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Airline News - Africa / Middle East.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Emirates Airlines Emirates Airlines will begin daily Dubai-San Francisco on Oct. 26 aboard a 777-200LR and six-times-weekly Dubai-Kozhikode on July 1 aboard 777-200s or A330-200s. Apr 28, 2008 Kenya Airways Kenya Airways said it ...

Airline News - Asia / Pacific.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines expects to open 7-8 new international routes this year, expanding on a plan that saw it open 10 new foreign destinations in 2007. This year's routes will originate mostly in Guangzhou and serve neighboring ...

Airline News - Europe.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 European airline survey showed that Turkish Airlines came top of the lost baggage table, losing only 4.3 bags per 1,000 - followed by Ukrainian airline AeroSvit and Air Malta. Figures showed that overall punctuality on short-haul services saw a marginal improvement, ...

Airline News - Latin America / Caribbean.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Latin America's major airlines are still going strong despite rising fuel prices, buoyed by growing passenger traffic as the region's economies expand at a healthy rate. From Chile to Mexico, air travel is surging as economic gains trickle down to the masses, ...

Airline News - North America.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Passenger rights bill passes California assembly. The California Assembly on Thursday passed a measure aimed at ensuring that airline passengers have food, water and working restrooms while they are on a plane delayed three hours or more. The legislation still needs ...

Low Cost Airline News - Asia / Pacific.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 AirAsia AirAsia launched flights to Ho Chi Minh City from Kuala Lumpur (daily) and Bangkok (four-times-weekly). Thrice-weekly Kuching-Macau becomes daily May 15 and a new daily KUL-Kuantan starts June 1. Apr 29, 2008 Cebu Pacific Air ...

Low Cost Airline News - Europe.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Air Southwest UK low-cost carrier Air Southwest today doubled the number of destinations it serves from Plymouth in Devon while adding routes at Newquay in Cornwall too. From Plymouth City Airport it will fly to Glasgow and Newcastle (seven days a week), ...

Low Cost Airline News - Latin America / Caribbean.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Gol Linhas Aereas Gol Linhas Aereas plans to phase out Varig's remaining routes to Europe and Mexico in the coming months and focus instead on Brazil and South America, where it thinks Varig is better positioned to profit from a fast-growing aviation ...

Airport News - Asia / Pacific.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Beijing Capital International Beijing airport's new Terminal 3, which opened in late February, cost $3.8 billion to build and can handle 50 million travelers a year. China built the terminal, now the largest building in the world, quickly in order to meet ...

Airport News - Europe.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Airports aim for better customer service. Some airports are improving customer service as part of an effort to make life easier for travelers. They are also adding amenities, such as spas, walk-in medical clinics, pet centers and lounges with showers. Officials are ...

Airport News - North America.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Airports aim for better customer service. Some airports are improving customer service as part of an effort to make life easier for travelers. They are also adding amenities, such as spas, walk-in medical clinics, pet centers and lounges with showers. Officials are ...

Travel Safety Update - Europe.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 TNT Airways, Boeing Air accident investigators said inappropriate and incorrect procedures could have led to a "catastrophe". These included a badly timed air traffic message to the TNT Airways cargo plane as it tried to land at East Midlands in poor ...

Travel Safety Update - Latin America / Caribbean.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 In Brazil, where two deadly plane crashes and an air traffic control crisis in the last year and a half have done little to cool the aviation market, foreign carriers and new players are lining up to get a piece of the pie. In recent months, Germany's Lufthansa, LAN ...

Travel Safety Update - North America.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Pension provision stalls FAA reauthorization bill A bill that would reauthorize funding for the FAA stalled in the Senate on Wednesday. Lawmakers disagreed over a provision that would toughen airline pension rules and debated whether other amendments should remain in ...

Travel Security Update.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 A former U.S. military contractor has pleaded guilty to exceeding authorized access to a computer and aggravated identity theft after he was accused of selling names and Social Security numbers of 17,000 military employees, the U.S. Department of Justice said ....

Destination News - Car Rental.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Auto Europe Auto Europe is celebrating Mother's day with an agent and client reward program for reservations now through May 11, 2008 for travel through Dec. 31, 2008. Agents will earn 17 percent commission on any prestige self drive car rental and their ...

Destination News - Destination, Rail, Road.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 After a record tourism year in 2007, the Philippines continues to attract an increasing number of visitors from North America. Despite the perceived economic slow down, visitors from the U.S. remain a sizeable share of the tropical archipelago's inbound tourism, ...

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Organizers of the 10th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-10) are reporting a sharp increase in registered delegates ahead of the opening of the April 28 to May 1 event in the Turks & Caicos Islands. More than 150 delegates have ...

Travel Health & Environment Watch.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 As the battle over funding the Federal Aviation Administration and upgrading the nation's air-traffic control system comes to a head, anyone with anything to do with airlines is scrambling to get aboard. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., backed by the Teamsters Union and ...

Travel Technology News.

May 05, 2008 ... May 5, 2008 Many travelers oppose allowing in-flight cell phone use. Many Americans say they hope regulators do not allow travelers to use their cell phones during commercial flights. The FCC now bans the use of cell phones, and there appears to be little chance that it will ...