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 Wall Street Execs 
 Still Fly Private Jets 

Costly travel rationalized as time saver

Dec 22, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Six ailing Wall Street firms that eagerly took bailout funds still spend thousands to operate fleets of private jets that whisk their executives to company—and personal—events, AP reports. AIG, which scooped up $150 billion from the government, beats its peers with a seven-jet fleet. Fuel alone for a... More »

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Wall Street • executive compensation • air travel • luxury travel • private jet • investment banks • corporate execs • banks • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout

Jet Lag Pill Can Reboot Biological Clock 

New drug could replace addictive sedatives as travel cure

Dec 2, 08 3:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A new drug could allow travelers to fly past jet lag without the lingering drowsiness of addictive sedatives, the BBC reports. The drug resets natural sleep rhythms by adjusting the body’s sleep hormone, melatonin, allowing sleep to come sooner and last longer. If approved, Tasimelteon could provide welcome relief... More »

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sleep • jet lag • air travel • sleep deprivation • drug test • sleeping pills • sleeplessness • jet set

3K Stranded in Bangkok
as PM Refuses to Step Down

Army pressures government as violence grows between factions

Nov 26, 08 12:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Thailand’s government today rejected a top general’s demand it dissolve parliament and hold elections, the Guardian reports, as protesters demand that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat step down entirely. Wongsawat snuck back into Thailand today and plans to meet with the king, whom protesters support; a pro-government gang killed... More »

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Thailand • Asia • protests • Bangkok • air travel • Bhumibol Adulyadej • Thai protesters • Somchai Wongsawat • civil unrest

Early On, Holiday Travel Going Smoothly

Few delays reported on roads, airports at start
of Thanksgiving rush

Nov 26, 08 11:53 AM CST
(AP) - Travelers breezed through airport terminals and drivers cruised open roads today, the effects of a sour economy blamed for keeping people closer to home at the start of the annual Thanksgiving rush. Even though gas prices fell and airlines offered last-minute deals, many Americans appeared to be skipping trips this... More »

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airport • driving • air travel • credit crisis • Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving travel • economy • financial crisis

Airfares Dip
on Last-Minute
Holiday Trips

Ugly economy pushes demand down, along with price of fuel

Nov 24, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - With many consumers too concerned about their wallets to make pricey trips, airlines are, for the first time in memory, lowering prices before the holidays, the Chicago Tribune reports. The reversal of convention is allowing late buyers to scrounge tickets for as much as $200 less than travelers who locked... More »

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airline industry • air travel • holiday • airfare • oil price • discounts • financial crisis

Stewardess Helps Land Flight After Co-Pilot Cracks

Licensed pilot jumps in on London-bound plane after man suffers breakdown

Nov 19, 08 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - After an Air Canada captain had his co-pilot handcuffed and dragged from his seat during a January flight, a female flight attendant helped steer the London-bound passenger jet to safety in Ireland, the Guardian reports. The original co-pilot was “quite harried” when he entered the cockpit, a report released... More »

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airline • flight attendants • air travel • Air Canada • co pilot

 Fewer Will Travel 
 for Thanksgiving: AAA 

600K more expected to stay home, first decline in 6 years

Nov 19, 08 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - An estimated 600,000 Americans will forego the 50-plus miles of travel they made last year to celebrate Thanksgiving, AAA predicts. The dip is the first in 6 years, but the fourth consecutive for general holiday travel. Despite cheaper gas, fewer people will drive cars this year, opting for more-economical... More »

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air travel • gas prices • airfare • Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving travel • holiday travel • airlines • hotels • car rental

Families, Line Up Here—if You Have Time

Airports to offer
security lane for kin, travel newbies

Nov 10, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Airports will allow families to line up in more leisurely security lanes for the coming holiday season, the AP reports. The checkpoints, which have proven popular in tests at 48 US airports, allow slow-moving families to stick together and less seasoned travelers to avoid scrambling for standard Transportation Security Administration... More »

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terrorism • airport security • TSA • air travel • holiday travel • liquids • security checkpoint

 American Airports: 
 Shiny, New, and Empty 

Decades-long projects completed as industry turns down

Oct 30, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the boom years of the last decade, cities across America broke ground on major airport expansions, from additional runways to new terminals. Now those projects are being completed—just as air travel has slowed and hundreds of planes are being grounded. Flights may be less congested, writes the New ... More »

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airline • airport • air travel • infrastructure • economy

Homeland Security Chief: Terror List Isn't So Long

Feds to take over airline passenger screening from next year

Oct 23, 08 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The terrorist watch list isn't the million-name behemoth it’s been reported as, the Homeland Security chief says. Only 2,500 people are on the no-fly list, according to Michael Chertoff, and just 10% of them are US citizens. Less than 16,000 people are on another, lower-level threat list,... More »

