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Airlines Raise Flight-Changing Fees
Los Angeles TimesIf you have to change your plans after booking a flight, get ready to pay higher fees. US Airways and United Airlines raised the fee charged to domestic passengers who want to rebook a nonrefundable ticket: It's now $200, up from $150. (The fee could be...Tags: Gary C. Kelly, Travel, Southwest Airlines Co., Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation
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Congress flies blind
What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...
Tags: Steny Hoyer, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011, Breast Cancer
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Furloughs over, so air controllers (and flights) back on schedule
A week after federal officials launched job furloughs at air traffic control towers, the controllers are back on a regular work schedule -- and airline delays are now caused primarily by severe weather. The number of delays over the week averaged...
Tags: Travel, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Security Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, O'Hare International Airport
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Air traffic controllers' furloughs end
The furloughed air traffic controllers are back at work, and now the nation's airlines can blame only bad weather for delays in getting you to your destination. The furloughs that began about a week ago — delaying hundreds of planes across the...
Tags: Travel, Air Transportation Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011, O'Hare International Airport, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Pre-K funding is delivered another blow
States are spending less on pre-kindergarten programs than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The National Institute for Early Education Research released the State of Preschool 2012 report, calling the last school year...
Tags: Education, Schools, Barack Obama, Early Learning, U.S. Congress
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Shuster raps handling of spending cuts in weekly GOP address
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., delivered the Republican weekly address Saturday. Shuster represents the Ninth Congressional District, which includes Franklin and Fulton counties. “This week, many Americans had their flights delayed or canceled...
Tags: Bill Shuster, Air Transportation Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Charlotte, N.C., mayor expected to be nominated for Cabinet
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- President Obama will nominate Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new secretary of Transportation on Monday, a White House official said. If confirmed, Foxx would take charge of a department that has been in the spotlight of late...Tags: Susan Rice, Washington, DC, Air Transportation Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress
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U.S. FAA says air travel system to be normal by Sunday night
ReutersApril 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Saturday it had suspended all employee furloughs and that it expects the U.S. air travel system will return to normal operations by Sunday evening Eastern Time. The suspension...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Unemployment
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LETTER: Add Background Checks To Flight Delays Bill
I was pleased to see that a bill to modify the impacts of sequestration on air traffic was making its way through the legislative process [April 27, News Briefing, "Senate Flight-Delay Bill Advances To House"]. I call on senators to add an amendment to it... -
Bill to end sequester's air travel delays flies through Congress
WASHINGTON — Congress approved a quick fix Friday to end the flight delays snarling the nation's airports, and President Obama will sign the bill when it reaches the White House, showing how swiftly compromise can be found when powerful interests...
Tags: Steny Hoyer, Washington, DC, Budget Control Act of 2011, Unemployment, White House
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Obama chides lawmakers over flight delay fix, budget conflict
ReutersBy Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama chided Republicans on Saturday for approving a plan to ease air-traffic delays caused by federal spending cuts while leaving budget cuts that affect children and the elderly untouched....Tags: Washington, DC, Air Transportation Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress
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WHITE HOUSE SAYS IF PASSED, PRESIDENT WILL SIGN
ReutersWHITE HOUSE SAYS IF PASSED, PRESIDENT WILL SIGN BILL TO END AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER FURLOUGHS THAT CAUSED AIRLINE FLIGHT DELAYS
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