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Remember how I said that Delta was going to tweak its business plan this week? Well, it's happened. And you may not be surprised to hear that it sounds a lot like the plan other airlines are putting out there. It's shrinking time. Delta said today that...
Kids on planes. Mention it to any traveler - particularly a frequent business traveler - and you're sure to get a strong reaction. Kicking, screaming, unruly children, and their oblivious parents are a reality of life on the road. A reality few travelers seem to like. A 2006 survey by...
Back in December, JetBlue rolled out its plane called Beta Blue. This plane was set to be its testbed aircraft. It became the first airline to offer free inflight email and IM, but it was highly restrictive. You could only check your Yahoo account or use your...
It was only a matter of time before old planes would be recycled into something, well, kind of cool. The Jumbo Hostel, a converted Boeing 747 within walking distance to the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, will begin taking reservations in December for travelers wanting to sleep in a real, live...
We've already seen Aviation Partners Boeing winglets becomes a "must-have" on the next generation 737s, and the 757s aren't far behind. Now that a 767 winglet has been developed, it seems to be gaining some traction as well. Hawaiian has announced it will put winglets on some of...
*Italian Foreign Minister denies that a ransom was paid but details of rescue remain shrouded in mystery Eleven European tourists taken hostage with eight Egyptian guides were on their way home last night after surviving 10 days in some of the most benighted wilderness on the...
Magomed Yevloyev The journalist, businessman and lawyer Magomed Yevloyev, who died in police custody on 31 August, was a thorn in the side of the regime in Ingushetia, a republic under Russian control bordering Chechnya. His website ingushetiya.ru had been critical of the president, Murat Zyazikov, and...
* "If Barack Obama does not become the next President of the US, I'm blaming the Jews," says the sharp-tongued Jewish-American comedian Sarah Silverman, pictured. Not all Jews, she explains, but elderly conservative ones who have retired to Florida. That's why she is campaigning for The Great Schlep, which aims...
AUGUSTA, Ga. AP -- Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash more than a week ago. Hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits says Barker was released on Monday morning. Barker and celebrity...
Employees from Northwest and Delta on hand to raise awareness and kick off fund-raising effort Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA): [TABLE OMITTED] Members of the media who are attending should arrive at Northwest Airlines building C, 7500 Airline Drive, Minneapolis, for escort to hangar 4...
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- As a heavily armed U.S. destroyer patrolled nearby and planes flew overhead Sunday, a Somali pirate spokesman told The Associated Press his group was demanding a $20 million ransom to release a cargo ship loaded with Russian tanks. The spokesman also warned that the...
Airline to Provide New Services on Board and on the Ground SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- TACA, the international airline with a 77-year history in Central, South and North America, unveiled last week its new brand image and a series of new services on board and on the...
News in brief ACCIDENT A toddler was in a critical condition in Pendlebury Hospital in Manchester after suffering multiple skull fractures when she was struck by a car in the driveway of her home in Walney, Barrow-in-Furness. It is thought the car reversed over her. ...
MILPITAS, Calif. -- Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) introduced the die-to-database version of its latest mask inspection technology, Wafer Plane Inspection[TM] WPI. WPI allows leading-edge logic and foundry mask makers to concurrently detect defects on the mask and assess whether the defects are likely to print on the wafer. For...
Byline: Denis Kilcommons WE were on a packed Ryanair jet at Liverpool Airport waiting to make the short hop across the Irish Sea to Derry. The flight crew had just completed going through the on-board safety procedures. You know, telling us where the exit doors were,...
SEATTLE -- The A's packed their belongings Sunday and began scattering about, some players returning to Oakland on the team charter and others hopping a plane and heading straight home for the offseason. In their final game, they fell short of manager Bob Geren's wish for the...
THE Air Passenger Duty - a tax collected by airlines on behalf of the Government - should be refunded to holidaymakers who booked flights direct with XL and lost their money, say the Association of Independent Tour Operators. Chairman Derek Moore says the tax is "a pounds 1million windfall for...
IT sounds like the plot of an Indiana Jones movie.. a plane, rumoured to be carrying millions of euro in communist gold, crashes into a glacier. Fifty years later two pilots find a severed arm entombed in the ice. The only clue...
PUSHY Heather Mills was brought down to earth with a bump... when flight staff refused her a free upgrade. Heather - who had booked a British Airways premium economy seat to New York - was told there was no reason for her to be moved to...
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