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ACLU • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • air travel • watch list • terrorist watch list

Mystery
Illness
Diverts Plane

14 passengers
suddenly sick shortly
after takeoff

Oct 9, 08 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A United Airlines flight was diverted last night to Chicago's O'Hare airport after 14 passengers suddenly became ill with flu-like symptoms. Four were taken to a local hospital in fair condition. United hadn't served any food on the plane, heading from Boston to Los Angeles, officials said. Several of the... More »

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health • Chicago • United Airlines • air travel • airline passengers • American College Health Association

 TSA Set to Flush 
 Liquid Restrictions 

X-ray technology that can spot bomb materials may be ready by year's end

Oct 2, 08 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The oft-frustrating 3-ounces-in-a-baggie restriction on carrying liquids through airport security could be gone within a year, the Wall Street Journal reports. After testing out X-ray technology that detects bomb-making fluids, the Transportation Security Administration’s only remaining step is making sure the software works. “It’s not ready yet,... More »

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terrorism • security • airport security • TSA • air travel

Stranded Brits Expected Home on Schedule

Up to 85K were
overseas when
holiday firm went bust

Sep 13, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The  sudden collapse of XL Airways left as many as 85,000 passengers marooned in foreign lands, but they're now expected to get home on schedule, or at least only a little late, the Times of London reports. Aviation authorities plan a vast airlift to take home the stranded, but... More »

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United Kingdom • bankruptcy • airline industry • British Airways • airline • vacation • air travel • holiday

OPINION

 Must Globetrotting
 Aussies Be Grounded?

Wired blogger responds to Oz travel-bashing

Aug 20, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's even harder being green if you're Australian, since it takes a long-haul flight to get practically anywhere, Adele Horin observes in the Sydney Morning Herald. Aussies consider globetrotting to be part of their birthright, but Horin thinks it's time her country-mates recognize airplanes for what they are: "toxic... More »

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Australia • pollution • air travel • opinion • greenhouse-gas emissions • Wired

analysis

 It May Be 'Mayday!' 
  for Commercial Aviation 

Fuel prices, environmental concerns could make that cheap seat a luxury

Aug 13, 08 9:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The end of cheap oil means it’s “springtime for gloomy futurists,” Bradford Plumer writes in the New Republic, but we’re not headed for a Mad Max scenario just yet—unless you like cheap seats on airplanes. Jet fuel is approaching twice the price... More »

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oil • airline industry • migration • air travel • predicting the future • airplane

 Delta Adds
 WiFi to
 Whole Fleet

Become first major airline to wirelessly enable its entire fleet by 2009

Aug 5, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Unholster your Blackberry and sharpen your stylus; Delta will become the first major airline to offer Internet access across its entire 330-plane fleet by next summer, the Wall Street Journal reports, driven by the proliferation of handheld wireless devices and a desire among business passengers to keep working. Delta surveyed... More »

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airline industry • air travel • WiFi • travel trends • AirCell • Delta Airlines • business travelers

 Luggage Glitch Snarls JFK 

American Airlines' computer system breaks down

Jul 30, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(AP) - A software glitch continues to cripple the baggage-handling system in an American Airlines terminal at JFK airport. The malfunction is giving headaches to passengers flying out of Terminal 8, one of the newer buildings at the airport. Thousands of customers had to leave their luggage behind and hope it would... More »

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JFK Airport • luggage • airport • air travel • travel delays

 Your Airport To-Not-Do List 

Four stupid ways to spice up your travel experience

Jul 18, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Air travel not stressful enough for you? US News and World Report presents four ways to land yourself in a planeload of trouble.
  1. Use words like “bomb” and “hijack”: A man in Boston jokingly told an airport clerk he was “here to blow things up,”
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airport • airport security • air travel • travel tips

 Air Force Seeks
 Anti-Terror $16M
 for 'Comfort Pods' 

Congress nixes funds for high-flying accommodations on military planes

Jul 18, 08 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Air Force chiefs have sought $16 million in anti-terrorism funds to build luxurious "comfort capsules" to be installed in military aircraft for VIP officer travel, reports the Washington Post. The project's costs have soared as finicky generals demand changes, with modifications in the plush leather seats—including a switch... More »

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US military • counterterrorism • air travel • US Air Force • military spending

Could Stun Bracelets Replace Boarding Passes?

Homeland Security researches extreme measures

Jul 8, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bracelet that would track airline passengers and shock them if they get out of hand might be under consideration by the Department of Homeland Security, the Washington Times reports. The Electronic ID Bracelet could someday replace boarding passes. We "are interested in … the immobilizing security bracelet, and... More »

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Department of Homeland Security • airport security • air travel

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