It was a first in the port of Marseilles, France and may it be the last. Two passengers plunged to their deaths and others were hurt, when tsunami-like waves plowed into the bow of a Mediterranean cruise ship Tuesday.
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American Airline and military officials reported that two Royal Air Force fighter jets were dispatched for a flight bound for Heathrow International Airport Tuesday. This action was provoked by a female passenger who was trying break into the cockpit.
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Lufthansa pilots just had a short strike. British Airways flight attendants are planning a strike. Now French (and possibly Greek) air controllers are on strike. You need a score card. Karen Fawcett reports from France where the French air traffic controllers are in day two of their action and air traffic is suffering from all of the above.
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American Airlines is expanding its international service to and from New York this spring. It’s inaugurating three additional routes between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and San Jose, Costa Rica; Madrid, Spain and Manchester, England.
The flights to Costa Rica will begin on April 6th; Service to Madrid will start on May 1st; Service between [...]
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Back in January, Bruce Schneier on his blog, announced a TSA Logo Contest. Above are the finalists. For those of you who missed this, myself included, here is an excerpt from his blog with a call for entries and with some of the proposed logos.
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If you didn’t make reservations before now, expect to pay extra for checked luggage on Virgin America. Unless you’re booked in first class or or in main cabin select, the first suitcase, which can weigh up to 70 pounds, will set you back $25.
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On a day when all of the airports are closed in the Washington, DC area, OpenSkies announced it’s inaugurating service between Dulles Airport and Orly Airport in Paris. It’s safe to assume that before May 3rd, the snow-covered runways in our Nation’s Capital will have been cleared.
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Savvy travelers are supposed to know what to do, and what not to do, in order to avoid being ripped off. But even the most sophisticated ones have been victims of nefarious characters and acts that have turned their trips into ones from hell.
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Air France is planning to go head to head with Easyjet and Ryanair by inaugurating a low-cost network of domestic flights linking French cities. Air France has yet to comment. But its business model will make that Nice the base of operations and the airline won’t utilize Paris airports.
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