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The lawsuit, filed by United Airlines in Chicago last Wednesday, seeks a preliminary injunction against the Air Line Pilots Association and four pilots claiming they had organized an effort to encourage pilots to call in sick. The airline accuses the union of conducting a “public campaign of intimidation” meant to discourage pilots from filling in […]

The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has scathed “zero fares” offered by the country’s two warring carriers as misleading and demand the advertisements should be banned. The “zero fares” offered are not only for limited seats, but do not include airport taxes, fuel surcharges and other “applicable” fees and taxes.According to industry

A group of travel agents in Florida sued the state over a new law requiring agents who book trips to Cuba to post a USD 250,000 bond and disclose their clients’ names. Earlier this month, a federal judge lifted the measure temporarily to consider the law’s legality. Before the measure was signed into law in

Government officials confirmed Thursday that visas for business people will be tougher to get during the Olympic period. Authorities have repeatedly said the security measures are needed because the games are a target for terrorism.Now, Beijing and other Olympic cities such as Shanghai have stopped issuing official invitation letters, known as notification letters, needed for

As just stated by the EU Press Room, “The European Commission today adopted the eighth update of the so-called blacklist of airlines that are banned from flying into the countries of the European Union due to safety concerns. The new list, which replaces the previous one, can already be consulted on the Commission’s website [http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/]Antonio

According to the EU Press Room,”The European Commission has adopted its fourth report on certain third countries’ maintenance of visa requirements in breach of the principle of reciprocity. The report shows that further progress towards full visa reciprocity has been achieved.Vice-President Jacques Barrot, Commissioner responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security underlined the usefulness of the

Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism had planned to apply a $5 head tax on cruise passengers who stop at the country’s ports starting this summer but has postponed the implementation until Oct. 1. The Florida Caribbean Cruise Association, some Mexican ports and cruise lines are opposed to the tax, which supporters say will generate about $30

I thought Willy Wonka only gave away tours of the Chocolate Factory – not space…Wed Jul 16, 11:02 AM ETPARIS (Reuters) – A French air hostess will become one of Europe’s pioneer space tourists after picking a chocolate wrapper out of the rubbish and finding a winning number in a competition to fly to the

According to the Southern African Tourism Services Association (Satsa), a “balanced solution” is needed when it comes to compensating airline passengers denied permission to board a flight because it has been overbooked. There is no legislation in South Africa so far that requires compensation to be paid to a passenger who has been denied permission

Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says she would like to put a stop to the practice of people travelling to Switzerland to die. Swiss law tolerates assisted suicide when the patient commits the act and the helper has no direct interest. Several organisations offer the service, but only one group to foreigners.The minister would like