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Recycling encouragement, new air service highlight Washington County in 2012
Editor’s note: As we usher out 2012 and welcome 2013, The Herald-Mail has prepared a package of year-end stories that provide short recaps of some of the top stories of the year past. These stories will be published each day through New Year’...
Tags: United Air Lines, Local Elections, Elections, Politics, Roxbury
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Letters to the Editor - Aug. 27
Carriers face many obstacles at local airport To the editor: As a lifelong resident of Washington County and a commercial/corporate pilot with a 40-year history of flying from the Washington County airport, I feel compelled to comment on the recent...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation, Travel, Amusement and Theme Parks, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Chicago airports, airlines lag nation in April
April was a lousy month for Chicago air travelers to get where they're going on time, according to the latest U.S. transportation department statistics released Thursday. O'Hare International Airport ranked last among major U.S. airports in getting...
Tags: Transportation, United Air Lines, Qatar, Air Transportation Industry, Travel
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Thank You: Sunflower Elementary career day kudos
Sunflower Elementary School recently had a career day on May 31. We arranged to have presenters from various business professions to share information about their individual careers. Each child at Sunflower was able to select three presentations they...Tags: Parent Organizations
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United's social media efforts getting off the ground
Above downtown Chicago, on the 28th floor of Willis Tower, United Airlines employees stare at double-paneled computer monitors and communicate with the world without speaking. Members of the social media team at United are sometimes dealing one-on-one...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., United Air Lines, Travel, American Airlines, Inc., Continental Airlines
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Bomb threats: Often hoaxes, always annoying, but sometimes real
No bombs, so life will go on. Again. As it does. Princeton University exhaled after police determined that a vague phone threat made to multiple buildings on the campus turned out to be an apparent hoax. But before the campus could relax, the people...
Tags: University of New Hampshire, Bombings, Princeton University, Colleges and Universities, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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READER SUBMITTED: Wings For Autism Comes To Bradley International Airport
Greater HartfordOn Saturday, June 15, Autism Families CONNECTicut (AFC) is hosting Wings for Autism, a social learning experience for children and teens with autism, at Bradley International Airport. Wings for Autism is a program created by the Charles River Autism...Tags: American School for the Deaf, Travel, Behavioral Conditions, Amusement and Theme Parks, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Bomb threat to Southwest plane from LAX under investigation
The FBI on Tuesday continued to investigate a bomb threat that prompted an airliner to make an unscheduled landing after leaving Los Angeles bound for Austin, Texas. Southwest Flight 2675 left Los Angeles International Airport just after 2 p.m. Monday...
Tags: Bombings, FBI, Michael Jackson, AEG, Wildlife
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Southwest flight searched, cleared in Phoenix after bomb threat
A Southwest Airlines plane that made an unscheduled stop Monday in Phoenix after a bomb threat was made via telephone has been cleared. Phoenix police and FBI bomb technicians searched the plane, originally bound for Austin, Texas, and found no...
Tags: Bombings, FBI, Explosions, Police Investigations, Emergency Incidents
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Fees for airline extras have made the trip to Europe
The era of passenger fees — charges for checked bags, seat upgrades and onboard food — began to take hold in the U.S. when airlines tried to offset their losses from surging fuel prices in 2008. Now, with Europe in the grip of the longest...
Tags: France, Transportation, Air Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry
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105 million hours of digital activities lost to FAA ban, study says
When flight attendants order travelers to shut off their electronic devices during takeoffs and landings, they disrupt a lot of valuable technological activity. Well, maybe the activity is not so valuable but there is a lot of it. More than 105...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry, Electronics, Los Angeles International Airport
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