Air Travel

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Sleep Boxes: Coming To An Airport Near You?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, Airports, Sleep Box, Travel, Napping, Naps, Sleep, Yelo, Metronaps, Living News

A Moscow-based company has just released its concept "Sleep Box"--a capsule mini-hotel that you can rent for 15 minutes or longer. Perfect for sneaking in a rejuvenating nap.

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Top 8 Items To Make Your Travels Easier, Safer & Healthier

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Travel Items, Travel Expert, Rack Trap, Teresa Rodriguez Williamson, La Fresh Travel Towelettes, Chic Buds, Jetset Extra, Flip Video, Travel Tips, Air Travel, Holiday Travel, Holiday News, Style News

I just got back from a grueling trip to Europe. After thousands of miles of travel, I have found some great items that have really helped me out.

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Rule For New Planes Means More Airbags

NPR | By Adam Hochberg | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Passengers, Air Travel, Passenger Safety, Flight Safety, Faa, Amsafe, Plane Crashes, Seatbelts, Airbags, Airbags on Planes, Travel, Airlines, Flying, Flights, New Rule, Home News

AmSafe is supplying the product to most major U.S. airlines to help comply with a new government crash standard. The rule has been phased in slowly ov...

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Air Travel Made Greener: 4 Tips

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Fuel, Carbon Emissions, Luggage, Green, Airplanes, Travel, Air Travel, Paper, Recycling, Carbon Offsets, Waste, Plastic, Flight, Planes, Weight Loss, Sierra Club, Airlines, Reducing Waste, Customer Service, Baggage, Green News

Though air travel is unavoidable at times, there are a few things responsible travelers can do to make flights greener.

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O'Hare, Midway Delays Among Country's Longest

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: O'Hare, Chicago Airports, Air Travel, Flight Delays, Midway Delays, Midway Airport, O'hare Delays, Chicago Flight Delays, Chicago News

But if you're waiting in Chicago, your wait could be a long one -- the average wait for a delayed flight at a Chicago airport was 65.7 minutes....

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Airport Carbon Offset Kiosks Coming To A City Near You?

treehugger.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Airports, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Gavin Newsom, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Offsets, Air Travel, San Francisco, San Francisco-California, Green News

Personally, while carbon offsets may not be an ideal solution in the long-term, nor a substitute for developing ways to avoid the carbon emissions bei...

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Airlines To Begin Asking Passengers For More Information

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: FBI Watch List, Department of Homeland Security, Air Travel, Airports, Fbi, Airport Security, Airlines, Avaiation Security, Politics News

U.S. airlines on Saturday will begin asking travelers to provide their birth date and sex for the first time under a new aviation security requirement...

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Iran's "Flying Coffins"

Ali Delforoush | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Airplanes, Airports, Us-Sanctions-Iran, Iran, Air Travel, Airlines, Iranian Airlines, World News

Until politicians in Washington take a closer look at the unintended consequences of our Iran policy, it is the people of Iran who will suffer the most.

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A Travel Writer in Defense of the CLEAR Card

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, CLEAR Card, Airports, Jim Moroney, Entrepreneurs, David Castelveter, Traveling, Teresa Rodriguez Williamson, Living News

It sucks. I am bummed that I have to get back in line with the screaming kids, bitching seniors, and rowdy teenagers. But then again, I could always just stay at home.

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What Is First Class Travel Really Like?

Chris Guillebeau | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Aonc, Air Travel, Travel, Chris Guillebeau, First Class, Living News

Domestic First Class isn't much to get excited about. Things get a lot more exciting (sometimes) when you head overseas on long-haul flights.

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Talk to Me -- So I Can Have a Good Trip!

Terry Gardner | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Flight Delays, Air Travel, Airline Clubs, Good Communication Matters, Living News

For a quick weekend trip, you want your travel to be hassle-free. The secret to my success and the reason for others distress boiled down to good communication versus poor communication.

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If Pigs Could Fly: Traveling in a Time of Swine Flu

Sandip Roy | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Singapore, Nepal, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Mexico, Airports, Travel, Usa, Health, Kathmandu, Air Travel, Swine Flu Mexico, World News

All US-bound passengers were handed a little gift bag. I thought it had the usual toothbrush, toothpaste and socks. Instead we got 1 disposable thermometer, 2 surgical masks and 3 wipes.

