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Operations at US airports return to normal
Operations at major United States airports are returning to normal as TSA officers begin to receive pay once again. More than 50,000 TSA workers have been left unpaid since mid-February, causing mass disruptions in airports across the U.S. Airports in Baltimore, Houston, New York, New Orleans, and Dallas, which all reported hours-long lines during the partial government shutdown in recent weeks, all reported short lines on Monday. The shutdown caused some of the longest security lines in the TSA’s almost 25-year history, with the longest lines topping four hours. Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, where lines snaked outside a terminal and down escalators to the airport tram last week, reported that wait times dropped back down to five to 10 minutes around noon Monday. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which had briefly suspended reporting its wait times on its website and advised travellers to arrive four hours before their flights, removed its online warning and reported wait times of around five minutes on Monday, around noon. This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the end of last week that ordered TSA workers to get paid, despite a failure to get
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Trump will sign executive order to pay TSA officers
United States President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to pay 50,000 airport security workers. This comes as a deal in Congress to address staff shortages has led to TSA officers walking off the job, and nearly 500 airport security officers quitting. “I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports,” Trump said. “It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it!” It is unclear how long the funding will last or if Trump is tapping funding for the Homeland Security Department approved last year as part of a massive tax and spending bill. Republicans have rejected repeated Democratic proposals to fund TSA separately while negotiating over reforms for how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operate. On Wednesday, more than 11% of TSA officers did not show up for work. Absenteeism reached higher rates of 30% or more at New York's JFK, Houston's two airports, and airports in Baltimore, New Orleans and Atlanta. Airlines for America (A4A) CEO Chris Sununu welcomed Trump’s executive order, but said Congre
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Long lines form at US airports as more TSA officers quit
Long lines have formed at major United States airports as employees of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) continue to work without pay or have quit due to a partial government shutdown. TSA workers still on duty have been working without pay for over a month, while more than 400 have quit their jobs. As a result, videos have been spread across social media for the long lines at some of the country's busiest airports. Absences have spiked more than 10% in recent days, causing hours of delays for passengers waiting to get through security checkpoints at some airports. Senate Republicans and Democrats continue to debate a proposal that would allow funding to resume for TSA and other Department of Homeland Security agencies. A senior official at TSA, Ha McNeill, told a U.S. House committee that if more workers quit, it may be hard to handle the major traffic expected during the upcoming soccer World Cup. McNeill said some TSA agents were "sleeping in their cars at airports to save gas money, selling their blood and plasma, and taking on second and third ‌jobs ⁠to make ends meet, all while expected to perform at the highest level when in uniform to protect the travelling public". These delays a
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Duffy says US flights will return to normal soon
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CNBC the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs two more days to fully recover from massive disruptions caused by winter storms across the country this weekend. Duffy said the FAA is aiming for flights to return to normal by Wednesday, after what was the largest flight-cancellation day since early 2020, when the Covid pandemic hit. According to flight tracking website FlightAware, more than 15,000 flights were cancelled over the weekend as much of the country was covered in snow and ice. Experts from AccuWeather estimated that the storms are expected to cause preliminary damage and economic losses of between US$105 billion and $115 billion. The flight disruptions continued on Monday as the U.S. Department of Transportation dealt with the storm's fallout, with more than 4,000 flight cancellations and nearly 10,000 delays for the day. Roughly 250 U.S. cancellations were also made for Tuesday, marking a significant drop from the weekend. “We’re going to have more capacity as we come back to a full running schedule,” Duffy said. “So you’ll expect more full planes, more full flights as you fly this week, just as people are going to their destinations. But again, Wednesd
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Winter storm disrupts US Northeast air travel
