N.Y., N.J. jets hit birds, return safely to airports

A US Airways jet bound for Charlotte, N.C., has made an emergency landing at an upstate New York airport after the pilot reported a bird strike shortly after takeoff.
New York - US Airways - Bird strike - Emergency landing - Aviation

Posted on 11 March 2010 | 5:35 pm

3-hour rule ready to become reality

Starting next month, air travelers will get  protection against tarmac delays of three hours or longer. Whether that’s good, bad or unnecessary is a matter of opinion. By Rob Lovitt

Rob Lovitt - United States - Airline - Astronomy - Government

Posted on 11 March 2010 | 3:36 pm

Japan’s 98th airport opens to fanfare, criticism

Tokyo's third international airport opened Thursday with festivity — and heavy criticism that it's a wasteful project expected to serve just a fraction of the passengers forecast.
Tokyo - Japan - Airport - Aviation - Transportation and Logistics

Posted on 11 March 2010 | 1:12 pm

World airlines see blue skies ahead

Global airlines are undergoing a surprisingly strong recovery with Asian and Latin American carriers leading the way, the leading industry group said Thursday.


Airline - Latin America - Social Sciences - Area Studies - Latin American Studies

Posted on 11 March 2010 | 11:43 am

Behind the scenes, crafting the U.S. no-fly list

It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home. It ends when a person is forbidden to board an airplane.

No Fly List - Terrorism - United States - Security - Recreation

Posted on 10 March 2010 | 4:39 pm

Report: Hawaii hotel market recovering

Hospitality Advisors LLC says hotel occupancy in Hawaii increased during four of the past five months, indicating the market is beginning to recover.
Hawaii - Hotel - Business - Hospitality Advisors LLC - Travel and Tourism

Posted on 10 March 2010 | 2:04 pm

Passenger removed from flight at Miami airport

A flight bound for the Dominican Republic has returned to an airport gate in Miami because of an unruly passenger.
Dominican Republic - Miami International Airport - Aviation - Business - Caribbean

Posted on 10 March 2010 | 2:01 pm

Airlines lobby for help with air traffic upgrades

The Obama administration is weighing help for U.S. airlines to meet the costs of modernizing the air traffic control system, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Tuesday.


Ray LaHood - Air traffic control - United States Secretary of Transportation - United States - Technology

Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:49 pm

1 million volunteers register for free Disney tix

Disney reached its goal Tuesday of getting 1 million people to sign up for a day of volunteer work in exchange for a free one-day ticket to a Disney park.
The Walt Disney Company - Volunteering - Animation - Arts - Production

Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:59 am

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Posted on 10 March 2010 | 8:38 am

Sick ships: Cruises see rise in norovirus cases

More than 400 passengers were sickened by the norovirus on a Celebrity Cruise lines ship in mid-February. That outbreak of gastrointestinal illness is one of eight to hit cruise ships in 2010 — with four in just one week, according to the CDC.

Celebrity Cruise - Cruise ship - Travel - Ship - Cruises

Posted on 10 March 2010 | 8:38 am

Tourists told to avoid weekend protests in Bangkok

Tourists in the Thai capital should brace for more traffic than usual and avoid sites near anti-government protests this weekend that authorities fear could turn violent, the government spokesman said Wednesday.
Bangkok - Thailand - Government - Asia - Thai language

Posted on 10 March 2010 | 8:10 am

Suspect in Newark airport breach pleads guilty

A graduate student from China charged with a security breach in Newark that led to worldwide flight delays pleads guilty and apologizes.

Security - Business - Aviation - Transportation and Logistics - Airports

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 8:13 pm

At airports, keep taking those shoes off — for now

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that technology currently available doesn't allow screeners to adequately examine what is in someone's shoes while the person is wearing them.
Janet Napolitano - United States Secretary of Homeland Security - United States - Technology - Homeland Security Department

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 5:39 pm

Airlines improve on-time performance

U.S. airlines have their best January in four years, when it comes to arriving on time.
United States - Airline - Business - Continental Airlines - US Airways

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 3:09 pm

Airport security flaws exposed at duty free

Security has been tightened at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after a team of investigative journalists smuggled bottles of liquid onto passenger jets bound for London and Washington, D.C.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - Washington D.C. - Duty-free shop - Business - London

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 2:01 pm

Continental CEO will cancel flights before fines

Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers.


Continental Airlines - Airline - United States - Recreation - Aviation

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 1:16 pm

JetBlue, Delta ask for tarmac rule exemptions

JetBlue and Delta want temporary exemptions from a new government rule that will limit the time passengers can be held on the tarmac.
JetBlue Airways - Delta - United States - Airline - Recreation

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 10:54 am

Plane with engine trouble lands at Calif. airport

A United Airlines spokeswoman says a plane carrying 15 passengers and three crew members has arrived safely at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in central California after experiencing mechanical trouble.
United Airlines - California - Fresno Yosemite International Airport - Business - Aviation

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 1:50 am

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Posted on 8 March 2010 | 7:22 pm

Major rock slide closes I-70 in western Colo.

A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch of the highway in western Colorado.

Colorado - Landslide - Interstate 70 - United States - Colorado Department of Transportation

Posted on 8 March 2010 | 7:22 pm

Ground zero hotel wants to attract 9/11 tourists

Looking down into the construction site covering the 16 acres where the World Trade Center once stood, some might see a place shadowed by death. But Cheryl Palmer sees a rebirth.

