Airport work under way to accommodate A380
Airport work under way to accommodate A380 — The largest passenger aircraft ever built will soon be able to land at Melbourne Airport, with construction to widen the main runway set to begin. Work will begin today to widen the north-south runway by 15 metres in preparation for the arrival of the new Airbus A380.
High court upholds penalty in car rental tracking case — The state Supreme Court has rejected a New Haven car rental company’s appeal of a ruling that blocks if from fining people who speed in its cars.
Survey: JetBlue has best airline service — JetBlue was once again ranked as offering the best service in an annual survey that also found five of the top six airlines are low-fare carriers. AirTran Airways, Southwest Airlines and United rounded out the top of the national Airline Quality Rating study, released Monday.
Hotel owners say Bush visit left them with unpaid bills — It’s a distant memory for most of the country, but President Bush’s campaign swing through Southern Oregon is fresh for hotel owners still waiting to get paid nearly $19,000 for expenses incurred by the administration last fall. Three hotels, including the Rogue Regency, the Red Lion and the Jacksonville Inn, report they have been waiting almost six months for bills generated mostly by the U.S. Secret Service during President Bush’s whirlwind tour through Jackson County, according to a story by the Mail Tribune newspaper.
Jet panic as fuel pours from wing — Hundreds of British passengers forced their flight to be grounded after they spotted fuel pouring from a wing during take-off. Holidaymakers screamed, refused to sit down and demanded the pilot stop the flight as the aircraft sped along a runway in the United Arab Emirates.
Study: airline service worsened in 2004 — Airlines generally arrived later, lost more luggage and caused more consumer complaints in 2004 than they did the year before, an annual study of aviation quality finds. Only four of the 14 major airlines rated in both 2003 and 2004 improved, according to the report released Monday. They were AirTran, Atlantic Southeast, JetBlue and United.
Cashing in on the pet travel boom — From portable potty turf to disposable kitty litter boxes and pet passports, the growing number of traveling pets — estimated at 20 million last year — has spawned an industry dedicated to making the lives of road-weary animals a little easier.