Students travel to Ghana to help children in orphanages (Peninsula Gateway)
Gig Harbor High School senior Maddy Fitzgerald delights in helping youngsters in Ghana with their writing exercises....more...Plane travel anxiety persists (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
PHOENIX ? It was called an ?aeroplane,? but the contraption Orville Wright piloted on Sept. 17, 1908, was hardly more than a big box kite with a motor. And unlike his famous first flight in 1903, this one was doomed....more... Air Canada cabin crew union loses severance bid (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The union representing Air Canada's flight attendants said on Tuesday it lost a bid to win severance for members who will be laid off in an upcoming round of cuts after the airline indicated layoffs would be temporary....more... Despite anxieties, flying is least dangerous way to travel (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
PHOENIX -- It was called an "aeroplane," but the contraption Orville Wright piloted Sept. 17, 1908, was hardly more than a big box kite with a engine. And unlike his famous first flight in 1903, this one was doomed....more... Abilene officials still trying to keep Continental (Abilene Reporter-News)
Airport officials have even approached the Development Corporation of Abilene, which typically focuses on providing companies with financial and other incentives to retain and attract jobs to the city....more... Alaska Air cuts won't affect Southeast (Juneau Empire)
Alaska Airlines is cutting flight schedules and jobs, but many Alaska Airlines flights in Southeast won't be affected, partly because they're subsidized by the federal government....more... Is there any good economic news out there? (Daily Herald)
A hurricane pummels Texas, knocking refineries offline, which causes gas prices to spike. The same storm dumps record amounts of rain on the Northwest suburbs, causing basements and streets to flood....more... Tourists stranded by XL collapse return home (icNewcastle - Evening Chronicle)
TOURISTS caught up in the collapse of airline XL are now being brought home. More than 85,000 people, including an estimated 2,000 from the North East, found themselves without flights when XL Leisure Group went into administration on Friday....more... Redundant staff to sue for wages following XL?s fall (icWales)
STAFF who lost their jobs when holiday firm XL collapsed plan to sue their former bosses, the Western Mail can reveal today....more... |