strange new life through selfie videos.

Abby Seiff

The Desegregation of American Airports

A new book by a German historian looks at the conflicting history of segregation in commercial air travel.

Peter C. Baker

Social Justice

Cleveland’s Pittsburgh Moment

The loss of the U.S. Airways hub signaled the start of Pittsburgh's remarkable turnaround. Does that make United Airlines' departure from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport a cause for celebration?

Jim Russell