India warns of threat against Air India, US warns of using same security system, miracle on Hudson plane for sale
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Led by US (I’ve never seen a fee I don’t like) Airways who hiked luggage fees late last year, baggage fees are taking off again as Delta and Continental join in the money grab. Even with Southwest showing that no baggage fees is good business, the legacy airlines are marching into the world of increased fees and less passengers. It won’t take legacy airline passengers too long to catch on to this disguised fare hike.
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Cargo, passenger demand rise in November – IATA
Cargo and passenger traffic rose in November in what may be a sign of a global economic recovery.
Passenger demand rose 2.1 percent in November compared to a year earlier and air freight climbed 9.5 percent, data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed Wednesday.
“Demand continues to improve, [...]
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No one would envy most of our nation’s Congressmen right now. They’re trying to orchestrate a brutal overhaul of the healthcare system, figure out two wars, battle the lingering recession and are probably sweating over the next election. Who could blame them for being a little testy?
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Here’s an odd one: On my recent US Airways flight into Washington National, I couldn’t hear the safety briefing. Why? Because a guy three rows behind me was talking loudly, non-stop, during the briefing. He was in a pilot’s uniform. A first officer. And he wouldn’t shut up.
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In yet another sign that the government has adopted a “get tough” approach in dealing with the airline industry, the Federal Aviation Administration today proposed near-record penalties against two airlines for safety violations.
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Unlike some of my esteemed travel writing colleagues, I won’t make the mistake of confusing a few tarmac delay activists with the entire passenger rights movement. Still, the August airline performance numbers, which have just been released by our friends at the Department of Transportation, merit a closer look.
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Last week, Judge, M. Christina Armijo ruled that neither the Airline Deregulation Act nor the Federal Aviation Act can preempt state liquor control laws. Under the ruling, New Mexico ordered US Airways to stop serving alcoholic beverages on flights in or over New Mexico. Ned examines the public policy nightmare this ruling could initiate, and what should be done.
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A federal judge has denied a liquor permit for US Airways to serve alcohol while overflying New Mexico or while grounded at one of the state’s airports. US Airways sued back in 2007 after the state’s Regulation and License Department initially denied its original application after a horrific crash involving one of its passengers after their plan landed in New Mexico.
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A Singapore Airlines A380 from Paris to Singapore had to turn back mid-flight because of an engine failure.
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