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Life is Good travel mugs recalledThursday 05th of November 2009 05:58:08 PMWASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Newbury Travel Mugs due to a burn hazard. The mugs, imported from China by The S. Group of Portland, Ore., can become excessively hot when filled with hot liquids, the commission said in a statement. The company has received one report of minor burns r... Read more |
Rare giraffe travels to find mateWednesday 04th of November 2009 05:23:48 PMBOSTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old Masai giraffe has been moved from Boston's zoo to a Pittsburgh zoo in an effort to populate the rare subspecies, officials said. The 12-foot-tall female, born during the 2007 World Series and named Sox after the Boston baseball team, will be paired with another animal, the Boston Globe reported. She leaves behind in ... Read more |
Florida sues online travel firmsWednesday 04th of November 2009 03:51:44 PMTALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has accused two Internet travel firms with failure to pay millions of dollars in sales taxes, court papers said. McCollum filed a lawsuit against Expedia and Orbitz, claiming, they're pocketing the difference as a profit, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. The online t... Read more |
Florida sues on line travel firmsWednesday 04th of November 2009 02:28:18 PMTALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has accused two Internet travel firms with failure to pay millions of dollars in sales taxes, court papers said. McCollum filed a lawsuit against Expedia and Orbitz, claiming, they're pocketing the difference as a profit, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. The online t... Read more |
Study: Bacteria may limit space travelMonday 02nd of November 2009 03:34:11 PMLORRAINE, France, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- French scientists say the prolific virulence and growth of bacteria in space, coupled with reduced production of antibodies, might limit future space travel. The researchers from Nancy-University in Lorraine, France, said long-term space flights might compromised by microbial hitchhikers, such as bacteria. That's because space... Read more |
Teens urged to avoid traveling sales crewsMonday 02nd of November 2009 01:50:39 PMWASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The National Consumers League said the recent news of an 18-year-old's death while working in a traveling sales crew should serve as a warning to U.S. teens. NCL Executive Director Sally Greenberg said in a NCL release Monday the discovery of the remains of Jennifer M. Hammond, who disappeared in August 2003 in Milton, N.Y., shows ho... Read more |
Airline apologizes for booting kid, momSaturday 31st of October 2009 04:42:32 PMSAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Southwest Airlines says it has apologized to a California woman who, along with her cranky 2-year-old son, was kicked off a plane. Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis, however, did not apologize for the reason they were booted off the jet as it was preparing to take off from Amarillo, Texas, the San Jose, Calif., Mercury-Ne... Read more |
Obama to lift HIV/AIDS travel banFriday 30th of October 2009 02:05:26 PMWASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The ban on HIV/AIDS-infected visitors and immigrants entering the United States will be repealed after the New Year, President Barack Obama announced Friday. We lead the world when it comes to helping stem the AIDS pandemic -- yet we are one of only a dozen countries that still bars people from HIV from entering our own country, Read more |
Airliner with sick pilot lands safelyFriday 30th of October 2009 11:56:27 AMPERTH, Australia, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A Qantas airliner with an ill pilot and 110 passengers landed safely in Perth, Australia, Friday, airline officials said. The plane, flight QF593 from Adelaide, was landed without incident by the first officer, who took over after the pilot became ill about an hour before landing, Qantas said. The pilot was met at th... Read more |
US Airways, American Airlines cut 1,700 jobsWednesday 28th of October 2009 04:45:06 PMNEW YORK (AFP) -- US Airways and American Airlines said Wednesday they were cutting a total of 1,700 jobs as they face turbulence amid prolonged recession.US Airways said it would cut about 1,000 jobs during the first half of 2010 and reduce service to Euro... Read more |
Azerbaijan Airlines orders four Boeing jetsWednesday 28th of October 2009 02:05:03 PMBAKU (AFP) -- Ex-Soviet Azerbaijan's flagship carrier AZAL said Wednesday it had ordered four new Boeing airplanes for its growing fleet, including two of the US company's 787 Dreamliner long-haul jets."Two Boeing 767s will be delivered to Azerbaijan in 201... Read more |
Lufthansa reports nine-month loss as it integrates two new airlinesWednesday 28th of October 2009 12:55:32 PMby William Ickes FRANKFURT (AFP) -- Germany's top airline, Lufthansa, plunged to a nine-month loss and warned of "very considerable risks" ahead on Wednesday as it worked to integrate Austrian Airlines and British Midland into its business.Lufthansa reported... Read more |
Seeking passengers, airlines turn to salesWednesday 28th of October 2009 11:25:44 AMNEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Discount airlines have launched time-limited sales with one-way fares as low as $25 to get U.S. customers back into the traveling mood. Southwest Airlines said one-way tickets on routes up to 375 miles would cost $25 for flights on specific dates -- Dec 2-16 and Jan. 5-Feb. 20, USA Today reported Tuesday. Sale prices go up incr... Read more |
Travel insurance helps against quarantineTuesday 27th of October 2009 01:36:28 AMWARWICK, R.I., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Travel alerts by the U.S. government warn of quarantining arriving passengers in China or Cuba who exhibit fever or flu-like symptoms, a travel expert said. Jim Grace, president and chief executive officer of InsureMyTrip.com, says most insurance companies provide quarantine coverage because of H1N1 flu but details vary by compa... Read more |
EC warns three airlines over tie-up plans: reportMonday 26th of October 2009 06:40:40 AMLONDON (AFP) -- The European Commission has told British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia that they may have to give up take-off and landing slots to be allowed to press ahead with a transatlantic tie-up, the FT reported on Monday.The Financial Times, ... Read more |
Russian lesbians travel to Toronto to wedFriday 23rd of October 2009 10:53:14 AMTORONTO, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Two lesbians denied the right to marry in their native Russia were set to circumvent national laws Friday by getting married in Toronto. Irina Shipitko, 32, and Irina Fedotova-Fet, 30, told the Toronto Star through an interpreter two requests for a marriage license in Moscow were denied in May. Russia's Family Code only allows f... Read more |
'Worst over' for airlines: industry chiefFriday 23rd of October 2009 10:30:26 AMNEW DELHI (AFP) -- The head of the airline industry body IATA said on Friday that the tough conditions suffered by carriers hit by the global economic crisis were improving."The worst is over but the recovery will be a long story," Giovanni Bisignani, head o... Read more |
Cuban-Americans: Permit Cuba travel to allThursday 22nd of October 2009 04:23:20 PMCORAL GABLES, Fla., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Cuban-Americans favor allowing all to travel to Cuba, echoing support for a such a policy change in bills pending in Congress, a Florida poll indicated. The poll, conducted Sept. 24-26, showed a significant shift from a 2002 survey that suggested only a minority supported such a measure, El Nuevo Herald reported Thursday. ... Read more |
Iberia to create new airline for short, medium haul flightsThursday 22nd of October 2009 01:55:04 PMMADRID (AFP) -- Spain's national carrier Iberia will create a new airline to handle its short- and medium- haul routes in a bid to confront declining revenues amid the economic crisis, it announced Thursday.Iberia, which is in merger talks with British Airwa... Read more |
U.S. air travel: 'Fight for the overheads'Thursday 22nd of October 2009 10:49:45 AMWASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines' overhead bins are bulging as passengers slip aboard with more than the two allowed items to avoid checked-bag fees, flight attendants say. It's the worst we've seen in the past couple of decades, Association of Flight Attendants spokeswoman Corey Caldwell tells USA Today. With the number of U.S. domestic... Read more |
