Planes bump at New Jersey airport
Planes bump at New Jersey airport — A commercial plane with more than 300 people on board bumped an empty plane Tuesday at Newark Liberty International Airport. A tip of the wing of Lufthansa Flight 403, headed to Frankfurt, Germany, brushed the right winglet of a second plane, said Lufthansa spokeswoman Jennifer Urbaniak. A wing on the Lufthansa Boeing 747 was damaged, she said. (CNN)
Are you the ugly American? — Certain actions — whether stemming from ignorance or arrogance — will brand you a jerk. Experts offer advice to avoid the 10 most common faux pas among travelers. (Budget Travel)
1 killed in Reno hotel fire — At least one person was killed and several others seriously injured late Tuesday night in a fire at an old, three-story hotel in Reno’s downtown casino district, a fire spokesman said. (AP)
UAL turns $190 million profit on travel demand — UAL Corp. swung to a third-quarter profit Tuesday, helped by higher revenue from United Airlines’ international routes, demand for air travel and industry limits on the number of available seats. (MarketWatch)
Pan Am about to make its final exit — About 15,000 former employees of what was touted as “The World’s Most Experienced Airline” will receive their final paychecks. An additional 8,000 people who held tickets on Pan Am at the time of its shutdown in December 1991 are also in line for payments, as are about 1,500 other creditors. (USA Today)
Tourism likely slow to recover in Mexican state of Oaxaca — Protesters mourned their dead and vowed not to give up their campaign to oust Oaxaca state’s governor, while residents tried to recover some normality in this embattled city that depends mainly on tourism. (AP)
Ski resorts working to bring minorities to the slopes — After years of stagnation in the 1990s, when the number of days skiers and ‘boarders spent on the slopes stayed the same even as the population grew, some resorts are trying to attract ethnic groups not traditionally tied to the sport, hoping to tap into a growing market segment. (AP)
Iran to pay incentives to attract Western tourists — Iran has said it would offer cash incentives to travel agencies to encourage Western tourists to visit the country, giving a premium for Americans, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tuesday. (AP)
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