American Express Business Travel is predicting that global-wide international and long-haul business class airfares will rise between one and six percent in 2010.
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I recently reported on the multi-million dollar effort of US Airways to restore the personal effects of the passengers of the ‘so-called’ Miracle on the Hudson. I got some criticism for comparing the huge outlay of cash and concern to the often surly attention I have received when I had to go to the desk and report that my own belongings had gone missing.
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Mysterious deaths at Thai resort
Jill St. Onge and Ryan Kells from Seattle took a three month vacation in Southeast Asia. Jill kept a journal that described the trip as idyllic: “So amazing… just drinking eating and living so cheaply and having a blast. Food, drink, good books, sun and warm waters… What else do ya [...]
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Years ago, Ned was in an airplane mishap. In his column today, Ned discusses crash survival, and practical ideas to improve your survival probability in the unlikely chance of an accident.
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The astounding footage of a crash-landing FedEx plane in Tokyo is just the latest in a series of plane accidents that have been caught on tape. Here are five clips worth watching.
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No one knows for certain what happened to US Airways Flight 1549, which plunged into the Hudson River last week — was it a bird strike or a mechanical failure? — but it’s already clear the airline did a lot of things by the book.
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After the crash of US Airways Flight 1549, do you experience flashbacks to the many “close calls” you have had during your travels? Did you wonder how you would have reacted had you been on that flight?
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Be careful when you question a miracle. You just might get yourself excommunicated. That’s the difficult position that bloggers find themselves in as they ponder the aftermath of the remarkable crash-landing of US Airways flight 1549, in which no one was killed.
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Winds were gusting up to 37 mph in Denver on the day that the Continental plane crashed in Denver and aviation safety experts say that could be one factor leading to the crash, according to a new report.
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Anyway you cut it, air travel is going to become a very unpleasant experience after the Labor Day holiday. Airlines are about to experience the industry’s first major contraction — ever. Here’s how to survive it.
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