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  • July 2008

    • Airport Overnights Take Off as Hotel Vouchers Vanish

      New York Times  |  Jul 15, 08 3:05 AM CDT

      Airport Overnights Take Off as Hotel Vouchers Vanish

      (Newser) - Stranded passengers are finding ways to settle in for the night at airport terminals as hotel vouchers become a thing of the past in the cash-strapped airline business, the New York Times reports. Frequent fliers advise terminal sleepers to bring something soft to sleep on and to stock up on food and drink before airport stores close—or spend their own cash on a hotel. More »

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      airport  • airline delays  • airlines  • airline passengers  • airport terminal  • stranded passengers

    • Flight Grounded Over Irate Passengers

      MyFox New York  |  Jul 8, 08 11:55 AM CDT

      Flight Grounded Over Irate Passengers

      (Newser) - The passengers of an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York on Sunday night probably thought the worst was over when their flight crew finally arrived at the gate an hour late. But angry passengers greeted them with boos and, according to some accounts,  obscenities. The crew responded by refusing to board the plane, citing a "hostile work environment," Fox News reports. More »

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      airline industry  • airline  • American Airlines  • airport  • JFK Airport  • airline passengers  • stranded passengers  • LaGuardia Airport  • air rage

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Chaos Continues at Heathrow

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 31, 08 3:33 AM CDT

      Chaos Continues at Heathrow

      (Newser) - Hundreds of volunteer British Airways staffers spent their day off yesterday helping to return some of the 15,000 pieces of luggage lost when the state-of-the-art baggage system failed at the airline's new terminal at London's Heathrow airport last week. Scores of tech specialists have also been deployed to fix the computer problems, the Guardian reports. More »

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      British Airways  • luggage  • flight cancellation  • Alitalia  • Terminal 5  • stranded passengers  • Air France  • Open Skies Agreement  • baggage handling

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