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Planes OK On Noise
Noise complaints were reported from July through September, a 28 percent decrease compared with the same quarter in 2007, senior airport planner and noise officer Herman Lawrence Jr. reported. 1 Hou...
HOT DEALS! - New York Post
¦ VAIL, CO $337 per person for 3 nights at the Holiday Inn and 3 days of skiing Nov. 21-Dec. 20. Based on double occupancy, book the Buy 2 get 1 Free package, (vail.snow.com). ¦ MADRID $160 per night at the ME Reina Victoria for December stays ...
Thai protestors vow to dig in at Bangkok airports - Update
Bangkok - Brushing off bomb attacks on his followers and mounting damages done to the country, a core leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) vowed Sunday to remain at Bangkok's airports u...
Official Hajj Mission Chairman tours UAE camps in Mina, Arafat
Dec 1, 2008 - 05:19 - WAM Makkah, Dec. 1, 2008 (WAM) The Chairman of the UAE Official Hajj Mission, Mohammed Obeid Al-Mazroui toured, Monday morning, the camps of UAE pilgrims in both Mina and Arafat ...
Postpone non-essential trips to Thailand
non-essential travel " to that country "until further notice" given the unrest there. In a text message, DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal advised Filipino travelers requiring assistance or further inform...
Economic collapse putting the hurt on San Jose convention business, hotels
By John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 12--The sagging economy is keeping the vacancy sign flashing at major San Jose hotels, worrying city and tourism off...
Card charged how many times
Q I recently bought three airline tickets from Miami to Johannesburg, South Africa, through Travelocity. A Travelocity representative phoned me to say that the price of my ticket had gone up overnight...
Cruise Lines Set New Sails in Rough Financial Seas
has onboard features to wow even jaded cruise hounds—a half-acre lawn with real grass for picnics or putting, a two-story spa, and a wine-tasting cellar. Want to gaze at the sea in your bathrobe...
Virgin Atlantic Urges EU To Reject British Airways JV
In a document submitted to the European Commission competition authorities, Virgin Atlantic argued that BA and American Airlines, if allowed to combine, " would use their market power to raise fares...
Jet Airways Becomes The First Indian Airline To Obtain Regulatory Approval To Un..
Jet Airways has become the first airline in India to have obtained regulatory approval for the use of RNAV1 (Area Navigation) across its entire jet aircraft fleet.This is subsequent to the recently in...
Thai premier ready to talk with protest leaders
Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said Saturday that he was willing to talk with protest leaders holding Bangkok's two airports hostage in their bid to topple his government but would not resign or dissolve parliament.
Louisville Zoo loses female tiger
. In September, the tiger was diagnosed with an aggressive form of oral cancer, the zoo said in a news release. She was humanely euthanized once she began to struggle to move and eat, zoo officials ...
Rail should stick with Salt Lake route
Running the planned rail-transit line through Honolulu International Airport strikes us as a local version of the famed Alaska “bridge to nowhere.” It would take visitors from the airport ...
A slice of India in the Maldives
Male, Nov 11 (IANS) The sunny side of life - Maldives' seductive call to tourists and honeymooners has also worked its charm on nearly 25,000 Indians who have made the Indian Ocean nation their home. Doctors, teachers, chartered accountants, bank managers, business executives, travel trade professionals - Indians have left their imprint in just about every walk of life in this country of 370,000 people that is making a new tryst with democracy.
Search resumes for bodies in Air New Zealand crash
French rescue workers have resumed their hunt for the bodies of five people missing after a passenger jet carrying five New Zealanders and two Germans plunged into the Mediterranean. Two bodies were ...
Australia and Singapore upgrade India travel warnings
Singapore: Australia and Singapore upgraded travel warnings for India on Friday after attacks by suspected Islamists killed scores of people in Mumbai. "We advise you to reconsider your need to t...
Labour trips up on its arrogance
Fran O'Sullivan: Labour's boomerang bomb In the wake of the Prime Minister slipping and falling while going walkabout in a Christchurch shopping mall, those of unkind mind have noted the same thing ha...
tour operators seek holiday reps
Cologne, Germany - Being a holiday rep host may seem like a walk in the park, but in actual fact it has little to do with relaxation and involves hard work despite staying in a hotel and getting plent...
Bangkok vows end to siege at airports
BANGKOK : Antigovernment protesters in Bangkok girded themselves Friday for clashes with police as the government vowed to end their siege of the capital's two commercial airports. Some 30 polic...
US Airways restores mileage benefits
has reinstated mileage-award benefits for frequent flyers. The carrier, which is the largest carrier at Pittsburgh International Airport, is restoring bonus miles and minimum-mileage awards for prefe...
Inauguration prompts travel rush to Washington
The nation's capital is preparing for a massive influx of visitors on Inauguration Day One family is taking their infant son: "We're really doing this trip for him," father says D.C. convent...
Strategies for booking hotels on a budget
When the economy was booming, many hotel companies began building new properties. Some of those are opening now, resulting in a 2.5 percent increase in hotel room supply this year, just as demand is d...
Heavy lake-effect snow hits Great Lakes states - Quad-Cities Times
CONSTABLEVILLE, N.Y. - A blast of cold wind spread snow along the Great Lakes from Michigan to New York on Monday, dumping 2 feet on this central New York town. Snow doesn't usually fall this early in Constableville, librarian Dorothy Valenti said ...
Air Canada and Jazz Mark Month of Remembrance
Air Canada and Jazz, in association with the Royal Canadian Legion, are observing Remembrance Day throughout the month of November by displaying the poppy symbol on the fuselages of 20 Air Canada Airb...
Airline cuts outback NSW services
Regional Express (REX) has cut the only air service to six communities in western New South Wales. Services operated by Air Link from Dubbo to Bourke, Cobar, Coonamble, Lightning Ridge, and Walgett a...
Southwest Airlines looks to give up some BWI gates
The largest passenger airline at Baltimore's principal airport said it is negotiating with the Maryland Aviation Administration to give up some of its boarding gates.
Indianapolis readies $1.1B terminal
•The new main terminal of Indianapolis International will formally open on Tuesday after three years of construction. The $1.1 billion facility — named Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal — w...
Travel + Leisure recommends 5 little ski towns
NEW YORK - Looking for a ski getaway with authentic local charm? The December issue of Travel + Leisure magazines recommends five ski towns that "hold true to their local roots." They are: -Cres...
Strike causes airport chaos in Italy
A passenger sits on his luggage as he waits at a check-in counter at Milan's Linate airport, northern Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. Travellers were facing long lines, delays and cancellations at Ital...
Kayak.com advice for booking holiday flights
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AP - Still haven't made travel plans for the holidays? The online travel Web site Kayak.com, which aggregates airline ticket prices, has some advice:
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