100 holiday ideas for 2010: Green (Independent)

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Canada's Airlines Face a Privacy Dilemma (Slashdot)

Interoperable writes "Canada's airlines are caught between a rock and a hard place in the face of new US regulations that require them to collect and hand over personal information about passengers. Handing over information regarding a passenger's name, gender and birth-date may violate Canadian privacy laws but merely flying over American airspace is conditional on doing exactly that. It seems ...

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Amid Senate investigation, some e-retailers check out of membership clubs (InternetRetailer.com)

“We are not planning on continuing these programs after Dec. 31, 2009,” Jeff Wisot, vice president of marketing at Buy.com, tells Internet Retailer . Although Wisot didn’t elaborate, other retailers say they have terminated participation in the membership clubs to focus on other strategies that offer customers more value.

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Investigators scrutinize Yemeni American cleric's ties to plane suspect (Washington Post)

SANAA, YEMEN -- Investigators of the Christmas Day attempt to bring down a U.S. airliner are increasingly focused on the role of a radical Yemeni American cleric previously linked to the Fort Hood shootings, suspecting that he may have been involved in guiding the Nigerian man charged in last week's...

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Japan Airlines shares plunge (Guardian Unlimited)

Government ministers hold crisis talks as Asia's biggest carrier considers filing for bankruptcy Shares in Japan Airlines plunged to a record low today amid rumours that Asia's biggest carrier could file for bankruptcy in an attempt to turn around its failing business. The transport minister, Seiji Maehara, and other cabinet ministers were this evening holding crisis talks to discuss JAL's ...

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Virgin America Announces 48-Hour Fare Sale for Winter Travel (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Virgin America, the California-based airline, today announced a 48-hour fare sale featuring even lower fares on the airline that's reinventing flying. Â Guests are encouraged to book today and see for themselves why Virgin America was named "Best Domestic Airline" in Conde Nast Traveler's Readers Choice Awards for the second consecutive year by over 20,000 readers.

12 airlines commit to use alternative aviation fuel (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News)

A core group of airlines has signed groundbreaking memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with two different producers - AltAir Fuels LLC and Rentech, Inc. - for a future supply of alternative aviation fuel. The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) said 12 airlines from the United States, Canada, Germany and Mexico Air Canada, American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, FedEx Express ...

Alaska Airlines Pilots Take Care Of Their Own (The Aero-News Network)

Alaska Pilots Raise Funds, Distribute Checks to Furloughees T'is the season... as ALPA tells us that Alaska Airlines' furloughed pilots recently received a holiday gift from their fellow pilots in the form of a check. In a little more than a month, Alaska Airlines' pilots--joined by some of Alaska Airlines' crew schedulers and planners and management--contributed $24,000 to the Furloughed Pilots ...

Virgin Airlines Moves Closer to Providing First Time Mile High Experience - VIDEO ENHANCED (The Auto Channel)

AUTO CENTRAL - December 29, 2009: Lost in this month's excitement over the first flight of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner was Richard Branson's unveiling on Monday, December 7th of SpaceShipTwo at Mojave Spaceport, California. 800 press, future astronauts and VIP guests gathered in the desert for a press conference and to view the roll out of a real dreamliner, the world’s first commercial spaceline.

Pacific Blue airlines offers direct Auckland-Cairns flight (People's Daily)

The Pacific Blue airlines is taking on Air New Zealand on the Auckland to Cairns route. The New Zealand arm of Virgin Blue announced on Wednesday that it would start twice-weekly return flights, on Tuesday and Saturday, from March 23. With over 30,000 visitors from New Zealand heading to north Queensland every year, Virgin Blue chief executive Brett Godfrey said the new services would not only ...

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US STOCKS-Market slips; airlines fall amid security worries (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

* Holiday shopping better than expected, data shows * Airlines slide after explosives attempt * Dow off 0.06 pct, S&P off 0.2 pct, Nasdaq off 0.06 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news, click STXNEWS/US By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Dec 28 - U.S. stocks dipped on Monday as airline shares faltered amid security worries, while losses were limited by retail shopping data indicating improved ...

US STOCKS-Market slips; airlines fall amid security worries (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

* Holiday shopping better than expected, data shows * Airlines slide after explosives attempt * Dow off 0.06 pct, S&P off 0.2 pct, Nasdaq off 0.06 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news, click STXNEWS/US By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Dec 28 - U.S. stocks dipped on Monday as airline shares faltered amid security worries, while losses were limited by retail shopping data indicating improved ...

US STOCKS-Wall St gains on holiday sales data; airlines slide (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

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US STOCKS-Wall St gains on holiday sales data; airlines slide (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

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Ivana Trump Kicked Off Delta Airlines Flight (TheCelebrityCafe.com)

The woman couldn't handle noisy kids. Justin Key We all know that children on planes can be pretty annoying, but Ivana Trump must have a special hate in her heart. The ex-wife of Donald Trump was forced off a Delta Airlines flight Saturday that was preparing to depart Palm Beach International Airport for New York. According to the Associated Press, the 60-year-old woman got fed up when a few ...

AP: Man removed from flight posed no security threat (Chicago Tribune)

 A law enforcement official says the man removed from a Sunday flight to Detroit posed no security risk to the plane. The official says the passenger was taken into custody after becoming verbally disruptive on landing. Subsequent interviews by investigators determined he was a businessman who became ill during the flight. The official was not authorized to discuss the investigation and ...

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Major Asian airlines pamper passengers (Business Times (Malaysia))

HONG KONG: What do you do when passengers do not fly as much as they used to? In the US, many airlines have responded to the drop-off in travellers by tacking on charges for meals, headphones and other things that were once part of a ticket - even as they have drawn fire for letting service levels slide. But extra niceness is the approach adopted by many carriers in the Asia-Pacific region ...

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