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Anonymous threats against commercial airliners — including one called to the Maryland State Police — prompted scrutiny Monday of four international flights at airports in New York and New Jersey.

Brace yourself for crowded airports and full planes this summer, as air travel is expected to hit a record high, according to a report released Monday.

Southwest Airlines is adding international service between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Liberia, Costa Rica.

Serial entrepreneur Skúli Mogensen launched WOW Air three years ago with an eye on entering the emerging market for ultra-low-cost flights between the U.S. and Europe — with his native Iceland as a well-positioned connection in between.

It came out of our pockets, got collected from bins, and eventually amounted to a small fortune we collectively left behind.

Ongoing renovations to better connect BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport's concourses have uncovered asbestos and mold, and airport officials expect more could be found in the future.

Forget soda and peanuts ¿ what if your next flight came with a complimentary wedding shower?

JetBlue Airways will begin twice-daily nonstop service from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in November.

A Southwest Airlines flight from Atlanta to Boston was diverted to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday morning after an "electrical smell" was detected in the cabin, the airline said.

A political brawl over funding the Department of Homeland Security is troubling local officials in Maryland, who rely on millions of dollars in grants from the agency to pay for firefighter gear, emergency planning and training.

Former Maryland student and ESPN personality Scott Van Pelt had his bag stolen at BWI last weekend, and security promptly recovered it.

More than three dozen guns were seized from passengers flying out of the three airports in the Baltimore-Washington region in 2014, a substantial increase over the year prior.

Soaking rain and blustery winds could cause travel delays across the eastern United States on Christmas Eve, forecasters said, after fog and drizzle snarled air traffic Tuesday.

This summer Condor Airlines will add to its seasonal schedule a third weekly flight from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to Frankfurt, Germany, according to airport officials.

A Southwest Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. declared an in-flight emergency before landing at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport Wednesday night, the airline said.

An executive jet crashed into a Gaithersburg house on Monday, killing all three people aboard the plane and a woman and her two children inside the house, a fire official said.

A Fort Washington man was arrested at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Tuesday after trying to pass through security with a loaded .38-caliber handgun in his carry-on bag, the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday.

Fliers arriving to the Baltimore region this holiday season may notice smoother descents into BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, while residents in Towson and other area suburbs might hear a bit less noise overhead.

A St. Mary's County woman was arrested at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Wednesday after security agents discovered a loaded .38-caliber pistol and more than a dozen "loose bullets" in her carry-on bag, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday.

In the last couple months, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport has been on something of an international hot streak, with officials cheerily announcing new routes abroad just as they prepare to begin a $125 million expansion of the airport's international wing.

As part of its introduction of new routes starting this summer between BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and several European cities via its home base of Reykjavik, Icelandic airline WOW Air is pushing some major deals.

US Airways is shifting all operations at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport from Concourse D to Concourse C starting with the first flight on Wednesday morning.

Passengers will be able to take nonstop trips to Iceland from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport beginning next year, the airport announced Wednesday.

Southwest Airlines will launch daily round-trip service starting March 7 from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Costa Rica, the carrier's first Central American destination

A man with a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun in his carry-on bag was arrested at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Monday – marking the seventh time this year that officers have seized a firearm at the airport's checkpoint

Flights at BWI-Marshall International Airport to and from Chicago are still experiencing delays Saturday after a fire at a radar facility grounded hundreds of planes at O'Hare and Midway airports.

Dozens of flights have been cancelled or delayed at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Friday morning due to a grounding of air traffic in Chicago following a fire at a nearby radar facility.

In recent weeks, Southwest Airlines — the largest carrier at Baltimore's "easy come, easy go"-branded airport — has run into major peak-hour congestion problems, with summer vacationers tripping over business travelers in ticketing and security lines.

Officials at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport have introduced morning closures at one of the airport's main security gates, citing congestion around Southwest Airline's busy ticketing counters, according to airport, airline and Transportation Security Administration officials.

Two people have been arrested at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in as many days for attempting to board planes with handguns in their carry-on bags, Transportation Security Administration officials said Friday.

A Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore to Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing in Ohio Tuesday night after smoke was detected in a cargo hold, airline officials said.

Jeffrey Low, the father of a Baltimore-born Israeli soldier who was wounded in Gaza over the weekend, was flying to Tel Aviv to see his son on Tuesday when the news came: Ben Gurion Airport was under attack, and his flight was diverting to Paris.

An elaborate sendoff for three Southwest Airlines flights to the Caribbean from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Tuesday morning will mark the official entry of the largest domestic carrier in the United States into the international airline market. It will also signal the growing Anne Arundel County airport's hopeful ascendance as a major hub for domestic travelers looking to hop overseas.

To make way for renovations at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Air Canada operations will permanently shift terminals starting Tuesday morning.