Memorial Day travel to rise slightly
Memorial Day travel to rise slightly — The number of Americans driving and flying over the Memorial Day holiday weekend is expected to rise only slightly this year as consumers respond to the rising cost of airfares, hotel rooms and motor fuel, according to travel agency AAA. (AP)
Tape shows man fell overboard from cruise — A passenger reported missing on a cruise to the Bahamas fell overboard after a night of heavy drinking with friends, authorities said Wednesday as Coast Guard crews suspended their search for the man. (AP)
World’s biggest passenger airliner lands — The world’s biggest passenger airliner landed at Europe’s busiest airport Thursday to test whether London’s Heathrow is ready for the Airbus A380. The superjumbo jet will land at a specially designed pier at the airport in west London when it arrives in Britain for the first time. (AP)
A new tack for airport screening: behave yourself — The TSA is aiming to become less obsessed with scissors and cigarette lighters and focusing more on passenger behavior. Government sources tell TIME that the agency will announce in the next few weeks that it will introduce a race-neutral profiling program at the country’s busiest airports. (Time Magazine)
Karaoke trains to the roof of world — China is planning to offer luxury trains to the roof of the world when it opens a long anticipated and highly controversial railway to Tibet in July, a state newspaper said Thursday. The five-star trains, aimed mainly at foreigners, will have showers, on board folk dance shows and karaoke. (AP)
Perrier, Puck, lead way in Atlantic City — Call it a feeding frenzy: Lured by casinos eager to one-up their rivals, celebrity chefs have turned their sights on Atlantic City, turning what was once seen as a culinary backwater into the new place to eat — and be seen eating. (AP)
Air Canada upsets travel associations — Several Canadian travel associations said Air Canada was hurting its best customers by removing its cheapest fares from the distribution systems used by travel agents around the world. (Canadian Press)
Ryanair condemned for misleading advertising — Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has been ordered to pay $319,000 to Air France-KLM for misleading and disparaging advertising that targeted the French-Dutch airline, court documents showed on Wednesday. (AFP)
Plane searched at Logan after graffiti found — A US Airways shuttle from Washington, D.C., was swept by federal security officers and Massachusetts State Police search dogs at Logan International Airport this morning after a flight attendant found the word “boom” etched in a lavatory mirror. (The Boston Globe)
Light shows emergency slide out; plane aborts flight — A United Airlines flight to Denver was forced to make an emergency landing here Wednesday after an indicator light showed an inflatable emergency slide had deployed. (AP)
Japan to fingerprint and photograph foreign visitors — Japan’s parliament narrowly approved Wednesday a bill to follow the United States in fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors, despite concern the security measures violated privacy. (AFP)
Alaska tourism officials predict another banner year — High fuel prices won’t keep tourists from visiting Alaska this summer, state tourism officials say. In fact, Alaska’s tourism industry might well set a record summer this year.
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