Two other T.S.A. employees and an airline passenger were wounded before airport police officers shot Mr. Ciancia.
Ryanair promised to cut costs elsewhere rather than raise ticket prices, which are often as low as $1.20 one-way before airport taxes.
The man, along with two other Arabs, was said to have become irate when the flight was canceled because of the attacks on the trade center, and he and the two others fled before airport security arrived.
By far the most frightening thing, the international travelers said, were the dozen or so reporters who scurried around like squirrels trying to ferret out some acorn of a quote before airport security kicked them out.
For those who do get stuck, advice from seasoned travelers boils down to this: Bring or buy a snack and water before airport shops close, bring reading material or music and something soft to lie down on or rest your head against and keep hotel phone numbers or certain Web site addresses handy.
But with more travellers taking to the skies than ever before, airport hotels have started wooing fliers by throwing decades-old expectations out the window.
