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London – British Airways PLC cabin crew announced plans Friday to strike for seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travelers ahead of the Easter holidays.
The walkouts — scheduled for three days from March 20 and another four days from March 27 — are the latest move in a long running and increasingly acrimonious [...]

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London – British Airways Crews Plan Strike

Long Beach, NY – At home here on Long Island, he is Gary L. Krupp, medical equipment dealer, now retired after a career of ups and downs. He shares one car and a small house in a no-frills neighborhood with his wife, Meredith, and wryly describes himself as “an average schlemiel, just a Jewish kid [...]

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New York -JetBlue Airways is offering cheap and quick getaway between New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and the airline’s first 10 destinations.
The $10 “Thank You” fares are for all remaining seats on flights between JFK and 10 destination cities such as Rochester; Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa, and West [...]

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After contract talks with American Airlines Inc. recessed without a deal Wednesday night, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said it will ask the National Mediation Board to start the legal process that could lead to a strike.
The union said the company walked out of NMB-mediated talks Wednesday evening without responding to the union’s last [...]

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New York – Airplane lavatories are among the few unisex bathrooms most people encounter, but that’s about to change for some air travelers.
The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways will introduce women-only lavatories on its international routes starting Monday.
The move comes in response to “numerous requests from passengers for this service,” the company said in a [...]

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Pilots at Lufthansa, one of Europe’s largest airlines, are set to strike in a row over job security and pay. The strike is also expected to affect both Lufthansa’s cargo operations and its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings. More than 90 percent of the union representing Lufthansa pilots voted in favor of the action, which will involve [...]

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Lufthansa Pilots To Go On 4-Day Strike Next Week

Miami, FL – An appliance store owner accused of yelling “I want to kill all the Jews” on a Detroit-bound plane at Miami International Airport has pleaded guilty and was given probation.
Forty-three-old Mansor Mohammad Asad, of Toledo, Ohio, plead guilty Thursday to charges of criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest without violence and threatening a [...]

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Miami, FL – Probation For Man Who Made Airline Threat ‘To Kill All Jews’

Miami, FL – An appliance store owner accused of yelling “I want to kill all the Jews” on a Detroit-bound plane at Miami International Airport has pleaded guilty and was given probation.
Forty-three-old Mansor Mohammad Asad, of Toledo, Ohio, plead guilty Thursday to charges of criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest without violence and threatening a [...]

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The Transportation Security Administration is upgrading security clearances for 10,000 of its airport personnel, giving them access to “secret” intelligence to help them better detect threats and stop terrorists, the agency said Friday.
To date, the agency has granted access to secret-level classified information to 744 front-line supervisors, managers and behavior-detection officers. It now hopes to [...]

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Bavaria, Germany – A German toy seller caused a storm by selling dolls of Adolf Hitler.
His World War Two-themed display gave collectors at a toy fair in Nuremberg a reich shock.
Plastic models of the Führer, giving his Nazi salute, were being offered for £4.50 each.
And there was an open-topped car containing the evil dictator and [...]

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