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A Note to Married Fliers

Terry Gardner | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Airplanes, Airports, Travel, Air Travel, Living News

Last Thursday on a night flight back from Maui to Los Angeles, it happened again. This must have been the sixth or seventh time a married woman reque...

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Bird Strike Worries Complicate New York's Garbage Plan

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Air Travel, Environment, Bird Strike, Animals, Garbage, New York, Green News

WASHINGTON — About 700 yards from the end of a LaGuardia Airport runway, where thousands of planes take off and land, New York officials want to...

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Memorial Day Travel Awards: Best and Worst on the Road

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 06.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Hotels, Travel, Memorial Day, Airlines, Air Travel, New York, Style News

Dial7.com are always on time even to hard to find addresses in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. I wish there was a worldwide Dial7.

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Not Fit to Fly

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, Buffalo Plane Crash, Sleep Deprivation, Public Safety, Ntsb, Sleep, Living News

17 hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol-level of 0.05%. Too bad "sleepy driving" doesn't have the same buzz to it as "drunk driving."

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Unfortunate Air Travel

William Hamilton | Posted 06.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Air Travel, Airplanes, Comics, Commerical Airlines, Comedy News

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Flu Symptoms Divert International Flight, Waste Fuel

wbztv.com | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Air Travel, Energy, Fuel, Swine Flu Panic, Swine Flu, Waste, Green News

United flight 903 from Munich to Dulles made an emergency stop in Boston because a 53-year-old woman was complaining of feeling ill. ...

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Masks for Sale

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 05.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Disease, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Travel, Air Travel, Face Masks, Activia Yogurt, Living News

As I travel on my first airplane trip during this flu crisis, I am immediately taken with the advertising possibilities. I am, after all, the walking advertisement for good digestive health as the Activia Lady.

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Swine Flu: What Travelers Should Know

New York Times | Michelle Higgins | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Swine Flu, Mexico, Travel, World Travel, Air Travel, Swine Flu Travel, Swine-Flu-Travelers, World News

The first and more obvious is personal safety: is this a time to stay home and not risk any unnecessary travel, particularly to Mexico? The second is ...

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Eat Well, Be Green and Cut Costs When Traveling

Laura Trice | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Travel, Air Travel, Nutrition, Airplanes, Flight Delays, Living News

The key to eating well when traveling is to plan ahead, know what you want, and prepare.

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Fix the Airlines Instead of Bailing Out Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Indianapolis, Wall Street Bailout, Small Business, Sales, Ronald Reagan, Img, Faa, Business Travelers, Bailouts, Cincinnati, Travel, Airport Security, Business, Southwest Airlines, Air-Traffic-Control, Airport Delays, Memphis, Dayton, Louisville, Marketing, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Bill Clinton, Air Traffic Control, Mark McCormick, United Airlines, Washington DC, Airports, Don McNay, Harvard Business School, American Airlines, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Los Angeles, Knoxville, Bermuda, Business Travel, Deregulation, Jimmy Carter, Entrepreneurship, Airlines, Productivity, Chris Rock, Business News

I used to schedule an out of town trip then meetings the next day. Now I can't. I am not sure if I will get back or if I will get home exhausted and stressed.

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European Planes To Land Differently, Reduce Emissions

AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Air Travel, Europe, Pollution, Reducing Emissions, Green News

GENEVA — Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emi...

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Too Much Information!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Boeing, T.M.I., Air Travel Hassles, American Airlines, Too Much Information, Air Travel, Honesty, Business News

When is enough of a good thing way too much? When you're flying American (AMR). Somewhere along the line somebody must have done a focus group or some...

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US Airlines May Have Reached Limit On New Fees

CNBC | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Air Travel, Us Airlines New Fees, Airline Fees, Travel, Airlines, Airline Fees Limit, Business News

It's been a long time coming, but it seems U.S. airlines finally may have reached a limit on new fees they can charge for in-flight perks that used to...

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