Despite growing opposition from airlines and industry unions to the TSA's new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives on planes, the agency's head said he is not backing down.

Lawmakers and airline CEOs are strongly voicing their opposition against allowing small knives on commercial airplanes beginning in April, yet Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole is sticking to the decision.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will let people carry small pocketknives onto passenger planes for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

European passengers left stranded in the U.S. before Hurricane Sandy can be awarded up to 600 Euros in duty of care compensation. 

Air Canada has heightened security precautions after a passenger on a flight bound for Toronto earlier this week discovered a needle in a catered sandwich.

A folding metal gate, designed to keep intruders out of the cockpit while the main door is open, is being removed from new Boeing 787 planes bought by United Airlines.

Companies wanting to take over passenger screening at U.S. airports from the TSA will have an easier time getting contracts under Senate legislation.

Passengers should not fear new airport scanners, said an article published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine.

The U.S. Travel Association wants adoption of a trusted traveler program to make airport screening faster and encourage more travel.

Port Authority police busted two Transportation Safety Administration employees for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from checked baggage at John F. Kennedy Airport, NBCNewYork.com reports.