Southwest settles wrongful death suit
Southwest settles wrongful death suit — Southwest Airlines has settled a lawsuit with the family of a boy who was killed in 2005 when a plane skidded off the runway into traffic at a Chicago airport, the airline said Wednesday. (Business Journal)
Study: business travel costs up — Business travel costs substantially increased over the past two years, according to the 2006 American Express Business Travel Monitor, which tracks airfares, hotel rates and car rental fees booked by the company’s corporate clients. (AP)
Senator calls for airport employee screening — Sen. Charles Schumer called Wednesday for tougher screening of airport employees, citing recent criminal charges against three baggage handlers in Florida. (AP)
Falling traffic starts to cost hotels — Hotels have been emptier, but coffers have been fuller. Until now. The latest monthly report shows rising room rates are no longer compensating for falling occupancy. (Business Journal)
Priceline’s missing connection — Her sister’s first flight on Delta Air Lines to Corpus Christi, Texas, is canceled. Her second one is delayed and by the time she’s cleared for takeoff, she has missed her job interview, so decides to stay home. Now Marie Darna wants her money back. But what, if anything, does her online agency owe her? (Christopher Elliott on Tripso)
Customer accused of stealing rental car — A 26-year-old Hartford man pleaded innocent Tuesday to misdemeanor charges that he failed to return a Jeep he rented from a Thrifty Auto agency in White River Junction. (Rutland Herald)
Report: online travel market to hit $146 billion by ‘10 — U.S. customers spent $79 billion on online travel last year, according to a new report released today by eMarketer. The research firm predicts that spending in this category will grow at around 17% a year for the next five years, totaling $146 billion by 2010. (Mediapost)
Cruise passengers sickened on Portland sailing — Twenty-six passengers and seven crew members fell ill on the Empress of the North cruise ship during a five-day Columbia River sailing from Portland that left March 16. (Oregonian)
American attendant plan protest — The union representing American Airlines flight attendants is planning nationwide protests of bonuses to be paid out to senior executives this month. The American Flight Attendant Union said Wednesday that it’s organizing protest picketing events at all of American’s flight attendant bases on April 13. (Business Journal)
Carrie Charney, Christopher Elliott, John Frenaye, Charles Leocha, Marge Purnell, Valerie Schneider, Mary Staley, Stephanus Surjaputra, Richard Wong.
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