Airport screeners brace for holiday
Airport screeners brace for holiday — The millions of passengers who file through airport gates during Thanksgiving week will be accompanied by a holiday baggage barrage. (AP)
Nursing mom’s protest grows — Today, with the frantic Thanksgiving travel week underway, dozens of self-proclaimed “lactivists” plan to suckle their infants in front of Delta ticketing counters around the nation, including at Logan International Airport, to protest discrimination against nursing mothers. (The Boston Globe) (Registration required.)
Branson says Virgin cannot rule out canceling Airbus order — Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., the trans-Atlantic carrier controlled by billionaire Richard Branson, said it cannot rule out canceling its order for six Airbus SAS A380 superjumbo airliners. (Bloomberg)
6 imams removed from Twin Cities flight — Six Muslim imams were removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Monday and questioned by police for several hours before being released, a leader of the group said. (AP)
Southwest sees opportunities in possible US Airways-Delta merger — Southwest Airlines officials see US Airways’ $8 billion hostile merger bid for Delta as an opportunity for the Dallas-based airline to make inroads on the East Coast. (AP)
India hotels not keeping up with demand –
Need a hotel room in India? Better book early and bring big bucks. As the nation’s economy booms, foreigners and newly affluent Indians are flocking to the country’s big cities in unprecedented numbers — but are finding a shortage of places to stay. (AP)
Get reel with great airport moments in film — Who can think of business travel and Thanksgiving week without recalling the 1987 comedy cult classic movie Trains, Planes and Automobiles? For the benefit of road warriors who will be sitting at home this holiday weekend looking for DVDs with some relevance to their lives, here’s a list of more movies with memorable airport scenes. (USA Today)
Carrie Charney, Christopher Elliott, John Frenaye, Charles Leocha, Marge Purnell, Valerie Schneider, Mary Staley, Stephanus Surjaputra, Richard Wong.