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Delays, but no travel chaos following attack
- Bags were painstakingly checked, babies were frisked, and in-flight screens showing a plane's location and flight path had to be switched off.
- Bags were painstakingly checked, babies were frisked, and in-flight screens showing a plane's location and flight path had to be switched off.
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Panic _ but no deaths _ in jet accident in Jamaica
- Passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 had endured the crowded airports and delays of holiday travel, and were moments from their Caribbean destination. Suddenly, everything seemed to spin out of control.
- Passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 had endured the crowded airports and delays of holiday travel, and were moments from their Caribbean destination. Suddenly, everything seemed to spin out of control.
Eurostar races to get passengers home for holidays
- Eurostar scrambled to get tens of thousands of passengers home for the holidays as it resumed service of high-speed trains under the English Channel on Tuesday, four days after a service shutdown caused by a hallmark of Christmastime travel: snow.
- Eurostar scrambled to get tens of thousands of passengers home for the holidays as it resumed service of high-speed trains under the English Channel on Tuesday, four days after a service shutdown caused by a hallmark of Christmastime travel: snow.
DOJ wants conditions on immunity for American, BA
- The Justice Department says giving American Airlines, British Airways and other partners antitrust immunity to work closer together on coordinating flights could cause fares to rise up to 15 percent on some trans-Atlantic routes.
London-Paris train link suspended; 55,000 affected
- The only rail link between Britain and France was closed indefinitely on Sunday as Eurostar investigated a series of train breakdowns that trapped thousands of people in the Channel Tunnel for hours.
- The only rail link between Britain and France was closed indefinitely on Sunday as Eurostar investigated a series of train breakdowns that trapped thousands of people in the Channel Tunnel for hours.
British Airways union to hold new strike ballot
- The union for British Airways cabin crew said Friday it would swiftly hold another strike vote after a court blocked a planned walkout over the Christmas and New Year's holiday travel period.
British Airways wins court order barring strike
- British Airways has won an emergency court injunction to stop a 12-day strike by its cabin crew, bringing relief to around one million travelers whose Christmas holiday plans were threatened by the planned walkout.
- British Airways has won an emergency court injunction to stop a 12-day strike by its cabin crew, bringing relief to around one million travelers whose Christmas holiday plans were threatened by the planned walkout.
UK holiday travelers face strike chaos
- More than a million people faced travel chaos over the Christmas and New Year's holidays as baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports announced strikes in tandem with work stoppages by British Airways cabin crews.
- More than a million people faced travel chaos over the Christmas and New Year's holidays as baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports announced strikes in tandem with work stoppages by British Airways cabin crews.
British Airways, union agree to emergency talks
- British Airways PLC and union leaders agreed to meet Wednesday for emergency talks as the airline attempts to avert a 12-day strike by cabin crew staff over Christmas.
- British Airways PLC and union leaders agreed to meet Wednesday for emergency talks as the airline attempts to avert a 12-day strike by cabin crew staff over Christmas.
Passengers bear brunt of BA strike battle
- Recession-weary passengers lashed out at British Airways PLC workers Tuesday as the carrier began last-ditch legal action to avert a Christmas cabin-crew strike that threatens to ruin holiday plans for about a million travelers.
- Recession-weary passengers lashed out at British Airways PLC workers Tuesday as the carrier began last-ditch legal action to avert a Christmas cabin-crew strike that threatens to ruin holiday plans for about a million travelers.
Israeli officials routinely face UK legal threats
- It's not likely that any Israeli officials will be coming to London this holiday season. Not because British Airways may go on strike, but because they face the threat of arrest while giving speeches, shopping or visiting friends.
- It's not likely that any Israeli officials will be coming to London this holiday season. Not because British Airways may go on strike, but because they face the threat of arrest while giving speeches, shopping or visiting friends.
British Airways seeks court order to stop strike
- British Airways sought a court injunction Tuesday to prevent a 12-day strike by cabin crew that would cause havoc for one million travelers over the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
- British Airways sought a court injunction Tuesday to prevent a 12-day strike by cabin crew that would cause havoc for one million travelers over the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
BA launches legal action to stop strike
- British Airways sought a court injunction to prevent a planned 12-day strike by cabine crew that could snarl travel plans over Christmas and New Year's for thousands of holiday passengers.
- British Airways sought a court injunction to prevent a planned 12-day strike by cabine crew that could snarl travel plans over Christmas and New Year's for thousands of holiday passengers.
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