Business traveler: Before the holidays, the system works as it should (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Persons with mobility impairments should contact the airline before the flight to arrange for assistance. In addition, those requiring special diets may wish to pack snacks or contact the airline to request special meals. Travel-related sinus and ear problems may be prevented with use of an oral or nasal decongestant 30 to 40 minutes before departure time. Some returning travelers may require treatment for barotrauma.
Business traveler: Before the holidays, the system works as it should (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
You already know, I'm sure, that this has been a terrible year for air travel, with record delays and cancellations, planes flying more full than ever in a system without slack. But business travelers, who are hitting the road in force again after the summer lull, know a little secret. This time of the year, with the children back in school and leisure travelers generally at home, the system ...
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Executives bypass airline delays, security lines to pilot own planes (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
When a meeting with clients runs late, Andy Davidson doesn't have to worry that his plane will leave without him. Instead of impatiently waiting in long security lines or silently waging war over a shared airplane armrest, Davidson can walk straight to his own six-seater, climb into the cockpit and take off. Davidson, the owner of a New York-based financial consulting business, is a member of a ...
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Travel Briefs (San Jose Mercury News)
AIRLINES Soon, no boarding pass - just scan a cell phone Major airlines have agreed on a standard that will allow travelers to check in using a bar code sent to their cell phones, the International Air Transport Association said at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Security contractors shoot at taxi, wounding 3 iraqis (International Herald Tribune)
Private security contractors fired into a crowded taxi as it approached their convoy of sport utility vehicles in northern Iraq on Thursday.
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Annoyances now part of airline travel (Portsmouth Herald)
Facing late flights, lost luggage, overbooked flights and tedious security procedures where many have to all but undress, the weary business travelers plod on.
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Bhutto Had Scant Security Before Blasts: Reporter's Notebook (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- `Gia! Gia! Gia Bhutto!'' or ``Long live Bhutto.'' ``Bhutto is still alive,'' the throngs of supporters sang. The slogans were jarring given a Taliban commander's promise to send suicide bombers to greet Bhutto at the airport and other threats to Benazir Bhutto's life.
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A slightly edited version of a story published in the October 15 edition of Travel Agent magazine. (The Jamaica Observer)
These are the surface elements of a family business in growth mode, one that has evolved from a single property in Montego Bay more than 26 years ago to a full-scale resort company that now offers 12 Sandals Resorts, four Beaches Resorts and two Royal Plantation Resorts across five Caribbean islands.
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Bhutto Had Scant Security Before Blasts: Reporter's Notebook (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- `Gia! Gia! Gia Bhutto!'' or ``Long live Bhutto.'' ``Bhutto is still alive,'' the throngs of supporters sang.
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Manchin racks up expenses for air travel (Charleston Daily Mail)
Just like the classic country tune, Gov. Joe Manchin has been everywhere, man, especially since taking office in 2005. Most of his journeys have been aboard taxpayer-funded state aircraft intended to accommodate the governor and his staff on business-related trips.
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Arms Continue To Flow into Darfur Despite Embargo (EuropaWorld)
The Sudanese Government and rebel groups in Darfur have continued to violate the Security Council arms embargo, sending heavy weapons, small arms, ammunition and other military equipment into the war-torn region over the past year, says a panel of experts in a new report.
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Business traveler: Before the holidays, the system works as it should (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Travelers needing medical attention in a foreign country should avoid receiving any injections or blood transfusions unless the situation is life-threatening, because sterile conditions cannot be ensured.
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