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Airline crew bares all to get flyers' attention
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Air New Zealand has hit on a novel way to make sure even the most jaded flyers keep their eyes glued on its flight safety briefing.
Delta, Northwest merge operations at BNA
Nashville International Airport beginning Tuesday. Delta bought Northwest last year and has been operating flights for the company since then. Delta will be merging the two companies’ operation...
US House ethics committee probing lawmaker travel
The House of Representatives' ethics committee is investigating whether five Democratic lawmakers, including two committee chairmen, received improper gifts in travel to Caribbean conferences in 2007 ...
A look at airlines
The following are rankings of 19 airlines' on-time performance in April, according to data from the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics:Carrier On-Time Arrival Pct.Hawai...
HTA board shows stress of Hawaii recession, new CEO
The Hawaii Tourism Authority board meeting last week was so focused on money that Mike McCartney didn’t have time to quote Queen Liliuokalani. The HTA chief executive had included advice from H...
Turbofan Pioneer Dr. Sam...
Dr. Sam Williams, founder and chairman of Williams International, died yesterday at the age of 88, according to a statement issued by his company. Williams patented the small turbofan engine and built...
SAS May Traffic Falls 18.1 Percent
Scandinavian airline SAS said Friday its passenger traffic fell 18.1 percent in May from the same period a year earlier. The airline said its passenger load factor fell 1.2 percentage points year-on-...
Lacki leaving Visitors Bureau
By Samantha Maziarz Christmann, The Buffalo News, N.Y.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jun. 24--David Lacki, vice president of tourism for the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau, has left h...
Deadline looms for Palin to pay for family travel - Seattle Times
Gov. Sarah Palin has paid more than $8,100 to reimburse Alaska for the costs associated with 19 trips taken with her children. Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, says the governor paid $8,143.62 to the state on June 19 for the trips taken between ...
Paik Hyung-shik, left, chief of LG Electronics' Dubai sales ...
Scarlet promotion: Paik Hyung-shik, left, chief of LG Electronics’ Dubai sales and marketing operations, poses with “Miss Scarlet” Andrea Rizan at a promotional event in Dubai Friday. The Scarle...
Cincinnati CVB protests proposed Ohio tourism cuts
Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau wants to rally its supporters against a proposed budget cut that would eliminate the Ohio Division of Tourism as it currently exists. Ohio Gov. Ted Stric...
Airlines warned on single fare
NEW DELHI: Indian carriers are so busy raising fares and seeking support from the government these days that they simply don't remember to take consumer-friendly steps now. The government had made ...
2 tourists dead from unknown causes at Thai resort
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AP - Two young women — one from the United States and the other from Norway — died after suddenly falling ill within hours of each other at a guesthouse on a tourist resort island in southern Thailand.
Honolulu most romantic U.S. city
TripAdvisor conducted an American city survey of more than 3,400 U.S. travelers to get opinions on the best and worst of major U.S. cities. New York City was the No. 1 favorite city, followed by San ...
Cultural Understanding, Open Mind Key to Upgrading English Proficiency
By Jon Huer Korea Times columnist Korea's English failure is one of the great puzzles of our time and still the puzzle goes largely unresolved. Watching Korea make so little headway in English ...
Tourism had $1.6B impact
Nearly 3 million overnight visitors to Duval County had an economic impact of $1.6 billion, according to a study commissioned by Visit Jacksonville. Overnight visitors directly spent more than $987 m...
Passports required for all U.S. travel as of June 1
CTV.ca News Staff Adult Canadians will soon require passports, or equivalent documents, to enter the United States by land, sea or air. As of June 1, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will ta...
Boat, planes search Gulf for grad gone overboard
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The Coast Guard searched the Gulf of Mexico by boat and from the air for a second day Tuesday for an 18-year-old from Louisiana who fell overboard during a cruise to celebrate his ...
Ethics committee investigating lawmakers' travel
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House ethics committee is investigating whether five Democratic lawmakers, including two committee chairmen, received improper gifts in travel to Caribbean conferences 2007 and ...
Ma rejects Chen's plea to lift travel ban on daughter - Taipei Times
President Ma Ying-jeou (°¨Â^¤E) has rejected a plea by his predecessor, Chen Shui-bian (³¯¤ô«ó), to lift a court order that bars Chen's daughter from leaving the country. Ma said he had read Chen's letter asking him to exercise his ...
US Airlines say more flights on time in April
U.S. airlines were on time more frequently in April than the month before and improved from a year earlier, according to data released Tuesday by the
Less Marylanders to travel for Fourth of July
AAA predicts the number of Marylanders traveling over the Fourth of July holiday weekend will decline by less than one percent from 2008. The auto club expects 709,000 Marylanders to travel 50 miles ...
Paris Air Show brings little business for Boeing, Airbus
"At this point it appears to us that the economic conditions have bottomed," Boeing executive Scott Carson said Monday. AP/JACQUES BRINON
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...
500 rally in support of Coyotes
fans braved the sweltering heat Saturday in Glendale to rally in support of the franchise and its desert home. Spilling out to the parking lot, a crowd of 500 packed Native New Yorker voicing support...
Hotels tighten security post Mumbai terror attack
Top bracket hotels here have beefed up their security on the demand by the guests following the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks by installing electronic gadgetry.
Actor Kim Dies in Motorcycle Accident
By Han Sang-hee Staff Reporter Actor Kim Tae-ho died in a motorcycle accident Thursday morning. He was 30. The former model was driving toward Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, when he crashed into ...
Baker developers still hopeful
By Christin Coyne, Mineral Wells Index, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jun. 9--The frequent visits to the Baker Hotel by developers and contractors in recent weeks could presage busier times in ...
National Geographic introduces Duet Travel Phone with dual Sim - Indian Televisi..
MUMBAI: National Geographic has introduced the National Geographic Duet Travel Phone, designed specifically for the needs of the international traveller. The new handset supports two Sim cards and offers additional features useful for travellers ...
Defibrillators at airports to slash heart attack deaths
LIFE-SAVING defibrillator machines could be installed at airports and railway stations as part of plans announced yesterday to cut deaths from heart attacks.
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