Air Travel
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Dulles marks 50th anniversary
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It was 50 years ago Saturday that then-President Kennedy dedicated Washington Dulles International Airport in what was then the far outskirts of northern Virginia.
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United Airlines flights delayed due to computer glitch
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Passengers in several cities say a massive computer outage has stranded United Airlines passengers at airports across the country.
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New York-bound flights canceled: American, United scrap flights ahead of storm
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Major airlines, including American and United, are scrapping flights in and out of the New York area ahead of the second significant storm in little more than a week.
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Thanksgiving airline travel to be costlier, group says
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Travelers can expect airports to be busier and planes to be fuller than ever this Thanksgiving. And flights will be costlier.
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Northeast travel slowly resumes
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Planes are back in the air and returning to the East Coast, but thanks to Sandy it's far from a full schedule.
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Flights grounded due to Sandy
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Hurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast Tuesday and upended travel plans across the globe, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe.
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Russia plane crash pilots were drunk, officials say
CommentRussia's investigative agency says both the pilots of a plane that crashed last month in Russia's far east, killing 10 people, were drunk. The investigation now centers on who let the pilots actually get on the plane.
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American Airlines seats come loose on six planes
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American Airlines says passenger seats on a flight came loose as the plane was airborne, and it's continuing to inspect other jets with similar seating.
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American Airlines flight cancellations: Sickouts, work orders hamper airline
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Hundreds of the carrier's flights have either been canceled or delayed over the past week because of a pair of issues - a spike in both mechanical work orders and pilot sick calls.
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Lufthansa strike leads to wide-scale flight cancellations
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Lufthansa is apologizing to customers ahead of time for the widespread disruption expected Friday during a 24-hour walkout by flight attendants. Lufthansa has canceled about 1,200 flights Friday, two-thirds of its schedule.
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Airport bird strikes continue to worry passengers, pilots
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With more planes and more large birds flying around, passengers and pilots are becoming more concerned about bird strikes. A Department of Transportation study reports 75 incidents involving large birds and planes at Dulles and BWI within the last five years.
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Fire stops flights temporarily at DC airports
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Flights were stopped for about 25 minutes Sunday morning at Reagan National, Dulles International and BWI Marshall airports due to a fire at an air traffic control facility.
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Fliers' rights: knowing the rules
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Exactly what sort of rights do fliers have? They’re all clearly spelled out in a 45 page document called a contract of carriage.
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Cheaper airfares set to come by September?
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Just last week, the prospects for cheap airfares were bleak. Now, some experts believe that come September, travel prices will drop like a rock.
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Norwegian man tied to possible summer terror threat, sources say
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Al-Qaida has reportedly recruited a Norwegian man to bring down an airplane, with the attack timed to coincide with the upcoming summer games.
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TSA agent spilled grandfather's ashes, Indiana man says
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An Indiana man wants to be issued an apology after he says a Florida TSA agent spilled his grandfather's ashes at a security checkpoint.
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Washington Post: Air traffic control regulations violated
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Regulations meant to keep air traffic controllers from dozing off on duty have been violated thousands of times, according to The Washington Post.
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Senator Charles Schumer asks airlines to allow family seating
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A New York senator is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying an extra fee to do so.
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