World Trade Center - Construction - Hotel - September 11 2001 - Terrorism

Posted on 8 March 2010 | 6:51 pm

Animal rights' group urges Alaska tourism boycott

An animal rights' group is calling for a tourism boycott of Alaska over a recent decision to remove buffer zones for wolf trapping near Denali National Park.


Alaska - Denali National Park and Preserve - Animal rights - Denali National Park - National park

Posted on 8 March 2010 | 6:33 pm

United Airlines says storms cost it $40 million

United Airlines says last month's back-to-back winter storms along the East Coast cost it $40 million in revenue, trumping smaller weather-related revenue losses reported by other U.S. carriers.
United States - United Airlines - East Coast of the United States - Airline - US Airways

Posted on 8 March 2010 | 5:38 pm

US Airways slapped with $40,000 fine

US Airways was handed a $40,000 civil penalty by the U.S. Department of Transportation Monday for not disclosing the full price travelers had to pay.
US Airways - United States Department of Transportation - Airline - United States - Transportation

Posted on 8 March 2010 | 12:55 pm

Jet with 74 aboard makes emergency landing

Officials say a jet carrying 74 people made an emergency landing at the Aspen, Colo., airport after smoke entered the pilot's cabin.
Emergency landing - Aviation - Aspen Colorado - Business - Transportation and Logistics

Posted on 8 March 2010 | 9:36 am

Smoke forces JetBlue flight back to Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican officials say a JetBlue flight bound for Florida with 39 passengers on board was forced to return to San Juan after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.


Puerto Rico - Caribbean - San Juan Puerto Rico - JetBlue Airways - United States

Posted on 6 March 2010 | 3:42 pm

U.S. upgrading security with more scanners

The Transportation Security Administration is fielding a second, more widespread wave of full-body scanners at U.S. airports.

Transportation Security Administration - United States - Scanners - Peripherals - Hardware

Posted on 5 March 2010 | 8:07 pm

Stomach bug strikes again on S.C. cruise ship

Passengers have again fallen ill with a stomach bug aboard a cruise ship hit by a virus last month on its previous trip from South Carolina.
South Carolina - Cruise ship - Travel - Cruises - Specialty Travel

Posted on 5 March 2010 | 12:01 pm

Aussie man charged with assaulting Qantas crew

An Australian man has been charged with attacking a fellow passenger and threatening a flight attendant on a Qantas flight this week from Tokyo to Sydney.
Australia - Tokyo - Qantas - Flight attendant - Asia

Posted on 5 March 2010 | 11:54 am

Kids in the tower the newest strike against JFK

Some passengers say JFK just can’t do right, claiming the congestion, failed slot auctions, runway closures — and now kids in the tower — are all symptoms of a greater ill that plagues the airport.

John F. Kennedy International Airport - Runway - United States - Business - Airport

Posted on 5 March 2010 | 9:54 am

Tourism measure draws mixed industry reviews

The U.S. travel industry is hoping that a new tourism law will reverse a decline in international travelers to the country in recent years and create jobs, but some say the measure could backfire.
Travel - United States - Tourism - Business - Hospitality

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 5:36 pm

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Posted on 4 March 2010 | 5:36 pm

Continental adds flights from California to Hawaii

Continental Airlines Inc. said on Thursday it would add new flights to Hawaii beginning on Sunday.
Hawaii - United States - Continental Airlines - Travel and Tourism - Science and Environment

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 5:33 pm

Feb. storms cost airlines up to $100 million

The snow from last month's storms along the East Coast has melted in most places, but not where it matters most for airlines — their financial ledgers.
East Coast of the United States - Snow - Airline - United States - Transportation

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 5:01 pm

Quarantined cruise ship allowed to unload

Health authorities have allowed passengers to leave a cruise ship that had been quarantined in southeastern Brazil after hundreds were stricken with vomiting and diarrhea.
Diarrhea - Foodborne illness - Cruise ship - Travel - Health

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 3:19 pm

Cruise ship passengers recount deadly waves

Monstrous waves that smashed into a Mediterranean cruise ship flooded cabins, broke windows in a restaurant and sent terrified travelers screaming for doctors, passengers said Thursday.

Cruise ship - Mediterranean Sea - Travel - Recreation - Specialty Travel

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 12:29 pm

UN asks fliers to donate $2 to fight AIDS

With a simple click, U.S. travelers buying airline tickets via some travel agencies and Internet sites can now donate $2 or more to fight AIDS in developing countries.
AIDS - Travel agency - Website - Developing country - Travel

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 11:55 am

Rome airport tries new body scanner

Rome's main airport is trying out Italy's first body scanner at a terminal that serves U.S. airliners.
United States - Aviation - Airports - Transportation and Logistics - Business

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 11:51 am

Thailand offers tourists free insurance

Thailand is continuing to offer insurance coverage worth $10,000 to anyone harmed in riots and demonstrations as it seeks to attract tourists scared off by political turmoil.


Insurance - Thailand - Asia - Travel and Tourism - Business and Economy

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 11:42 am

O’Hare lax on security, ex-chief charges

O'Hare airport's former chief of security accused city officials in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday of ignoring his repeated warnings about lax security at one of the world's busiest airports.


World's busiest airport - O'Hare International Airport - Lawsuit - Federal Aviation Administration - Security

Posted on 4 March 2010 | 11:18 am

JFK tower allowed kids to direct air traffic

An air traffic controller at JFK was suspended after his young son was permitted to give radio instructions to pilots. NBC News has learned the controller brought his daughter into the tower the next night.

John F. Kennedy International Airport - Air traffic control - Control tower - Technology - Aerospace

Posted on 3 March 2010 | 7:25 pm