Air Travel
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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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United Airlines cuts early boarding for families with children
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The national carrier is set to end a long-standing policy that allows for families with small children to board their planes before general boarding begins.
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Should families with kids be able to board planes first? (poll)
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Just in time for summer vacation, a new report says United Airlines will not allow families with children to board early anymore. Do you agree? Take our poll.
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Extra fees for sitting together on planes continue to grow
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If you're flying this summer, be prepared to kiss your family goodbye at the gate. Even if they're on the same plane.
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U.S. Airways Flight 787 diverted due to security scare
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U.S. Airways Flight 787 from Paris, France to Charlotte, N.C. was diverted to Maine on Tuesday afternoon after an incident on board.
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Virgin Atlantic Airlines plans to allow in-flight cell phone calls
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A international airline carrier may soon allow passenger to make and take calls on their cell phones while in-flight.
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Cell phones allowed on planes: Would you take that flight? (Poll)
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Virgin Atlantic has become the first airline to allow for the use of cell phones for calls and text messaging while in flight. Would you take a flight on which it's allowed? Take our poll.
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Virgin Atlantic allows cell phones in flight
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Passengers on certain Virgin Atlantic flights are now able to use their cell phones to make and receive phone calls at 35,000 feet, the airline announced Tuesday.
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Virgin America at Reagan Airport coming later this summer
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Virgin America will soon make its debut at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as part of a new fleet of long-range flights departing out of DCA.
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BWI evacuated due to 'unusual odor,' officials say
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Passengers are being allowed back into all terminals at Baltimore-Washington International Airport after several piers were evacuated due to an unusual odor early Monday morning, officials say.
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Toddler on no-fly list, family doesn't plan legal action
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A computer glitch is apparently to blame for a toddler being on the U.S. no-fly list, and after the girl was pulled off a plane in South Florida, they don't plan to take any legal action.
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Air travel expected to increase this summer, report says
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In its yearly summer travel forecast, Airlines for America predicts that more than 26 million people are set to take the skies to get to their vacation destination over the next three months.
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Southwest Airlines flights halted by bomb threat
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Authorities say two Southwest Airlines flights with ties to Phoenix and Orange County's John Wayne Airport were grounded following a threatening phone call.
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Summer travel season: How do you like to get around? (Poll)
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With the summer travel season right around the corner, do you prefer getting to your destination through the air, on the rails or on the ground? Take our poll.
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America's best and worst airports: BWI places high, Dulles disliked
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Flying into or out of BWI? You're bound to be a happy traveler. We can't say the same about Dulles, though, based on a new Travel & Leisure survey.
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Best seat on an airplane: 6A, says Skyscanner survey
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It's either very rare or will cost you a pretty penny to get the exact seat you want on your next flight, but on the off chance you get to pick, you'd probably be best suited nabbing seat 6A.
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U.S. Airways, American Airlines merger could come soon, report says
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Two of the nation's most prominent airlines, American and U.S. Airways, could be close to merging after a labor deal was struck that could see American, which has been mired in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, be taken over.
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Plane with unconscious pilot crashes into Gulf of Mexico
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A plane with an unconscious pilot at the controls has reportedly crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, ABC News reports.
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