The Transportation Security Administration has begun to screen all cargo carried in the bellies of narrow-body aircraft, including flights at Tampa International Airport and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, a TSA spokesman said today. ...more

November 11, 2008

Travelers at Tampa International Airport now can choose which screening lane will speed their trip: ones marked with black diamonds for experts, blue squares for casual travelers or green circles for families or those with medical issues. ...more

November 4, 2008

What works in Tampa might be a little too personal for Berlin. The federal Transportation Security Administration inaugurated use of a version of a full-body imaging security scanner Friday at Tampa International Airport without incident, airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan said. The device allows screeners to peer beneath clothing for banned items. But the installation of the machines prompted a call from a German media outlet inquiring about the devices in use at Tampa and other U.S. airports, she said. ...more

October 28, 2008

Germany balks at notion of airports using full-body imaging to screen passengers, calling the process a virtual strip-search. ...more

October 27, 2008

Travelers at Tampa International Airport this morning will be the first to experience the new full-body imaging scanners that detect weapons, explosives or other dangerous items. ...more

October 24, 2008

A 44-year-old Tampa man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of carrying a weapon on an airplane. Raul Gambe Mata admitted in a plea agreement that he brought a hunting knife with a six-inch blade in his carry-on bag when he attempted to board Delta flight 5634 from Tampa to Cincinnati on July 29. ...more

October 23, 2008

The Department of Homeland Security will take responsibility from airlines for checking passenger names against watch lists beginning in January and will require all commercial passengers for the first time to provide their full name, date of birth and gender as a condition of boarding a flight, U.S. officials said Wednesday. ...more

October 23, 2008

A paperless boarding pass that uses cell phones and other hand-held electronic devices being tested at eight U.S. airports will expand to Cleveland today. ...more

October 23, 2008

A paperless boarding pass that uses cell phones and other hand-held electronic devices being tested at eight U.S. airports may spread nationwide by this time next year ...more

October 22, 2008

Starting Oct. 24, the Transportation Security Administration will add a new anxiety for some Tampa travelers: A high-tech scanner that allows a security officer to peek through the clothing of air travelers to ensure they are not hiding weapons or explosives. ...more

October 17, 2008