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On the Spot: Why seating on flights is up in the air
Question: Can an airline bump passengers from previously purchased, extra-legroom seats? Last summer we checked in online for a United Airlines Boston-to-San Francisco flight and learned that we had been bumped back to regular coach from our previously...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Air Transportation, Travel, Air Transportation Delays
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On the Spot: Dealing with a lost passport? What you should know.
This post has a correction. See below for details.Question: My girlfriend lost her passport on March 17 on a United Airlines flight. Someone in United's customer service team called on April 10 and left me a voicemail saying they had it. I accidentally deleted the voicemail. Since then she has called...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Consumers, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Politics
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Senator: USS Somerset should be commissioned in Philadelphia port
Daily American Staff WriterU.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is asking that the commissioning ceremony for the USS Somerset be held in Philadelphia. Toomey, R-Pa., wrote to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. In his letter Toomey said that he has received information that the Navy cleared...Tags: Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Human Interest
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Airline seats leave little room for legs
After returning from vacation in the Phoenix area last year, I complained that United Airlines lost my golf clubs and it took half my trip to get them back. My griping triggered a more interesting follow-up column about a Bethlehem man who was charged...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Photography and Video, Sports, Golf, Travel
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Boeing says planned 787 Dreamliner battery fixes rid fire risk
Boeing Co. said its planned fixes for the issues with its lithium-ion battery systems on the 787 Dreamliner passenger jet removes any related risk of a fire breaking out. Speaking to reporters from Tokyo, Boeing officials addressed concerns about...
Tags: Japan, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, The New York Times, Transportation Industry
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A birthday to remember
After sneezing and coughing until it felt like I’d see a lung fly out onto the floor, I got a ride to the Newark Airport to get home to see Laura for her 5th birthday. Laura is my youngest’s youngest, and she has transformed quickly from...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Germany, Carol Burnett
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Public invited to register for tree planting at Flight 93 memorial
Daily American Staff WriterLast April more than 600 volunteers braved rain and winds to plant thousands of tree seedlings along the approach road to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stonycreek Township. Volunteers are being invited to again dress for cold, windy, wet and muddy...Tags: Travel, Forestry and Timber, National Parks, Gardens and Parks, Human Interest
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Bears to sell naming rights to Halas Hall renovations
The Bears have met with major Chicago businesses over the last month to sell naming rights to added space at their Lake Forest headquarters. The team is soliciting a 10-year title sponsorship that is estimated to bring in anywhere from several hundreds...
Tags: New York Giants, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Soldier Field, Chicago Bears, Dan Pompei
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New airline fees just keep coming
If you think air carriers have run out of ideas for new fees to charge passengers, think again. Among the fees airlines have announced in the past few weeks are a charge to zip through airport screening gates and board early, a fee to watch streaming...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Air Transportation, Southwest Airlines Co., Travel
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SpaceX set to launch supply rocket to space station on Friday
Hawthorne-based rocket maker SpaceX is targeting Friday as the launch date for the next NASA cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station. The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., performed a successful resupply...
Tags: SpaceX, Space Programs, NASA, Pacific Ocean, Science and Technology
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United responds to grounding of Dreamliner
Minutes after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of Boeing's 787, the only U.S.-based airline to operate the plane vowed to comply. The so-called Dreamliner has endured a series of mechanical problems over the last few weeks....Tags: Japan, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration
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Supervisors order review of efforts to stem new flights at LAX
L.A. NOWThe Board of Supervisors asked county officials to determine whether Los Angeles airport officials have complied with a 2006 court settlement that required them to disperse the growth in flights at busy LAX to other airports in the region....
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