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Bill would force airlines to prepare for long delays
Airlines and airports would have to come up with plans to provide passengers stranded by long delays with food, water, and other basic amenities under a bill the House approved yesterday. (AP)
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Machine aims to identify liquids at airport
The Homeland Security Department and top government scientists are testing a new baggage-screening machine capable of identifying liquid explosives, a technology that could put an end to unpopular rules affecting carry-on luggage. (USA Today)
Say goodbye to paper airline tickets
Next summer, paper airline tickets will go the way of vinyl records and rotary-dial phones: They won’t entirely disappear, but they’ll be hard to find. (AP)
Northwest to give workers customer-service training
Northwest Airlines, which upset passengers when it canceled thousands of flights this summer, plans to have its workers undergo intensive training to improve customer service, the airline’s chief executive said Thursday. (Detroit Free Press)
Gettysburg Cyclorama getting facelift
Slowly but surely, a 123-year-old oil painting designed to place viewers in the middle of the climactic, ill-fated Confederate assault on Union Army troops during the Battle of Gettysburg is returning to its former glory in a new home. (AP)
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Today’s Travel Blogs
British Airways turns the tables, sells passenger’s luggage
When an airline loses your luggage, it can eventually find its way to a place like the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Ala. — but only after the carrier spends months trying to track down the rightful owner. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work. But sometimes airlines take shortcuts. British Airways did. (Elliott.org)
Farecast predicts the future of cheap holiday flights
Holiday airfare booking can make even the most confident bargain-finder nervous. The advice stays the same, but the cheapest days to fly change every year, depending on holiday dates. (Smarter Travel)
Have you seen this missing Venus?
Kimpton’s Hotel Rouge in Washington, D.C., has put out an all-points bulletin regarding a missing piece of property. (Hotel Hotsheet)
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