Frankfurt, other large and small airports affected. Strike could widen in April if no pay deal soon-union (Adds detail from trade union, Lufthansa, background). Read article
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The operators of two high speed Bay of Islands tourist vessels – Mack Attack and Excitor III – will be sentenced next month for health and safety breaches that left four women with serious spinal injuries, including at least one with a broken back. Intercity Group (NZ) Ltd, which operates the Excitor III has pleaded […]
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TAXILA, March 26: Deteriorating law and order conditions and security concerns have adversely affected tourism industry in the country. As a result, those eager to visit historical sites here prefer staying away for obvious reasons. In 1980, Taxila was declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) as a world heritage site […]
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BATON ROUGE- At least one Christian organization on LSU’s campus canceled a mission trip to Mexico after the State Department issued a travel warning to Americans earlier this year. Read article
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Israel continues to attract tourists from around the world despite general Middle East instability and talk of war with Iran. The all-time high for incoming tourists was broken in February, with an increase of six percent in visitors compared with the same month last year. Read article
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The Military Tribunal Tuesday handed down several dozen sentences for a variety of offenses, including two weeks in jail for a soldier who harassed a female tourist. The soldier, whose rank and name were not given, was found guilty of disobeying military directives and “harassing” the tourist, whose nationality was not specified. Read article
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KARACHI, March 12: Cargo clearance at the air freight unit (AFU) of the Jinnah International Airport came to a standstill on Monday after a strike call given by the Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) to protest an increase in godown rent by baggage handlers.Customs agents complained that a sudden jump of 40 per cent in […]
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Top Indian lender State Bank of India has no plans to lend more to debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. Kingfisher has cleared all its tax and interest dues up to August 2011, Mukherjee told lawmakers in a written reply. Read article
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Southwest Airlines does not expect to report a profit for the current quarter because of high fuel prices, the company’s finance chief said on Tuesday. The carrier, which acquired AirTran last year, said it expects fuel costs of around USD$3.50 a gallon for the first quarter, about 15 cents higher than its prior forecast. Read […]
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The Spanish airline Iberia had just announced the cancellation of 245 flights on March 16th and 19th when the Government intervened and the cabin crew and pilots unions have agreed to suspend the 24 days of 24 hour strike action they had planned With an average cost to the company per day of strike action […]
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