Watch An Air France Jet Almost Blow It While Trying To Land During Hurricane...
A dramatic aborted landing in St. Maarten yesterday, as an Air France 340 realized that it was going to land short of the runway and decided at the last second to go around. It landed safely on the...
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A Gay Couple Is Suing Continental Airlines After Employees Allegedly Doused...
Two men are claiming Continental Airlines workers removed a "private sex toy" from their bag, covered it in a greasy substance, and taped it to the outside of the bag, Courthouse New Service reports....
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The 5 Airlines Flying The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Are The Envy Of Aviation
As we type this very sentence, Air India flies at cruising altitude on the long journey that will take their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner all the way from South Carolina to New Delhi. And yet it seems...
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Variable Pricing Is Revolutionizing How Much We Pay For Everything
You already know how timing a purchase right can save you money. Plane tickets? Take the red-eye. Theater show? See the matinee. Toilet paper? Buy it online at the right time of day. Wait, what?...
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Layoffs At American Airlines Could Make Things A Lot Worse For Passengers
Pink slips are flying at American Airlines, who warned over 11,000 workers on Wednesday of looming layoffs as the carrier works to pare down its operations in bankruptcy. This is bad news all around,...
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Model Maggie Rizer Blogs 'United Airlines Killed Our Golden Retriever'
Model Maggie Rizer has been the face of Gap, Louis Vuitton, Versace and Calvin Klein—but now the 34-year-old is speaking out on behalf of a much less glamorous cause: pet safety during air travel. On...
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The 10 Best Airlines In The U.S.
Hassled by sky-high baggage fees and the nightmare that has become airport security terminals, the last thing passengers need are airlines that can't get them from point A to point B as efficiently as...
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21 Surprising Things You Can Get For Free
There are only two ways to become richer – make more or spend less. There are a few ways to make more, from getting a raise to finding weird ways to make extra money. And there are tons of ways to...
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15 US Airports With The Most Flight Delays And Cancellations
Remember that night when you had to snuggle up on the terminal floor in Orlando because your flight got canceled? Or that time when you dashed full-sprint across Chicago O'Hare airport only to miss...
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Here's Why Some Airports Wind Up With Code Names That Make No Sense
Some people brush off airplane codes as one of life's little mysteries. Boston's airport code is BOS, which is simple enough, but EWR for Newark is just "one of those things." Right? Turns out there's...
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EU Court Rules Travelers Must Be Compensated For Delayed Flights
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Lufthansa AG and British Airways lost challenges at the European Union’s top court over paying compensation to passengers delayed by more than three hours. “Where...
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Airlines Are Going To Start Profiling You And Deciding How Much You Should...
Airlines are about to start testing a new ticket initiative meant to compete with airfare websites, according to USA Today's Bart Jansen. If all goes well, it could be adopted by 2016. Basically the...
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Airline Forces Stanford Grad To Shut Down His Website Because It Saved People...
Airline fees have become something of a universal certainty — along with death and taxes. That is why when a 25-year-old Stanford grad coded a simple website to check him in automatically 24 hours...
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Travel Agents Could Go The Way Of The Dodo By 2016
Airlines are testing out a new ticket initiative to compete with websites that could go in effect by 2016. Under the plan, airlines will solicit info to create a personalized ticket that folds in...
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Sandy Has Already Caused More Than 7,000 Flight Cancellations
NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy will likely cause financial headaches for U.S. airlines that canceled more than 7,000 flights to and from the Northeast corridor on Sunday. Hotels in the...
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Hurricane Sandy's Economic Impact Is Already Massive
Hurricane Sandy still hasn't hit New York City, but it's economic impact is already huge. The so-called "Frankenstorm" could cause up to $1 billion in physical damages. But that figure doesn't even...
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Nearly 11,000 Flights Have Been Cancelled As Sandy Rages
The number of flights cancelled as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast has reached 10,886, according to FlightAware.com. The numbers represent flights within, into, and out of the United...
View ArticlePeter Jackson Is Featured In This Hobbit-Themed Flight Instruction Video
Peter Jackson, director and producer of "The Lord of the Rings" and the upcoming "Hobbit" films, was recently involved in a very different kind of project. Jackson, along with others dressed as...
View ArticleIncredible Heatmap Shows How Sandy Grounded Most Of The East Coast
In the few days since Sandy blasted its way through the East Coast, the superstorm has forced airlines to cancel nearly 20,000 flights and left travelers stranded across the country. In just the first...
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United Airlines Lost $90 Million To Hurricane Sandy In October (UAL)
United Airlines reported yesterday that the nearly 5,300 flights it cancelled in October due to Hurricane Sandy cost it approximately $90 million in revenue and $35 million in profits.United...
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