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Virgin America flight from Los Angeles to New York becomes a 14-hour nightmare

Passengers on Virgin America flight 404 from Los Angeles to New York stuck for more than six hours on the tarmac at Newburgh's Stewart airport on Satuday. Travelers complained they received little food or water, and had to take the last leg of the...

Travelers wary of full body scans at airports due to lack of information by authorities

Documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) shows more than two dozen complaints were filed with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) by travelers over the use of full body scanners at U.S. airports during t...


Cash-strapped Cuba to require health insurance for visitors

Cuba will require travelers to take out health insurance if they want to visit the country, according to a new government measure.

50 ships, with thousands of people, trapped in Baltic Sea ice

A total of about 50 ships, including a passenger ferry with nearly 1,000 people on board, were stuck Friday in ice, after gale-force winds built up large ice masses in the Baltic Sea off Sweden's east coast, officials said.


Female travelers denied flying after refusing to undergo full body scan

Two women were prevented from boarding an airplane at Manchester Airport after refusing to go through airport body scanners.

New York flight canceled after stewardesses get into fistfight

A Delta Connection flight from Rochester, N.Y., to Atlanta was canceled following an altercation between two flight attendants.


Italy says Swiss misused travel pact in Libya row

Italy accused Switzerland on Tuesday of misusing an agreement facilitating European travel to put pressure on Libya, prompting a Libyan ban on visas for much of Europe.

Libya suspends issuing visas to Europeans

Libya has suspended the issuing of entry visas to European citizens apart from British nationals, an official at the country's main international airport said on Monday.


The crash killed 18 people and has caused rail chaos in Belgium

Eurostar services between the UK and Brussels have been suspended for a second day after two commuter trains crashed in Belgium, killing 18 people.

Jetstar passengers stranded in Thailand

JETSTAR passengers booked on a Thailand-to-Sydney flight have been stuck on the resort island of Phuket since Monday because of maintenance problems.


Orthodox Jew's prayer ritual triggers a mid-air bomb scare

DAVID O'REILLY The Sydney Morning Herald 01/22/2010
Orthodox Jew's prayer ritual triggers a mid-air bomb scare

PHILADELPHIA: While flying to Kentucky to visit his grandmother, a teenager began the morning prayer ritual expected of Orthodox Jewish men by strapping small leather boxes to his forehead and arm. But to an attendant on US Airways Express Flight ...

Royal Caribbean cruise line brings tourists, supplies to Haiti port

Royal Caribbean(RCL) has quickly returned to Haiti, dropping tourists from cruise ships on the country's north coast about 60 miles from devastation in the earthquake-stricken capital of Port-au-Prince.


US Airways raises online baggage fees

US Airways on Friday raised baggage fees for travelers who check their luggage online. The higher online fees match those set in recent days by Delta, Continental, and United.

Reports of planes striking birds are on a record pace

Joan Lowy and Ted Bridis The Boston Globe 01/13/2010
The US Airways jetliner that safely ditched in New York’s Hudson River last February had hit a flock of Canada geese.

WASHINGTON - Reports of airplanes hitting birds surged last year, including serious accidents such as birds crashing through cockpits and crippling engines in flight, according to an Associated Press analysis of new government data. More than a do...


Poll: 3 in 4 Americans Support Airport Body Scans

Almost three quarters of the American public are in favor of full body x-ray scanners at airports, according to the findings of a new CBS News poll conducted in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt on a flight from Amsterdam to Det...

United Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing at New Jersey Airport

A. G. SULZBERGER and NATE SCHWEBER The New York Times 01/11/2010
A United Airlines Airbus 319 sat on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport after making an emergency landing in Newark, N.J., Sunday.

The plane was well into its final descent toward Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday morning when it began a sudden and unmistakable climb. There was “a little problem,” the pilot told the 48 passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 634.


Fighter jets scrambled again because of unruly airline passenger

In the second such incident in three days, fighter jets escorted a diverted commercial flight on Friday after an unruly passenger caused alarm onboard.

Eurostar cancels half of London to Paris trains

PARIS — The beleaguered Eurostar high-speed train service on Friday cancelled half of its train services between London and Paris because of freezing temperatures, a spokeswoman said.


Qantas A380 Delayed 24 Hours in Los Angeles After Fault

Steve Creedy The Herald Sun 01/06/2010
Qantas A380 Delayed 24 Hours in Los Angeles After Fault

A QANTAS A380 flight from the US had to be cancelled after it reportedly recorded the longest wait on Los Angeles International Airport's tarmac since 2007, in the latest blow for the airline.

Armed police officers maintained a presence at London’s Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 yesterday

LONDON - Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across the world yesterday, but most European airports did not appear to be following a new US demand for increased screening of passengers from 14 cou...



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