American Red Cross in Haiti In the aftermath of Haiti’s strongest earthquake in 200 years, industries, companies, and individuals have banded together to combine efforts in helping victims. With a current death toll between 100,000 – 200,000, the disaster has been compared to both the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and New Orleans’ Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Travel companies contribute to Haiti’s recovery
American Airlines is the latest airline to raise its checked bag fees, putting it in the same class as other carriers that introduced increased fees earlier this month . The new checked bags fees for American Airlines passengers will go into effect on airline tickets purchased after Feb
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American Airlines raises checked bags fee
British Airways is asking its ground staff to practice their in-flight skills as the airline prepares for a possible walkout from cabin crew, which could interfere with Easter holiday travels, according to the TimesOnline . Check-in agents, baggage handlers and back-room staff could be asked to help serve drinks, prepare the cabin and work at 35,000-feet after cabin crew union leaders announced plans for a new strike ballot. The TimesOnline published the following statement from Willie Walsh, BA’s chief executive: “I am asking for volunteers to back BA by training to work alongside cabin crew who choose not to support a strike, so we are ready to keep our customers flying as much as we possibly can if this strike goes ahead.” A judge banned the originally planned strike that was scheduled to take place over the Christmas holiday, but now Unite (the union that represents the BA cabin crew) says that it will re-ballot 13,000 cabin crew on the possibility of another strike
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BA faces Easter strike in midst of new strike ballot
As recovery efforts continue in Haiti, more airlines from around the world work to bring medical supplies, food and emergency equipment to the devastated country. EL AL , Israel’s national airline, was the latest to land in Haiti this past Thursday with a plane full of medical professionals and tons of emergency supplies. Two EL AL aircraft, a jumbo 747-400 and one 777, carried more than 80 tons of medical supplies to help with rescue and salvage efforts, and more than 200 passengers comprisming medical staff and search-and-rescue teams, as well as a K9 rescue squad.
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More airlines rush to aide Haiti
While the debate wages on about whether or not to charge obese passengers for a second seat on flights, some airlines have issued a policy around refunding those fliers the money they paid for an extra airline ticket . Air France joins Southwest, JetBlue and American Airlines, in their promise to reimburse obese fliers the second seat if the plane isn’t full.
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Air France will refund obese fliers second seat if flight isn’t full
PODCAST: 787 Program Update with Jon Ostrower and Guy Norris It has been one month since the 787 first flew from Paine Field in Everett and the program has been steadily accumulating flight test hours, having flown approximately 60hr and 56min over 15 flights (Plus one ZA002 ferry), as measured by the take off and landing notification alerts from flightaware.com . Dennis O’Donoghue, vice president of Boeing’s flight operations test & validation unit, said to Bloomberg yesterday that “We have been so happy with the progress we’ve made with the 787, I’m almost giddy.” This report, compiled with the assistance of Matt Cawby
You’ve likely felt the stress of flying at one time or another – from lost luggage to delayed or cancelled flights to damaged in-flight entertainment systems, it seems there’s always something going on with the airlines, and rarely are consumers shy about voicing their opinion.
