American Airlines opened two new automated security screening lanes at Miami International Airport (MIA) Terminal D Oct. 24, the airline’s fourth US rollout of the technology deployed in partnership with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) is gathering momentum, with 113 airlines either already live or looking to adopt the standard within four years.

The global air transport industry is headed for a major infrastructure crisis, the IATA director general warned Wednesday, as fears grow about how already congested airspace and constrained airports will cope with the predicted growth in air travel.

New extra security rules that the US and some other countries are imposing on all inbound foreign flights are causing significant hassle for passengers, airlines and airports and are costly to implement.

Customer demands and expectations will be the disrupting force in the aviation business, rather than technology firms, according to panelists speaking at the IATA World Passenger Symposium.

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Thai Airways hopes to be able to relaunch flights to the US in the fourth quarter of 2018, if the FAA restores Thailand’s aviation safety rating as expected.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is set to deploy its federally mandated rollout of facial recognition biometric exit technology on an unidentified “select flight” from Miami International Airport (MIA), the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) division said Oct. 20.