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May 17, 2005Boston-bound flight diverted; FBI calls it a false alarmBOSTON (AP) — For the second time in less than a week, a Boston-bound flight was diverted to Maine Tuesday when the name of a passenger was matched to the U.S. government's no-fly list, but the FBI later said the...Read this update Europe unites in hatred of FrenchLanguage, history, cooking and support for rival football teams still divide Europe. But when everything else fails, one glue binds the continent together: hatred of the French. Typically, the French refuse to accept what arrogant, overbearing monsters they are....Read this update Bad food? Blame the altitude(CNN) -- We all tend to complain about airline food, whether it is the rubbery chicken, the cardboard-like fish or the chewy beef, but you might like to blame it on the altitude. Bad food? Blame the altitude, continued...Read this update May 16, 2005Airport X-Ray Bares All For SecurityCHICAGO (CBS 2) The people who protect your privacy say a new airport security X-ray machine may be a little too X-rated. The device peeks under passengers' clothes searching for hidden dangers. But as CBS 2's Sylvia Gomez found out,...Read this update Bun tower a hit in Hong KongA DOZEN people in Hong Kong scrambled up a steel tower covered in buns today, reviving a religious ritual banned 26 years ago when the former British colonial Government declared it too dangerous. A similar tower constructed out of bamboo...Read this update Shed More Than Just Your Cares at Naturist Camps This SummerBy Carrie Havranek The idea of attending a nudist camp feels so risqué, vaguely European and possibly outdated. But according to the results of a recent opinion survey, one out of seven people say they're interested in au natural recreation....Read this update May 15, 2005Cruise Passengers Flown Home after Toilets BreakBy Martin Halfpenny, PA A cruise liner has cancelled its voyage and flown back 600 passengers because the toilets on board have broken down, the operators said today. The newly-refitted Thomson Celebration liner cut short its Mediterranean cruise in Lisbon...Read this update AIRBORNE PET DEATHSTHE WASHINGTON POST; Michael J. Reilly Starting in July, consumers will have access to information on how many pets traveling in the baggage holds of U.S. commercial aircraft are killed, lost or injured while in each airline's care. The new...Read this update May 14, 2005Alaska Airlines outsources 472 baggage-handling jobsAlaska Airlines baggage handlers arriving for work at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport just before 3 a.m. yesterday were met with a Friday the 13th surprise. Overnight, their jobs had been given to an outsourcing company. Alaska Airlines outsources 472 baggage-handling jobs,...Read this update Discount airline carrier Jetsgo tells Montreal court it's bankruptKarine Fortin Canadian Press MONTREAL (CP) - Discount airline Jetsgo declared formal bankruptcy Friday, setting the stage for the sale of the carrier's remaining assets, including 10 Fokker-100 aircraft. Jetsgo, which stranded thousands of irate passengers when it abruptly ceased...Read this update Turk airline to fight Europe banANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) -- Turkish budget airline Onur Air has rejected claims that its planes were unsafe and vowed to fight a ban imposed by several European countries. Germany and the Netherlands temporarily withdrew landing rights from the airline on...Read this update May 13, 2005World's 10 best airports and loungesThe United States lags far behind Asia in a ranking of the best airports and airline lounges. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ever waited out a snowstorm at O'Hare? Tried to change terminals at Dallas-Ft. Worth? Stood in the international arrivals...Read this update Remote beach town of Jericoacoara has a laid-back rhythm all its ownBy Steven Mark JERICOACOARA, Brazil — The ritual begins an hour or so before sunset. As the tropical Brazilian sun beats down still at this hour, a few trekkers begin to climb a sand dune that overlooks a remote, windswept...Read this update Red faces over Perth danger alertAustralia's foreign ministry has apologised for an e-mailed advisory warning of the dangers of travelling to the Western Australian capital, Perth. The foreign ministry said the message was mistakenly sent out by an outside contractor, as a test. Variously described...Read this update Machinists back possible United strikeBy Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News Another United Airlines union held out the threat of a labor walkout Wednesday, while local travel agents expressed hope all sides could work out compromises to avert strikes and save the bankrupt carrier. The...Read this update Cruise ship smashes into yachtsResidents in St. George’s watched in horror yesterday morning as the cruise ship Norwegian Majesty knocked into three yachts moored in Powder Hall anchorage and almost sucked one yacht under – as its passengers screamed for help on the radio....Read this update May 12, 2005Air France flight to