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This news ought to do little to renew your faith in airport security systems. On Tuesday, a man boarded a plane in San Diego without a ticket. Even worse, he was just released from jail a day earlier.

Anyone who’s ever taken a long flight and tried to relax while children screamed or ran around may put Malaysia Airlines on a list of favorite companies after the carrier announced it’s now offering child-free spaces on some of its planes.

Since the increased security and airport restrictions that came about after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, air passengers can understandably at times be a bit uneasy. But one would expect for the crew to manage to keep it together. In a breaking news story, reports have surfaced of a Jet Blue pilot seemingly losing his mind mid flight ...

This is only a test. On Thursday, March 22, Lafayette Regional Airport will hold a Federal Aviation Administration mandated disaster drill beginning at approximately 9:00 a.m. According to FAA Regulations, Lafayette Regional Airport is required to conduct a full-scale plan exercise every three years.

If you’re starting to plan your summer vacation, you may think buying your plane tickets months ahead of time is a cost-saving move. But according to a new study, that may not necessarily be true.

If you’ve ever bought a plane ticket and wound up paying far more than the touted fare, the Department of Transportation is here to help. Starting January 24, airlines will be required to include all government taxes and fees in their advertised prices.

They may want to re-evaluate pilot training over at Delta Airlines and spend a little more time on how to work the lavatory. The pilot of an 18-passenger Delta flight got stuck in the airplane’s bathroom mid-flight and ended up causing a terror alert on the ground.

Forget snakes on plane — now we’ve got bats invading our airlines. Last Friday, passengers on an Atlanta-bound Delta flight felt like they were in an airborne Gotham City when a bat emerged from the cabin, giving travelers quite a start.

If you’re a frequent flyer, you’ve probably zoned out during quite a few airplane safety demonstrations. Pegasus, a Turkish airline, brilliantly eschewed the usual bored flight attendants for some seriously adorable kids. The tots, dressed as attendants, passengers and even an aviator-clad pilot, walk us through proper seatbelt buckling and how to operate an oxygen mask with panache.

Most flights that I am on have a tendency to be boring, but passengers on a Delta flight from Chicago to New York were highly entertained last Saturday after a woman stripped naked while en-route.