Cause of landing system failure at LAX still unknown

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Federal officials said Tuesday they do not know what is causing a critical instrument landing system to fail at Los Angeles International Airport.

Despite fragile cease-fire, Israel still draws travelers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Even Hezbollah missiles couldn't keep Hilda Goodman and her husband from canceling a trip to Israel they planned 13 years ago -- when their grandson was born.

Exec jet appeal grows in wake of plot

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Heightened security in the United States and Britain could boost demand for executive jets, a sector expanding with more models, greater range, and cheaper seats on planes once the preserve of the super-rich.

BA cancels more flights

LONDON, England -- British Airways canceled more flights Wednesday, the seventh day of UK flight delays, as the airline struggled to reunite thousands of missing bags with their owners.

Virgin America causing turbulence in airline industry

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Start-up U.S. air carrier Virgin America Inc. has not flown a plane or even gotten a license to operate, but it is already creating turbulence in the U.S. airline industry.

Stunning vistas, wildlife draw Antarctica tourists

BROWN BLUFF, Antarctica (AP) -- Stepping carefully down the cruise ship's gangway, I wait for a break in the swelling waves to make my move.

Flight delays, cancellations still plague UK airports

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Airline officials have accused the British government and airport authorities of mishandling new security measures in the wake of an alleged terrorist plot.

Report: X-ray machines don't detect explosives in shoes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's new order that all airline passengers put their shoes through X-ray machines won't help screeners find a liquid or gel that can be used as a bomb.

Traveling China's ancient Silk Road

ALONG THE SILK ROAD, China (AP) -- From the ancient oasis towns of Central Asia, we retraced the epic journeys traveled along the Silk Road through desolate mountains and deserts, through busy bazaars and crumbling mud-brick towns.

Suspicious item prompts flight evacuation at LAX

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Police safely evacuated an Alaska Airlines flight on Monday after a report that a "suspicious item" was found on board, a Los Angeles International Airport spokeswoman said.

UK hand baggage restrictions eased

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Hand baggage restrictions for passengers traveling from British airports are being eased to try to reduce the chaos caused by increased security checks -- but flights continue to be disrupted.

Chertoff: No sign plotters targeted U.S.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- "Current evidence" does not show the people involved in an alleged plot to blow up airplanes planned to conduct any operations in the United States, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Sunday.

Snarls continue at UK airports

LONDON, (CNN) -- Three days after authorities uncovered an alleged plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic and imposed tight restrictions on what passengers can carry aboard flights, air traffic at London's Heathrow Airport remained snarled Sunday, with airlines canceling as many as 30 percent of their flights.

TSA 'tweaks' list of banned carry-on items

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three days after banning fliers from carrying liquids, gels and lotions past security checkpoints and onto airplanes, the Transportation Security Administration announced Sunday several "tweaks" that would allow passengers to board with small doses of liquid medications.

Rude reputation fails to hurt Paris

PARIS, France (Reuters) -- As Parisians crowd to the beaches in August, tourists are descending on the City of Light in droves, undeterred by a recent survey highlighting complaints that visitors get the cold shoulder from locals.

New airline restrictions may be here to stay

(CNN) -- Air travelers might have to get used to stuffing lipstick and lotion into their luggage rather than carry it with them in the wake of a plot to destroy airliners with liquid-based explosives, security experts say.

Company offers Tour de France for wimps

MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina (AP) -- For everyone who fantasized about competing in the Tour de France, but recognized that their muscles could never make it, Breakaway Adventures is offering a "Tour de France for Wimps" through September 23.

Air travelers feel effects of thwarted plot

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- It took two hours for Ken Kirkwood and his wife to get off their flight from London to Los Angeles, go through customs and retrieve their luggage.

Does airport passenger screening work?

(CNN) -- The long lines and bulging trash cans at U.S. airports due to increased security after a suspected terror plot was uncovered Thursday had some aviation experts questioning the focus of America's air passenger screening system.

Higher security, longer lines in U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) -- -- U.S. air travelers poured out liquids, opened their bags for inspection and endured long waits Thursday as airports heightened security and some flights were canceled or delayed after the discovery of a terror plot aimed at airlines traveling from Britain to the United States.