U.S. diverted over suspect passengerNEW YORK — The United States on Thursday ordered an Air France flight from Paris to Boston diverted after a passenger whose name is on a terrorism watch list was found to be on board, officials said. Flight AF-332 went...Read this update May 11, 2005Thai AirAsia takes off for VietnamHANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Budget airline Thai AirAsia is expected to receive a license to begin flights to Vietnam next month, according to officials. "It's just a matter of time," said Ho Quoc Cuong of Vietnam's Civil Aviation Administration....Read this update Monks, myrrh & mysteryIn a land of biblical characters and stunning churches, it's easy to see the influence of angels in Ethiopia, writes Maria Visconti. Ethiopia, more commonly associated with famine and the remains of Lucy, one of the world's earliest hominids, must...Read this update An unexpected overnight deliveryFedEx plane drops 4 aluminum pieces onto Danville Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer FedEx made an unscheduled East Bay delivery Monday night when chunks of purple aluminum nearly the size of plywood sheets peeled away from a cargo...Read this update One Northwest plane clips another on ground near airport gateMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Northwest Airlines DC-9 that had reported hydraulic problems collided with a Northwest Airbus on the ground Tuesday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, injuring six people. One Northwest plane clips another on ground near airport gate, continued...Read this update May 10, 2005Mica: Raise security fee on airline ticketsBy Robert Perez SANFORD -- Congressman John Mica, chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, said Monday he supports doubling the security fee on airline tickets to pay for new technologies that would make airports safer. The Transportation Security Administration, the...Read this update Judge Approves End of United Pension PlansBy DAVE CARPENTER, AP Business Writer CHICAGO - A federal bankruptcy judge approved United Airlines' plan to terminate its employees' pension plans on Tuesday, clearing the way for the largest corporate-pension default in American history. Judge Approves End of United...Read this update Not Just Gyan...Nepal falls off Indian tourist's mapKATHMANDU: Women with tell-tale chudas and men dressed in shiny wedding suits used to swarm Nepal-bound planes. Now, discounted rates of just Rs 3,500 for a round trip find few takers among honeymoon couples. Kathmandu’s streets are no longer teeming...Read this update Gurkha bus drivers find new jobsThirty Gurkha bus drivers have found new jobs after the company they were working for lost some of its routes. Carmarthenshire Council stopped using 2Travel on its subsidised routes due to 'reliability' issues - but the Gurkhas were very popular...Read this update Iran to issue tourist visa at airportsLONDON, May 10 (IranMania) - Iran will issue seven day visa at its airports to tourists visiting Iran, Iran's Foreign Ministry said. It said that the decision has been made with an aim of facilitating travel of foreign tourists to...Read this update Malaria Risk Increases as Travel Trends ChangeLONDON, ENGLAND – (CCNMatthews – May. 10, 2005) – Thousands more travellers are being exposed to the threat of malaria each year as visitor numbers continue to increase to risk areas. Over five million people travelled to high risk malarious...Read this update What's orange and floats? That's easy...Day one of Easycruise's inaugural voyage, and on deck Stelios is showing off his new ship. 'What do you think? Do you like the colour? I think the hot tub is going to be a lot of fun, don't you?'...Read this update May 07, 2005What's in a Name? Maybe a Surprise LocationBy CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT WHEN Carmen Jones reserved a room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Beverly Hills, she expected the property would be, as the name suggested, in Beverly Hills. "I was looking forward to walking to the shops on Rodeo...Read this update Phuket Air quietly barred from UKLONDON: Just days before being banned from flying to the Netherlands, Phuket Air was also quietly barred from flying to the UK, it has emerged. One of its aircraft has also been seized for non-payment of landing fees at London’s...Read this update Naked rambler plans to walk againA man dubbed the "naked rambler" after walking the length of Britain in the nude says he plans a second walk, possibly with a naked companion. Naked rambler plans to walk again, continued...Read this update May 06, 2005Hang Up Or Get Off The PlaneUsing cell phones on flights: Great idea, or the last, horrible gasp of human decency? Oh my yes, please yes, open your giant purse or crack your bitchin' briefcase and whip out that swell little silver Motorola and pop in...Read this update Boutique airline a jumbo successBy Shalini Seth DUBAI — Airlines are either budget or the biggies, right? Not quite. This year at the Arabian Travel Mart (ATM), customers are being acquainted with Bangkok Airways, which is one of the world’s