More Snow
By eTN Staff Writer
More winter weather is headed to the mid-Atlantic, midwest, and northeast, bringing even more snow to the already deluged areas.
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Airline Industry
By JOAN LOWY
WASHINGTON — Stinky toilets, crying babies, airless cabins — the Obama administration said Monday passengers don't have to take it any more.
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Bomb Threat Hoaxes
By David Parker Brown
What's crazier than one passenger calling in a bomb threat to delay a flight? Having two different passengers calling in bomb threats to delay two separate flights a world away from each other.
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Delays Over 3 Hours Will Cost 600 Euros
By eTN Staff Writer
A European court today handed down a decision that will require airlines in the European Union to compensate passengers of mass delays for which they are responsible.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner
By W.J. Hennigan
When Boeing Co. unveiled plans to build the 787 Dreamliner, the aircraft was touted as revolutionary, a major technological shift in the way a plane is made and in the way it operates.
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Air Travel
By Aaron Smith
NEW YORK - If you think flying is a miserable experience now, just wait until 2010.
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Vietnam Airlines: "Lot Of Headaches" Over Dreamlined
PARIS - The head of Vietnam Airlines expressed concern on Monday about production delays to Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and said the group had not made up its mind whether to cancel any of the 16 aircraft
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Air Travel
We all know the drill: you show up at the airport with plenty of time to spare, only to discover that your flight’s been delayed and now you have hours to kill.
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United Airlines
CHICAGO — A computer problem grounded all United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport Thursday, causing long delays and lines for travelers headed out for the Fourth of July holiday week
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American Airlines
By bizjournals.com
American Airlines said it will receive seven fewer 737-800 airplanes from Boeing Co.
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Flight Cuts
By chicagotribune.com
U.S. airlines appear to have found the cure for chronic delays: operating fewer flights.
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Delays And Cancellations on UK's West Coast Main Line
By eTN Staff Writer
LONDON - Virgin Trains has drafted in extra staff this weekend to handle compensation claims following a spate of delays and cancellations caused by problems with Network Rail's infrastructure on the
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Qantas
By jaunted.com
Flying 'roo Qantas can't catch a break at the moment.
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Flight Delays Spur Fight Over Air Travel Changes
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are fighting the Bush administration's plan to combat flight delays by experimenting with New York City airspace.
The federal Aviation Administration came under withering criticism Wednesday morning at a hearing about the agency's plan to auction off some flight slots at New York's three major airports.
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Flight Delays Cost $41B In 2007
NEW YORK - Domestic flight delays cost the industry and passengers $40.7 billion in 2007, according to the Joint Economic Committee from the House and Senate, which released a report Thursday.
As part of this overall cost from the delays, passengers lost an estimated $12 billion worth of time that would otherwise have been spent on ... read more
Singapore Airlines Superjumbo Woes
SINGAPORE - Delays announced on Tuesday in delivery of the Airbus A380 could have an impact on Singapore Airlines (SIA), the first carrier to fly the superjumbo, SIA said.
SIA has already received four of the planes and a fifth is expected to be delivered by early July, an SIA spokesman said.
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US Airline Delays Worsened In March
WASHINGTON - Nearly 30 percent of domestic flights were late or canceled in March, more bad news for an industry plagued with safety concerns and buckling under record fuel costs.
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Airlines Delays
Travelers caught in a massive airline delay - such as those systemic delays caused by grounding of an entire fleet of aircraft - have very few specific, legally defined "rights." Instead, what you get is what the airline is willing to give you, or if you pursue it, what you can recover in court.
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Flight Cancellations Spread
WASHINGTON - This week's flight cancellations by American Airlines are likely to spread to other U.S. airlines in the weeks ahead as federal regulators step up a by-the-book review of carriers' compliance with maintenance and safety orders issued in recent years.
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Russian Tourists To U.K. Face Lengthy Visa Delays.
Changes to visa procedures for visitors to the U.K. have led to delays of up to two months and have begun to reduce the number of Russian tourists making the trip there, Moscow tour operators say, although The St. Petersburg Times has learned that visa applications made through the British Consulate in St.
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