Destination News - Cruise.
Mar 17, 2008
Cruising was ranked number two in the recent ASTA travel agent
survey, with 11.6 percent share of the total response. Respondents
routinely book cruises for second honeymooners . . .
Destination News - Car Rental.
Mar 17, 2008
Car rental buyers mostly are signing one- or two-year contracts
with two car rental companies, according to a recently released survey,
highlighting what analysts called a growing . . .
Travel Security Update.
Mar 17, 2008
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Sunday said at
least three more countries will seek visa-waiver agreements with the
U.S. this week. If the waivers are granted, the . . .
Travel Safety Update - North America.
Mar 17, 2008
Airlines rely on medical pros' judgment in in-flight
emergencies. Beyond what the FAA requires of all passenger airlines,
individual carriers train flight attendants in basic first . . .
Travel Safety Update - Europe.
Mar 17, 2008
Continental Airlines, EADS Concorde
French public prosecutor has asked judges to bring manslaughter
charges against US carrier Continental Airlines over the 2000 crash of . . .
Travel Safety Update - Asia / Pacific.
Mar 17, 2008
Adam Air, Boeing
Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation, in March 2007,
found that none of the country's 20 major airlines met all safety
standards (Category 1). Adam was . . .
Airport News - North America.
Mar 17, 2008
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Sunday said at
least three more countries will seek visa-waiver agreements with the
U.S. this week. If the waivers are granted, the . . .
Airport News - Europe.
Mar 17, 2008
El Al Israel Airlines, Milan Malpensa Airport
Pro-Palestinian graffiti written in Arabic has been found scrawled
inside the cargo hold of an El Al Israel Airlines plane during . . .
Airport News - Africa / Middle East.
Mar 17, 2008
SITA and Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority announced forthcoming
installation of air traffic information system Digital-ATIS and an
air-ground data link service at Kigali. The . . .
Low Cost Airline News - North America.
Mar 17, 2008
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways' new terminal (old TWA terminal) at Kennedy
International Airport is the first designed in the U.S. since the 2001
terror attacks. It includes a . . .
Low Cost Airline News - Europe.
Mar 17, 2008
AirBerlin
AirBerlin's acquisition of LTU has proven to be costly, as the
German LCC reported a steep drop in full-year profit to [euro]11 million
($16.9 million) from the . . .
Low Cost Airline News - Asia / Pacific.
Mar 17, 2008
Spring Airlines
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines posted a record net profit of CNY70
million ($9.8 million) in 2007, more than double the previous
year's result. Operating revenue . . .
Airline News.
Mar 17, 2008
Airlines have scaled back their first-class sections over the past
10 years because some business travelers were unwilling to pay the
higher fares. However, several carriers now . . .
Airline News - North America.
Mar 17, 2008
Airlines rely on medical pros' judgment in in-flight
emergencies. Beyond what the FAA requires of all passenger airlines,
individual carriers train flight attendants in basic first . . .
Airline News - Europe.
Mar 17, 2008
Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 Premium Service will feature 24
electronically adjustable seats with 116 cm. of legroom, "highly
agreeable" incline, in-seat power, . . .
Airline News - Asia / Pacific.
Mar 17, 2008
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand also is planning to enlarge the premium economy
cabin on its Boeing 747-400s and 777-200ERs. "Premium economy has
been such a success for us. There . . .
Airline News - Africa / Middle East.
Mar 17, 2008
Emirates Airlines
Emirates will launch daily Dubai-Los Angeles Sept. 1 aboard a
266-seat 777-200LR. It will be EK's third US gateway after New York
JFK and Houston . . .
Travel Technology News.
Mar 10, 2008
The TSA hopes to eventually approve a design for a laptop bag that
would allow travelers to pass through security checkpoints without
removing their laptops. The TSA has asked . . .
Travel Health & Environment Watch.
Mar 10, 2008
Scientists expect to expand their use of unmanned aerial vehicles
to monitor severe weather conditions. Some UAVs can remain in the eye of
a storm for several hours at altitudes as . . .
Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa.
Mar 10, 2008
Accor
Accor has plans to build a $100 million Pullman hotel in Auckland,
New Zealand by the middle of 2010. The 290-room five-star hotel will
target the corporate and meetings . . .
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