few boutique airlines. It...Read this update May 05, 2005Zanzibar tells travelers not to kissSTONETOWN, Zanzibar (Reuters) -- Islamist groups in Zanzibar are worried by what they see as increasingly inappropriate behavior by Western tourists, saying their actions offend the Indian Ocean islands' conservative Muslim culture. Zanzibar tells travelers not to kiss, continued...Read this update Not so extinct woodpecker may provide tourist boomImpoverished Arkansas Delta towns hope 'Lord God' bird will work an economic miracle COTTON PLANT, Arkansas -- If the ivory-billed woodpecker was magic to early-day American Indians, perhaps it can work some magic for the modern-day residents trying to scratch...Read this update Where Does the Dollar Do Best? Frommers.com Global Price Index for MayBy Maureen Clarke Getting from here to there is only part of the travel calculus now. In the face of the dollar's declining value abroad, expenses on the ground can be a shock to some. To demonstrate where you'll get...Read this update May 04, 2005Unruly passenger arrested in KonaA man who authorities say drank five to six bottles of champagne aboard a flight from Japan to Kona has been arrested and charged with assaulting four crew members and interfering with the flight crew. Iwao Amano, who was aboard...Read this update Pirate Radio Effects Passenger Jet LandingPolice moved swiftly to shut down a pirate radio station in Birmingham after pilots complained that dance music was drowning out instructions from air traffic controllers as they landed at a nearby Birmingham airport. The pilots landing passenger jets reported...Read this update Airline Passengers to Be Asked for DataBy LESLIE MILLER WASHINGTON -- Airline passengers soon will be asked to provide their full names and birth dates when they buy tickets. In coming weeks, the Transportation Security Administration plans to require airlines to solicit the information. Passengers do...Read this update Bear Claws Woman, Covers Her With BrushALBRIGHTSVILLE, Pa. -- A group of campers said a bear dragged a woman into the woods, clawed her and bit her, then covered her with brush and left. Kathleen Feeney, 21, said she was too frightened to move as the...Read this update Hotel dispute flares up againBy J.K. Dineen The long-simmering standoff between hotel workers and management boiled over Tuesday as unionized employees marched through downtown and staged a sit-in in the lobby of the San Francisco Hilton. The workers, including Local 2 President Mike Casey,...Read this update Posted by Joe E on May 4, 2005 07:51 AM
Category: Summer travel: Fares, room rates spikeFor the first time since 9/11, the peak travel season looks to be hitting on all cylinders. By Les Christie, CNN/Money staff writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The message from the travel industry this spring: Americans are on the road...Read this update Senator urges curbs on Full Moon partiesBANGKOK, May 3 (TNA) - The famous 'Full Moon Parties' in Koh Pha-ngan in the South of Thailand could soon be radically altered although they attract young backpackers from all over the world, drawn by the allure of sea, sand...Read this update May 02, 2005United Airlines mechanics planning strike, union saysCHICAGO (Reuters) — The union representing mechanics at bankrupt United Airlines Monday said it was making plans for a labor strike, saying the No. 2 carrier was putting their retirement plans in jeopardy. United Airlines mechanics planning strike, union says,...Read this update Amtrak, the railroad that can't (without more cash)BY ROBERT COHEN WASHINGTON -- On Capitol Hill, it's known as the annual Amtrak death dance. The financially strapped railroad, seeking to avoid bankruptcy, pleads for increased subsidies. The White House balks, congressional supporters and detractors battle it out and...Read this update Peru outraged by Chile airline adBy Hannah Hennessy A Chilean airline promotional video allegedly depicting Lima as a pigsty has sparked a row between Peru and its Latin American neighbour. Peru outraged by Chile airline ad, continued...Read this update Safety chief says airport screeners unfairly blamedGRAPEVINE — Screeners are being unfairly blamed for failures to detect weapons and explosives at airport security checkpoints, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said. So-called human failures often were the result of government watchdogs intentionally loading the bags...Read this update Qantas crew in fear over hotel changeBy Steve Creedy QANTAS cabin crew staying in Los Angeles say they fear for their safety after the airline moved them to a hotel in the city's crime-prone downtown area. Angry flight attendants have told their union they feel trapped...Read this update Iran and UK in row over airportTEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Hardline Iranian politicians called on the government on Sunday to sever all diplomatic ties with Britain in a rapidly escalating row over the opening of a new airport serving Tehran. Britain and Canada issued warnings on...Read this update |
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