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Survey says 90% don't want knives on planes
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.The pressure continues to mount on the Transportation Security Administration to prohibit passengers from bringing small pocket knives into the cabins of commercial planes. Opponents of allowing knives on planes unveiled a survey last week that found...Tags: Transportation Security Administration, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Most fliers would pay to avoid a middle seat on a long flight
Most of us will put up with a cramped middle seat on a short flight. But on trips more than three hours long, we are ready to crack open our wallets and pay for a window or aisle seat. That is one of the findings of a recent Harris Interactive poll...
Tags: Harris Interactive Incorporated
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On American Airlines, pack light and you'll get to board early
If you travel light, American Airlines will reward you by letting you board your flight early. The nation's third-largest airline has expanded across the country a new boarding policy that allows passengers to board early if they carry no luggage for...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Fort Lauderdale
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Flight diverted to toss passenger who won't stop singing Whitney Houston
Singing on a commercial flight is not illegal but apparently it can get you thrown off a plane if you refuse to stop. That was the lesson learned by a woman on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York last week. The flight was diverted...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Whitney Houston
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The scoop on airline taxes, changing travel dates and more
Some answers to readers' airline questions: Question: I understand that London's Heathrow Airport has a horrendous arrival fee. Is the same true for Stansted and Gatwick, London's two other airports? Answer: I'm not sure if you're referring to the...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Transportation, International Monetary Fund, United Kingdom, Air Transportation Industry
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FCC moves toward opening airwaves for in-flight Internet
The Federal Communications Commission took a step toward improving Web access for air travelers, voting to write rules to open frequencies for an air-to-ground Internet service proposed by Qualcomm Inc. In a 4-0 vote Thursday, the FCC advanced the...
Tags: Telecommunication Service, Politics, Itasca, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry
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Air Pacific will rebrand itself next month as Fiji Airways
Bula! On June 19, Air Pacific, the national airline of Fiji, will become Fiji Airways, its name from 1951 to 1970, when it became Air Pacific. Dave Pflieger, chief executive, urged the board of directors to rebrand the airline. “When you hear...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co., Fiji, Los Angeles International Airport
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N.Y. police remove airplane part found near 9/11 terrorism site
New York police on Wednesday removed what is believed to be a part from one of the airplanes that struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Officials said no potential human remains have been found at the site where the piece of the plane was...
Tags: United Air Lines, Air Transportation Industry, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Boeing Co.
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Landing gear believed to be from 9/11 jet found near N.Y. site
NEW YORK -- A piece of a landing gear believed to be from one of the commercial jetliners that crashed into the World Trade Center towers during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been discovered wedged behind a building that became the site of a...
Tags: United Air Lines, Air Transportation Industry, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Michael Bloomberg, Accidental Death
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Climate change will make flights bumpier, study says
In the future, white-knuckle fliers may be able to blame those brutally bumpy flights over the Atlantic Ocean on greenhouse gases. Turbulence will be stronger and occur more often if carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050, heating up the atmosphere,...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Conservation, Atlantic Ocean, Federal Aviation Administration, Ecosystems
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Grounded by American Airlines' computer glitch? Help is at hand
American Airlines says the computer systems that caused the airline to ground most flights Tuesday (today) have been restored but that travelers should expect delays through the day. Joe Brancatelli, who writes the JoeSentMe travel newsletter and is a...
Tags: Concourse, Air Transportation Industry, Skype, Social Media, Los Angeles International Airport
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American Airlines computer outage grounds hundreds of flights
American Airlines, hoping to reinvent itself by coming out of bankruptcy with a new logo, freshly painted planes and a merger plan that will make it the nation's largest carrier, suffered a setback Tuesday when a computer outage grounded hundreds of...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Transportation, Companies and Corporations, Air Transportation Industry, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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