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Authorities in the United States have reviewed airport security footage as they continue to investigate how a woman sneaked on board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris without a ticket last Tuesday –– one of the busiest travel days of the year. Inspectors from the TSA are preparing a civil case against the stowaway after reviewing airport security video from inside John F. Kennedy International Airport, agency spokesperson Alexa Lopez told CNN. The stowaway initially slipped past facial recognition ID scanners at the TSA checkpoint undetected, the TSA said, though she did go through baggage screening where officers found two bottles of water. “The TSA will open civil cases against passengers when there’s evidence that procedures may have been violated,” Lopez said. The TSA cannot bring criminal charges, though it can refer them to the Justice Department. A Paris airport official identified the female stowaway as a 57-year-old Russian national. The passenger – whom French officials are trying to return to the US – remains in custody in France. She was scheduled to take a return flight to the United States Saturday afternoon but French authorities had to remove her from the aircraft after she started screaming, according to the Paris airport official. “The pilot refused to take her because she was too unruly,” the official told CNN Monday. French border police brought the passenger back to a waiting zone at Charles de Gaulle Airport for people awaiting deportation. She can be held in the zone, known as ZAPI, for up to 20 days. French authorities want her to return to the United States of her own volition. But failing that, they will force her to go back with an escort, in formal custody. Since arriving in Paris, she has been evaluated by a doctor.<br/>

China Airlines has launched its new seasonal route from Melbourne to Auckland. Flights will operate every day except Monday and Saturday as an extension to the Taiwanese carrier’s existing A350-900 service between Taipei and Melbourne over the summer period, and are expected to add more than 3,000 weekly seats on the Melbourne-Auckland corridor. The inaugural flight, CI57, departed on its Auckland leg from Melbourne just after 2pm on Tuesday afternoon. “With the December school holidays almost upon us, families and holidaymakers will benefit from increased capacity at a time when demand is at its peak,” said Jim Parashos, chief of aviation at Melbourne Airport. “This service also creates new opportunities for New Zealanders to connect to Asia via Melbourne, opening up a gateway to Taipei and beyond. The additional flights bring much-needed competition to the trans-Tasman market, helping to drive down airfares and providing greater choice for passengers. It’s a win for consumers on both sides of the Tasman.” The flights are expected to bring Melbourne-Auckland back to 100% of pre-pandemic seat capacity, with the market currently sitting at around 75% of where it was in 2019.<br/>