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Frontier Airlines to be bought by Republic Airways under bankruptcy plan
, bringing the Denver company out of bankruptcy without imposing any major changes, the two companies announced Monday. Republic (NASDAQ: RJET), based in Indianapolis, has been one of three companies...
Extended Stay Hotels files Chapter 11
on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying the company is buckling under a debt load as revenue dries up amid the recession. The Spartanburg, S.C.-based company filed the reorganiza...
Twitter user says vacation tweets led to burglary
(Credit: Twitter) Here's either a cautionary tale or an example of social-media paranoia. An Arizona man believes that his Twitter messages about going out of town led to a burglary at his home while ...
Texans to travel less for July 4
predicts, although the number will still approach 3 million. Nearly 2.8 million of those people will drive, about 220,000 will travel by air, and about 189,000 will take a bus or train. AAA said the...
Clear lanes to shut down at Hartsfield-Jackson
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport , plans to shut them down late Monday because its parent company failed to come to terms with a major creditor. New York-based
Qatar Airways to order 24 Airbus jets
LE BOURGET: Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it would buy 24 medium-haul A320 jet airliners from European aircraft maker Airbus as the Paris Air Show got underway.
Struggling airlines launch more 'a la carte' fees at fliers
Comparing airline baggage fees and other extra charges was so difficult that McDonnell had trouble determining the most economical flight. "It was so complicated that driving became a strong option," ...
S. Korea Develops Anti-Sub Guided Missile
South Korea has succeeded in developing a guided missile that is fired into the air before releasing a torpedo against a submarine underwater, the Agency for Defense Development said Monday. The "K...
S.F. hotels expect big hit this year, 2010 rebound
study. But thanks to negligible new supply of hotel rooms, the Bay Area should also recover faster than most of the rest of the country. Things will turn moderately positive in 2010. “The beaut...
Orlando hotel occupancy falls again
Smith Travel Research reported. The region’s hotel industry is enduring its most prolonged downturn since the months following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Occupancy fell to 54.2 per...
Flight diverted after man disrobes mid-flight
Dan Jiron, a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport, says 50-year-old Keith Wright of New York disrobed Tuesday while sitting in his seat in the back of the aircraft. He says Wright was unresponsive wh...
Hotel Industry Leaders Meet on BusinessTravelConneXion.com For Chat
Representatives from Hilton Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Omni Hotels, and WORLDHOTELS recently convened for an hour-long, Live Chat Event on BusinessTravelConnexion.com to discuss insights o...
Funding for more Boeing F/A-18s moves forward
A proposal to allow the Navy to buy more F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets from Boeing over the next five years moved forward Wednesday after the measure cleared the House Armed Services Committee. Th...
Ukraine to modernize India Air Force cargo planes
Kiev - A Ukrainian government company will upgrade more than 100 Indian Air Force cargo aircraft, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. Officials from the Ukrainian military export monopolist Ukrs...
Virgin America adds wi-fi to all planes
Virgin America said all of its planes now have wi-fi available to passengers for an extra fee. The Burlingame-based airline said it will charge $12.95 for daytime flights over three hours, $9.95 for ...
FAA plans new safety rules for regional airlines
WASHINGTON Federal aviation regulators and airlines Monday agreed to take emergency actions to improve safety at regional carriers in response to concerns over poor piloting and fatigue in rece...
Tourism panel seeks simpler visa rules
Members of the tourism committee of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI), who represent the local hospitality and travel trade, met here yesterday to mull ways to bolster tourism in the c...
Travel safety event at right time, place - Herald News
GRUNDY COUNTY -- As Benny Buchanan, 74, of Kankakee, was traveling to Moline to visit his granddaughter around 10 a.m. Friday, he stopped at the rest area on westbound Interstate 80 between Minooka and Morris. But after the General Motors retiree got ...
Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world air travel risk
(AP) JOHANNESBURG - First there was smoke, then flames burst out of the aircraft engine. But I was having difficulty communicating with the Mozambican flight attendant who was fussing with w...
Still no confirmed wreckage from missing Air France plane
RECIFE, Brazil — Days after Air France Flight 447 vanished, an intensive international effort has failed to recover any confirmed wreckage, and concern grew Friday about whether searchers were e...
All aboard the steam train
William Cook leaves behind the modern world aboard a steam train that takes him through medieval villages of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic - all in one day
Zimbabwe seeks tourism kick from World Cup
VICTORIA FALLS - Zimbabwe, its economy in ruins, is dreaming of millions of tourist dollars and even training visits by international soccer stars when the World Cup comes to South Africa next year.
Putting Alentejo on the tourist map
This - I want to demonstrate to everyone I meet by jabbing at a map of Portugal - is how you do it. Some journeys turn out so deliciously surprising that you turn into a travel evangelist - and my tri...
SFO scores $15 million from stimulus
San Francisco International Airport to help pay for a more streamlined baggage handling system. SFO will use the money to pay for a system that uses technology similar to X-ray machines, allowing bag...
DART orange line to reach D/FW Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport . The board of directors made that decision on Tuesday after agency staff recommended the line connect directly to the airport from the future Belt Line Statio...
Occupancy at Houston-area hotels down 10 percent in April
The occupancy rate at Houston area hotels fell nearly 10 percent in April, compared with April 2008. Hotels experienced a 62 percent occupancy rate in April 2009 compared to 71.9 percent in April 200...
Dollar Car Rental to exhibit at Riyadh Travel 2009
'With the extreme temperatures during the forthcoming months, travelers will opt for renting a car instead of spending time outdoors waiting for public transport. The recent travel advisory restrictio...
Sleeping pills, alcohol a bad mix for unruly United Airlines passenger
United Airlines diverted a recent flight bound for London after an incoherent and disruptive passenger, apparently woozy from a combination of pills, alcohol and lavatory hand soap, allegedly tried to...
Plan calls for building 1,000-room downtown hotel
By Kevin Collison, The Kansas City Star, Mo.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 21--The Kansas City Council was asked today to allocate $150,000 to move forward with a plan that calls for starting con...
Man reported overboard from cruise ship in Gulf
Bruce O'Krepki of St. Thomas Aquinas High School is seen during a soccer game against Independence in Hammond, La. The Coast Guard was searching Gulf of Mexico waters Monday, May 25, 2009 for O'Krepki...
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