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DOT creates new, easier way for fliers to file airline complaints
Death Toll On Afghan Suicide Bomb Attack Rises To 20 – General (Nasdaq) KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP)–Twenty people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in a restive area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, an Afghan army general said. Suicide bomber kills 20 people in central Afghanistan (Kitchener – Waterloo
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Afghanistan – Death Toll On Afghan Suicide Bomb Attack Rises To 20 – General (Nasdaq)
Yemen s Al Qaeda wing gains global notoriety (Khaleej Times) Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula showed its ambition to strike outside its base in Yemen when it claimed the failed Dec. 25 attempt to blow up a US airliner. Somali pirates’ unintended gift to Kenyan fishermen (The Washington Times) MALINDI, Kenya |
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Somalia – Yemen s Al Qaeda wing gains global notoriety (Khaleej Times)
Huff TV: HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Talks About Obama’s Bank Tax: ‘It’s A Start’ (VIDEO) HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Ed Show Thursday night to weigh in on the new bank tax put forward by President Obama. While… TEST DRIVE: 2010 North American International Auto
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North America – Huff TV: HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Talks About Obama’s Bank Tax: ‘It’s A Start’ (VIDEO)
Africa : Bullets, Bombs and Blogs (AllAfrica.com) The ‘Nigerian bomber’, the attacks on the Togolese football team, LGBTI politics in Africa, the mafia and migrant workers in Italy and a murder in London are among the topics in Sokari Ekine ’s roundup of the African blogosphere. Cameroon: Transport Laws Under Scrutiny Information
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African News Update – Africa : Bullets, Bombs and Blogs (AllAfrica.com)
Blast injures 3 in south Lebanon (People’s Daily) An explosion took place Wednesday morning in Kfarkila village in south Lebanon, injuring three children waiting for their school bus, the local Naharnet website reported. A security source told Naharnet that the blast took place at the entrance to a three-storey building in Kfarkila, adding that it
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Ahmadinejad sees “Zionist style” in Iran bombing (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News) TEHRAN (Reuters) – This week’s assassination of an Iranian scientist was carried out in a “Zionist style,” President Mahmoud said Thursday, in his first direct comment on the bombing attack in Tehran. Former Iranian leaders condemn bombing death (The Durango Herald) TEHRAN, Iran –
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Iran News – Ahmadinejad sees “Zionist style” in Iran bombing (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Cambodian PM lashes out at Thai leaders (ABC Radio Australia) Just when you thought relations between Cambodia and Thailand couldn’t get any worse, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has resorted to name calling… East Timor shelves Woodside LNG plans (UPI) PERTH, Australia, Jan. 14 (UPI) — The government of East Timor said it would not
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Southeast Asia – Cambodian PM lashes out at Thai leaders (ABC Radio Australia)
INTERVIEW – Myanmar polls likely in 2nd half of yr – Thai FM (The Star) DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) – Myanmar will likely hold its long-awaited election in the second half of this year because the ruling junta is still crafting the legal framework for the vote, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Thai ex-premier Thaksin
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Southeast Asia – INTERVIEW – Myanmar polls likely in 2nd half of yr – Thai FM (The Star)
Chinese property prices spike The 7.8% rise in December from a year ago has prompted new government measures as Beijing attempts to slow soaring prices without derailing the economic recovery Inquest hears of fatal injectionAn inquest investigates the deaths of two British patients
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World News – General – Chinese property prices spike
Continental's Europe-India route map Planning on visiting Europe this year? You might want to get a head start on booking your airline tickets. Reports from ABC.com and travel sources say some airlines have raised fuel surcharges on travel to Europe by $20 per roundtrip.
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Airlines raise fuel surcharges on international flights
Lufthansa has become the first major European carrier in 20 years to launch a service to Baghdad, according to BreakingTravelNews.com . Starting this summer, Lufthansa will offer flights to the Iraqi capital and Erbil from Frankfurt and Munich. Lufthansa first started flying to Baghdad in 1956 but stopped service in 1990 because of the Gulf War
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Lufthansa launches flights to Iraq
Yesterday, Haiti was hit by the worst earthquake it has seen in over 200 years. Port-au-Prince, its capital, is partly destroyed, with high-rises, hospitals, churches, and parliament buildings crashing to the ground in the 7.0 destruction that was closely followed by aftershocks measuring 5.9 and 5.5.
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Update: More airlines help contribute to Haiti’s relief efforts
Photo credit/WHDH-TV While the TSA has bumped up security quite a bit in the last few weeks, nothing compares with Boston Logan International Airport’s new innovation: a security robot. It doesn’t look like a traditional robot, it looks more like a small truck, but it will help to detect and disarm explosives, according to WHDH.com . Unveiled yesterday by Massport and the State Police, the robot was invented and assembled by Black-I Robotics , whose co-founder is Brian Hart
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Boston Logan Airport steps up security with the help of a robot