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British Airways fined over price fixing
British Airways was fined almost $550 million on Wednesday by U.S. and British regulators after the airline acknowledged colluding with rival Virgin Atlantic over fuel surcharges. (AP)
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Air travel delays: bad, getting worse
The rest of this summer is not expected to be any better. Travel consultants and analysts say they wouldn’t be surprised if data released next week by the Transportation Department reveals that the month of June and the first half of the year will be record-setters. (The Washington Post) (Registration required.)
Northwest hit with more cancellations
Northwest Airlines Corp. is again struggling with end-of-the-month cancellations. Northwest canceled 128 flights on Monday, according to the Web site FlightStats.com, and had already grounded 75 flights as of early Tuesday evening. (AP)
N.C. man with gun arrested at Boston’s Logan airport
A businessman from North Carolina was arrested by State Police yesterday morning in Terminal E at Logan International Airport after screeners discovered a loaded .38-caliber handgun in his carry-on luggage. (The Boston Globe) (Registration required.)
Allegiant Air to grow by using Phoenix’s second airport
Allegiant Air announced plans Tuesday to fly out of Williams Gateway Airport to 13 markets. Airline officials said the first route will be announced Aug. 9 with the remaining routes announced before Sept. 16. Service to some of those markets is scheduled to start Oct. 25. (The Arizona Republic)
Carbon offsets: Four questions to ask
In the post-”An Inconvenient Truth” world, flying has been targeted as one of the larger culprits that contribute to global warming. To counter-act carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions from flights, a new breed of business sells carbon offsets. (Budget Travel)
Today’s Travel Blogs
Heathrow’s in chaos, Stansted’s expensive
Flying in and out of London has never been more fraught with problems. Apart from the usual baggage problems - Heathrow Airport is so flooded with flights and luggage that it sometimes simply ships masses of bags on to Milan for sorting and distribution, which obviously means your suitcase will take longer than you do to get home - a few days ago two British Airways planes managed to collide while taxiing near Terminal 4 at Heathrow. (Jaunted)
How will News Corp. addition of Dow Jones affect travel?
Now that Rupert Murdoch has apparently been successful in acquiring Dow Jones, which publishes The Wall Street Journal, travelers may well wonder if this will affect them — and if so, how? That may seem like a strange question. After all, how could a newspaper acquisition influence an entire industry? But it really isn’t. (Elliott.org)
X out porn in G-rated rooms
My post last week about whether hotels should offer X-rated movies sparked an avalanche of opinions. One reader said you can ask the front desk to block porn channels in a room (good to know when kids have their own quarters). Another tossed out an interesting idea: “G-rated rooms.” (Hotel Hotsheet)
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