The Obama administration’s deficit-reduction plan includes a new mandatory $100 surcharge per flight for air traffic control services, which airlines would pay directly to the Federal Aviation Administration. The plan also raises the passenger security tax from $2.50 to $5 per non-stop flight, and eventually to $7.50.
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This weekend we take a closer look at the planned Russian space hotel and their new shuttle that will replace the one we are abandoning, a proposal for a new DHS citizen database and Newark Airport delays.
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This week we discuss a science fair project that evacuated an airport, a list of the world’s creepiest abandoned cities and the strange case of TSA mistreatment of a transgender person in their own ranks.
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Full-body scan or pat-down? It’s a choice that hundreds of thousands of air travelers will make for the first time this summer. Not willingly, mind you. Some passengers are even going so far as to change the way they dress in an effort to avoid the whole thing. Susan Jones, an executive from Bellevue, Wash., [...]
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Like many travelers, Hal Frost is accustomed to being hit with fees everywhere he goes, from the airport check-in counter to the hotel front desk. But long-term parking used to always be pretty straightforward: the rate he was quoted was the rate he paid. Not anymore.
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Airports Council International (ACI) the world’s association of airports reported their 2010 statistics on airport takeoff and landings, numbers of passengers and amount of freight handled. Atlanta was ranked #1 in terms of passengers, takeoffs and landings. Here’s a listing of top airports.
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Avis Budget honored for smoke-free cars, airport grants may be cut in new budget, SFO is sexiest city by Orbitz
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No smoking in Dollar-Thrifty cars, what hoteliers think about clients, new airport regulations
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The real reason airlines can cancel flights prior to snowstorms is because of new technology and new communications tools that allows them to reach their customers like the never could in the days of yore, two years ago.
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Massive snowstorms in the U.K. have closed the country’s two major airports as the Christmas season arrives. Both Heathrow and Gatwick in London have been closed and are scheduled to open later in the day. Over the rest of Europe expect cancellations and delays.
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