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Fait dies while skiing on K2
Legendary Italian mountaineer Michele Fait died on Tuesday while skiing down K2, the world's second-highest mountain in Pakistan. His death was reported today on blogs and specialist Italian websites...
Continental Airlines captain dies mid-flight
NEWARK (WPIX) - The captain of an international flight has died mid-air and his plane has safely landed in New Jersey. The 61-year-old captain was piloting a Boeing 777 for Continental Airlines Fli...
Sunscreen, dogs figure in Baltimore newspaper’s advice to Denver visitors
. That’s the advice the Baltimore Sun offers its readers in an online travel piece Monday offering “tips for a successful Denver family vacation.” “They don’t call it t...
Annual meeting draws attention to regional airlines
Regional airlines' representatives, meeting in Salt Lake City this week, have two big issues to tackle: safety practices and economic pressures that have taken hold because their smaller jets have bec...
Boeing forms new division
announced Monday the formation of its new Unmanned Airborne Systems division. As a part of the existing defense and space business unit, the UAS division will continue the company’s research an...
A million a day flows through the casino -- and officials watch every bill like ..
By Matt Assad, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 31--In the first week in operation, the 1,000 employees at the Sands Casino Resort had to worry about handling as man...
Anthony Rose drinks in Japan
Sitting in the lofty Peak Lounge of the Park Hyatt where Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson cosy up in Lost in Translation, you can just about make out the distant pyramid of Mount Fuji. From one spec...
Fresh delay for Boeing Dreamliner
Boeing has announced that it will delay the maiden flight of its new Dreamliner 787 aircraft, the latest postponement to hit the project.The flight had been due to take place on 30 June, but the firm ...
Sky Harbor April traffic falls 6 percent
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was down more than 6 percent in April, as the global recession continues to hammer the airline sector. Roughly 3.3 million travelers passed through the airpor...
Air France jet with 228 passengers missing off Brazil
Paris A missing Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into lightning and strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean, officials said Monday. Brazil began a search missio...
www.safar.ae, first website for all travel and tourism purchases in the region
Safar Travel and Tourism, the travel arm of the conglomerate family-owned business Al Fahim Group, has announced that www.safar.ae, the official website of the agency, is now the first fully fledged w...
Israeli tourism minister to visit Russia
JERUSALEM, June 17 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov will begin a visit to Russia, Israel's second-largest tourism partner, on Wednesday. Ahead of Misezhnikov's first foreign t...
Best Western International, CAA and TIAC Forecast a Summer of Travel Bargains...
Canadian Travel Industry Leaders Address State of the Industry, Forecast New Travel Trends at Annual Best Western Leisure Travel Summit Travel executives from Best Western International, CAA (Canadian...
Esterline CMC unveils new EFB
Esterline CMC Electronics unveiled the newest version of its PilotView electronic flight bag last month at the Paris Air Show. The CMA-1410 features a 10.4-inch-diagonal display, Intel Centrino mobile...
Recession can make summer vacation scheduling more complex
NEW YORK - Many small business owners are likely to find a perennial summertime challenge, keeping their companies staffed during peak vacation times, even harder this year. Layoffs and jobs lost to ...
Lee Fires Three Homers
By Kim Jae-won Staff Reporter Yomiuri Giants slugger Lee Seung-yeop hit three homers in three days in a series against the Yakult Swallows in Tokyo ― one on Friday, the second on Saturday, and t...
Recession Puts Breaks on Holiday Travel
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JAL Code Shares With Korean Air On Shizuoka-Incheon Route
Japan Airlines (JAL) will start offering code share flights between Shizuoka and Seoul (Incheon) operated by Korean Air (KAL) starting June 4, 2009, the first day of operation of the new Shizuoka Airp...
Four years later, passport rule changes overdue
Lorena Piedra, 33, right, and Dina Gonzalez, 16, go through their passport applications as they wait in line during a passport application event in San Diego, Calif., on Thursday.
Hawaii's cheapest cruise sails into sunset
Crewmembers hooted and applauded as the last boat in Honolulu's failed city ferry service sailed into another gorgeous Hawaii sunset to end one of the seas' best bargains for tourists and commuters.
Bureau stresses Prince William tourism
By Bennie Scarton Jr., News & Messenger, Manassas, Va.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 12--It's a busy week for the Prince William County/Manassas Convention and Visitors Bureau. Among the many act...
Mideast-Africa Q1 hotel occupancy, revenue down-report
Hotels across the Middle East and Africa reported big drops in occupancy and revenue rates in the first quarter of the year, with Beirut, Jeddah and Abu Dhabi performing well, an industry survey showe...
Attractions see drop in visitors
The number of visits to Scotland's tourist attractions fell by 4.3% last year, new figures have shown. Research for tourist body VisitScotland blamed poor weather and economic conditions for the drop...
More Bodies Discovered in Atlantic from Air France Crash
More bodies have been recovered from the Atlantic in the area where a French jet disappeared last week, bringing the total number to 17, officials say. Dozens of pieces of debris from the Air France ...
Economic woes, flu hit world tourism
VOLATILITY unleashed by the global economic crisis and the swine flu epidemic is hitting the travel industry hard, prompting deep concern among participants at a world tourism conference that opened i...
BAA to appeal airports sale; reportedly rejects GIP bid for Gatwick airport - Up..
(RTTNews) - U.K.-based airport operator BAA Ltd. said it would apply to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, or CAT, to review a U.K. antitrust ruling forcing it to sell three of its airports within two ...
Free Training for Laid-off...
FlightSafety International today announced the Proficiency Protection Program, which is intended to help maintain the currency of business aircraft pilots and maintenance technicians who have been lai...
Entry to Rock Band Tours Featuring the Counting Crows, Lynyrd Skynyrd & Blink 18..
TicketNetwork.com , the leading source for event ticket inventory, announced today that it provides low-priced tickets for admission to popular concert tours featuring popular rock bands
American Airlines gets terms of $433mln loan eased
American said the lenders would waive a fixed-charge covenant for the quarter ending June 30 and ease the requirement for other quarters in exchange for a higher interest rate.The fully-drawn loan mat...
Lions cruise to 10-try win
The British and Irish Lions romped to an emphatic win at Ellis Park, scoring 10 tries in a 74-10 victory over Golden Lions. Jamie Roberts, Tommy Bowe and Ugo Monye all claimed doubles, while captain...
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