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  • September 2008

    • 3 Guilty in '06 UK Bomb Plot

      BBC  |  Sep 8, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      3 Guilty in '06 UK Bomb Plot

      (Newser) - Three men were convicted today of conspiracy to commit murder with homemade bombs, the BBC reports, but neither they nor five others were found guilty of plotting to blow up transatlantic flights in 2006. Their arrests, hailed as a major blow against terrorism, occasioned new airport regulations on liquids—soda was a key ingredient in the explosives—and caused vast scheduling chaos. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • counterterrorism  • Heathrow Airport  • flights  • airplanes  • Abdulla Ahmed Ali  • Assad Sarwar

  • July 2008

    • Tips for Frequent Fliers

      Travel Leisure  |  Jul 22, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Tips for Frequent Fliers

      (Newser) - You sat in plenty of stuffy cabins to earn those frequent-flier miles: make sure you get a good trip out of them. Travel and Leisure runs down the best ways to earn miles and use them efficiently. Stick with one airline: The more you commit to a single airline, the better you'll be treated and the more miles you'll accumulate. Eat more, drive more: Rental car companies such as Hertz double the miles of some airline customers, and participating restaurants also offer such benefits. Ditch the mouse for the receiver: Booking a ticket by calling an airline agent can help you use your miles more efficiently than online booking. More »

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      list  • travel  • airline  • flights  • hotels  • frequent flier miles  • leisure  • car rental

    • Fuel Costs Ground Extended Flights

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 8, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      Fuel Costs Ground Extended Flights

      (Newser) - Super-long flights were hailed as the future of aviation only a few years ago, but the soaring price of fuel has grounded those plans, reports the Wall Street Journal . Airlines are delaying or canceling intercontinental routes as the cost of keeping "flying tankers" in the air for over 12 hours stops making economic sense. More »

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      airline industry  • fuel costs  • aviation  • airlines  • flights  • Boeing 777  • long haul flights

  • June 2008

    • Air Travelers Will See 10% Flight Cuts by Fall

      New York Times  |  Jun 28, 08 6:20 AM CDT

      Air Travelers Will See 10% Flight Cuts by Fall

      (Newser) - Travelers will start to feel the full force of airline moves to grapple with rising fuel costs by Labor Day, as 10% of flights will be cut, a dip that will downsize the industry to post-9/11 levels, the New York Times reports. The reductions could push fares up by 40% over the next 4 years, on top of 17% hikes in the cost of tickets already this year. Some 100 smaller cities will also lose service. More »

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      air travel  • American Airlines  • United Airlines  • fuel costs  • airlines  • flights

    • Will Fewer Flights Mean Fewer Delays?

      New York Times  |  Jun 10, 08 9:52 AM CDT

      Will Fewer Flights Mean Fewer Delays?

      (Newser) - With fuel prices soaring into the skies, fewer airplanes will be following suit, but don't think that translates to less time on the tarmac. Airlines' cutbacks will ground planes, but mostly on less-traveled routes to smaller cities, the New York Times reports. The congestion at LAX and JFK isn't likely to improve, despite new FAA regulations. More »

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      airline industry  • FAA  • fuel costs  • airline delays  • flights  • air traffic  • air traffic control

  • April 2008

    • Plane Trips Grow Longer

      USA Today  |  Apr 18, 08 11:33 AM CDT

      Plane Trips Grow Longer

      (Newser) - Air travel is the slowest it's been in the past 20 years, thanks to increased congestion both on the runway and in the air. A flight from Las Vegas to New York took 4 hours, 37 minutes in 1988, but that same route now requires over 6 hours, reports USA Today. And don't expect things to improve any time soon. More »

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      airline industry  • airport  • airline delays  • flights  • congestion  • air traffic

  • July 2007

    • Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan

      ABC News (Australia)  |  Jul 13, 07 1:38 PM CDT

      Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan

      (Newser) - A massive typhoon is pummeling the Japanese island of Okinawa, stirring up 40 foot waves and 150mph winds which are overturning trucks and ripping trees from the ground. Super typhoon Man-yi has injured at least 17 people and cut the electricity to nearly 100,000 homes. "This is one of the biggest typhoons we've experienced in Okinawa," says a local. More »

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      Japan  • weather  • storm  • Tokyo  • Okinawa  • rain  • winds  • typhoon  • flights  • waves

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