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Report: Air France-KLM to invest in Delta-Northwest
Air France-KLM Group, Europe’s biggest airline, plans to invest in a combined Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines carrier in exchange for a board seat, Bloomberg said on its Website Wednesday. (Reuters)
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Hey, where’s my airline seat?
Half of Julie Liening’s airline seat is missing. An extra-large passenger is sitting in it, forcing her to lean into the aisle or sit on the passenger’s lap. Not a comfortable way to fly nor, for that matter, a safe way to fly. But when Liening asks her airline for compensation, she’s turned down. What’s next? (Christopher Elliott)
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More travel news
Online travel agencies focused overseas
Online travel agencies, eager to expand their reach in an increasingly electronic world, have set their sights on international markets where travelers are not yet accustomed to booking trips online. (Reuters)
EU visitors to have fingerprints taken
Every visitor to the European Union would have to provide fingerprints before being allowed to enter, under plans unveiled yesterday to clamp down on illegal immigration. (Times Online)
9/11 case pilot can claim damages
A pilot wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers is entitled to claim damages, the Court of Appeal has ruled. (BBC News)
U.S. House passes FAA funding extension through June 30
The US House of Representatives passed an extension of temporary FAA funding through June 30, including providing $2.76 billion in contract authority to restart the currently suspended Airport Improvement Program. (ATW Daily News)
California tries its own passenger ‘bill of rights’
Assemblyman Mark Leno wants state law to require airlines to provide passengers who are stranded for more than three hours on the tarmac with food, water, air, light and sanitary bathrooms. (AP)
Today’s Travel Blogs
Soaring fuel costs prompts US Airways awards belt-tightening – or does it?
The devaluation of mileage programs continues. US Airways just announced it would impose a new fee for redeeming award tickets and cut the number of miles it awards to frequent travelers on short-haul flights. The airline says it is taking the actions to “offset record fuel prices and rising airline related expenses.” But it’s got some convincing to do. (Elliott.org)
Your guide to Spring Training baseball
Spring Training games are wonderful opportunities to laze around in some great weather and sip on a cold one (or five). And since players are much more accessible than during the regular season, Spring Training is also your chance to get your favorite player’s autograph– or to tell your least favorite player that you think he’s a bum. (Gadling)
Airline geek travel: United phasing out Channel 9
One of our favorite things about United is tuning in to channel 9, the direct-from-the-flight deck audio feed. For airline nerds, it makes a cross-country flight pass in no time, as you hear your plane passed from one control center to another and laugh along with pilot in-jokes. For flyers who don’t obsess over airlines, it offers a fun way to learn more about how commercial aviation works. (Jaunted)
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