A winter storm sweeping across the United States Northeast disrupted post-holiday travel over the weekend, leading to thousands of flight delays and cancellations and prompting emergency declarations in several states. A mix of snow and ice bore down on the region early on Saturday, affecting airline operations and road travel before easing by mid-morning. Officials in New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency, urging residents to stay off the roads amid hazardous conditions. “The safety of New Yorkers is my top priority, and I continue to urge extreme caution throughout the duration of this storm,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement. By early Saturday, between six and 10 inches of snow had fallen across a wide area stretching from Syracuse in central New York to Long Island, as well as parts of Connecticut, Bob Oravec, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center near Washington, told Reuters. New York City recorded between two and four inches of snow overnight, with 4.3 inches measured in Central Park, the heaviest snowfall there since 2022. Despite the storm easing, the impact on travel was significant. More than 9,000 domestic U.S. flights were cancell

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US airlines expect record passengers over holidays
United States airlines are projected to carry 52.6 million passengers during the upcoming holiday period, a new record. This would represent an average 2.9 million passengers per day from 19 December to 5 January, according to trade association Airlines for America (A4A). It would be a 1.5% increase from the same period one year ago. “Another record holiday travel period is on the horizon, and U.S. airlines are ready to get you and your packages to destinations across the country and around the world,” said A4A CEO Chris Sununu. “We have more than one million men and women working across the industry to connect people and deliver presents to locations big and small.” U.S. carriers will add 72,000 seats each day during the holidays to meet demand, A4A said. The season’s busiest air travel days are expected to be 19-21 December, 26 December, and 28 December. The lightest travel days will be Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day. American Airlines said it is preparing to accommodate over 12 million travellers across more than 119,000 flights. A total of 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles (80 kilometres) from home during 20 December to 1 January, AAA projected in a separa
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Aussies face 5-year social media check for US entry
The Trump administration has said it would like to require 5 years of social media history for visa applications moving forward. The new rules would impact citizens of 40 currently visa-exempt nations, including Australia. Social media history dating back to 2019, five years of phone numbers and 10 years of email addresses would be required for “enhanced vetting”.Credit: The U.S. Federal RegisterVisa-exempt countries can currently head to the United States with an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), rather than applying for a tourist visa, which is a significantly quicker process. The new plan was outlined in a proposal notice from Customs and Border Protection in the Federal Register this week, and is now open for public comment till early January.
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US expands travel ban to more than 30 countries
The Trump administration has announced that it will be extending its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, in the wake of a man from Afghanistan being accused of shooting two National Guard members. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the expansion of the travel ban. The original travel ban announced in June barred travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries and restricted access for people from seven others. Noem didn’t give any specifics when talking with Fox News when asked which countries would be added to the ban. “I won’t be specific on the number, but it’s over 30. And the president is continuing to evaluate countries,” Noem said. “If they don’t have a stable government there, if they don’t have a country that can sustain itself and tell us who those individuals are and help us vet them, why should we allow people from that country to come here to the United States?” This is the latest reaction to the two National Guard members who were shot in Washington D.C. last week. An Afghan national has been named as the primary suspect. Following the shooting, Trump announced that he would pause immigration from “all Third World countries” in an escalation of his alrea
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US screens record 3.13m air passengers on Sunday
The United States screened a record 3.13 million air passengers on Sunday (Monday AEDT) as travellers returned from Thanksgiving trips. The previous record was set on 22 June with 3.10 million passengers, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). It had expected to screen at least 3 million passengers, the agency said ahead of the holiday. “Yesterday, TSA screened about 3,133,924 individuals, the highest number ever in TSA's history, bringing our Top 10 busiest days all above 3 [million],” TSA wrote. The record comes despite more than 1,000 flights being cancelled and over 13,000 flights being delayed on Sunday due to poor weather. All of TSA’s top 10 busiest travel days by passengers screened were in 2025 or 2024, including eight days in 2025. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has projected there will be more than 360,000 flights across the nine days to 2 December, with 51,268 flights on Sunday. A total of 81.8 million people will have travelled at least 50 miles during the Thanksgiving holiday period from 25 November to 1 December, AAA estimated. Flight reductions applied during the U.S. 43-day government shutdown ended on 17 November after a new government funding bill was