Amtrak Twitter Page Introduced
By eTN Staff Writer
Amtrak has expanded its social media presence by launching its Twitter page. Travelers and rail enthusiasts can now check Amtrak news and events on Twitter at @Amtrak.
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United Airlines
By eTN Staff Writer
United Airlines has announced a promotion whereby it will ship passengers' bags overnight to their destination at a cost lower than it would be to check the bags onto the plane.
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Eurail Pass Passengers
By eTN Staff Writer
There were 11.9 percent less Eurail pass passengers onboard in 2009, a modest dip according to the Eurail Group.
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Airline Industry
NEW YORK - An international airline group said Wednesday that airlines flew 5.7 percent more passengers in January than the same month a year earlier.
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US Airways Passengers Become Sick
By Anna Rhett Miller
Nine people were taken to a hospital Tuesday after complaining of a foul odor aboard a US Airways flight in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the airline.
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Crystal Cruises
By Carolyn Spencer Brown
Crystal Cruises, one of the most traditional of cruising's luxury lines, announced today at the annual Cruise Shipping Miami convention that it would bow to the times and introduce Perfect Choice Dini
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Air Travel
Paying for extras has become routine for airline passengers but it doesn't mean they like it, with a poll showing more than half all travelers hate having to fork out to choose their seat.
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BA Strike
By Elliott Ball
LONDON - British Airway PLC, the U.K. flag carrier, said Monday it has put in place contingency plans to allow 60% of customers fly through Unite's strike period of Mar.
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Airline Passenger Survey
Almost three of every four passengers surveyed said they think overweight passengers should be required to purchase two seats on their flights.
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Continental To Charge For Meals
By HARRY R. WEBER
ATLANTA — Attention coach passengers.
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Inflight Sales On The Rise
By Christopher Hinton
Flyers are finding more products and services for sale on-board their flights now than at any other time in commercial aviation history as a small group of point-of-sale providers leads airlines into
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Airline Industry
By SCOTT McCARTNEY
Airlines are pushing back against new rules that give fliers more rights.
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Arrivals Up Nearly 70 Percent In February
By Srilal Miththapala, eTN
Tourist arrivals for February 2010 reached a high of 57,300, surpassing February 2009 arrivals by a resounding 67.7 percent.
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Airline Fees
By TERRY MAXON
Baggage fees, the golden goose for airlines desperate for more cash, are bringing in billions of dollars in revenues for U.S. airlines.
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Air Travel
By Michelle Higgins
AS thousands of passengers who were caught up in last month’s bout of snowstorms along the East Coast can attest, finding a new flight after a major weather cancellation is getting not only harder,
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Virus Outbreaks On Cruise Ships
By Marnie Hunter
Suffering a bout of gastrointestinal illness in a cramped cruise ship cabin ranks pretty high on the scale of vacation nightmares.
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Green America Report
By A. Pawlowski
Mark Ashley watches with a weary eye whenever flight attendants walk up and down the aisles of a plane to collect the trash on his flights.
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Airline Policies
By Steve Dorfman
Taking a commercial airline flight is, statistically speaking, the safest way to travel.
However, it can still be hazardous to your health.
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Too wide for the sky
Each airline has its own guidelines on whether overweight passengers should buy more than one seat and how much it costs.
"Too wide for the sky?"
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Celebrity Mercury
CHARLESTON, S.C. — About 350 people were responding well to medicine after getting sick on a cruise to the Caribbean that departed from South Carolina, the cruise line said Tuesday.
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