Pete Muntean

(CNN) — Airlines have pocketed billions of dollars in so-called “junk fees” by charging customers extra to select a seat or to carry on bags, according to a Senate subcommittee report published on Tuesday.

Airlines have raked in billions of dollars by charging extra to select a seat and some airlines paid workers incentives to encourage charging more for baggage fees, according to previously undisclosed data in a new Senate subcommittee report.

Airlines have pocketed billions of dollars in so-called “junk fees” by charging customers extra to select a seat or to carry on bags, according to a Senate subcommittee report published on Tuesday.

Paris (CNN) — A Russian woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last week was able to sneak through the security checkpoint by

A Russian woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last week was able to sneak through the security checkpoint by starting off in a lane reserved for airline flight crews, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

At the largest terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year, security lapses enabled an unticketed passenger to board a plane to Paris in a shocking breach that one aviation expert said should serve as a “wake-up call” for the airline industry.

Delta Air Lines planes at their terminal in New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

New York (CNN) — Federal agencies are facing intense pressure Friday to give the public more details on unexplained drone sightings in the New York

(CNN) — Pilots are reporting a massive uptick in being hit by laser pointers from the ground since the drone panic took off earlier this month, according to new data from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Pilots are reporting a massive uptick in being hit by laser pointers from the ground since the drone panic took off earlier this month, according to new data from the Federal Aviation Administration. CNN's Pete Muntean reports.