Report: Runways lack safety zones
Report: Runways lack safety zones — More than half of U.S. commercial airports, including Boston’s Logan International Airport, don’t have a 1,000-foot margin at the end of a runway, an overrun area the federal government says is needed as a safety zone, according to a new report. (AP)
Holiday travel: take the car — More travelers will be trying to get into fewer airline seats over the holidays, travel analysts said, and more might choose to drive to see family and friends. (CNN)
Felony charge filed against Snoop Dogg in airport weapons case — Rapper Snoop Dogg was charged Thursday with carrying a dangerous weapon — an illegal collapsible baton — at John Wayne International Airport. The Orange County district attorney filed a lone count of felony possession of a deadly weapon against the rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus. (AP)
Northwest discounts holiday tickets — Northwest Airlines launched a holiday fare sale on Thursday, including a handful of “Super Bargain Days” aimed at filling its planes during November and December. (AP)
Probe of Brazil plane crash reportedly reveals controller error — The flight recorder transcript from the executive jet involved in Brazil’s worst air disaster shows that the jet’s American pilots were told by Brazilian air traffic control to fly at the same altitude as a Boeing 737 before the planes collided over the Amazon rainforest, the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported Thursday. (AP)
BA expects no repeat of summer airport chaos — British Airways today said it was confident the long queues at Heathrow that wrecked its summer performance will not be repeated again. (Guardian Unlimited)
Maverick Ryanair plans flying casinos — Ryanair, in the middle of a hostile bid for fellow Irish airline Aer Lingus, is continuing to break ground as a non-conformist operator with plans to turn its planes into flying casinos. (AFP)
DIY boarding pass site gets shut down — A Web site that let anyone with an Internet connection and a printer create fake airline boarding passes has been shut down after federal agents visited the creator. (CNET News.com)
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