5 h. ago Biden wanted to pay travelers cash for flight delays. Trump just nixed the plan

Former Biden-era policy adviser calls the move a ‘slap in the face’ to travelers

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56 h. ago Shocking pictures show piles of rubbish at travellers' site which received £116,000 of taxpayer cash

Drone images from the site showed huge piles of rubbish strewn across the site in Swansea as 'investigations are ongoing' into waste being burnt at the site.

Economics

1 week ago Arizona dust storm engulfs Phoenix, bringing power outages and flight delays

Haboob swept through capital, rattling homes, terrifying drivers and leaving tens of thousands without powerA powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through the city of Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and damaging one of the nation’s busiest airports.The dust storm, known as a haboob, is pushed by the wind and produced by a weather front or thunderstorm. It typically occurs in flat, arid areas. The storm came from the south-east, and was followed by heavy rain, wind and lightning. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Avoid airport exchange rates: the smarter way to sort travel money before you fly

Travellers are ditching airport cash desks in favour of this fast, fee-free way to send money abroad – here’s how it works and why it could save you time and money.

Transport

1 week ago United Airlines pilot cancels flight on runway over passenger's selfish act in toilet

Passengers were horrified to discover their United Airlines flight was delayed because of one passenger's selfish act as they waited on the tarmac in San Francisco

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1 week ago Furious TUI holidaymakers 'abandoned' at airport with kids sleeping on floor

Mum Rio, 41, her husband, and their twin daughters, 11, were forced to sleep on the floor at Larnaca airport in Cyprus after a string of delays stopped them catching their TUI flight home

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2 w. ago United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11

United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11-hour delay — then got to the UK after their original plane  Yahoo News Canada

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2 w. ago United Airlines Flight to Nowhere Delayed London Passengers 11 Hours

United Airlines Flight to Nowhere Delayed London Passengers 11 Hours  Business Insider

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2 w. ago Couple send warning to tourists after they had nearly £5,000 in cash stolen during 'dream wedding holiday' to Ibiza

A couple who jetted to Ibiza with their family and friends to get married say they were robbed of their cash just hours after they'd arrived at the TUI Blue Cala Tarida resort on Ibiza.

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2 w. ago Chilling meaning behind Trump's 'provocative' post comparing himself to notorious Nixon

Donald Trump has been mocked for posting a photo of himself pointing at Vladimir Putin, with 'no secret' that the US President has become 'increasingly angered' by the Russian leader

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2 w. ago Trump's kitchen meltdown: President wags finger at Putin in Nixon copycat stunt

Donald Trump posted the image after Moscow unleashed one of its heaviest bombardments of Ukraine, in what critics say was a bid to show himself standing firm against Russia’s strongman

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2 w. ago United Airlines flight reportedly delayed after passenger smokes cannabis in plane toilets

Crew did not want to risk being affected by secondhand smoke, so they deplaned and requested a new crew

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2 w. ago A flight delay, a jazz band and a viral moment: How Dave Koz and fellow musicians lifted spirits

Passengers plagued by delays on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam session on the plane

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2 w. ago Train outages and flight delays: Simon Calder’s big bank holiday travel guide

Exclusive: All CrossCountry trains, serving England, Wales and Scotland, are cancelled due to a strike

Transport

2 w. ago Trump and Putin recreate iconic Cold War photo of Richard Nixon and Nikita Kruschchev during tense Alaska talks

The US President animatedly pointed his finger at the Russian leader as a translator stood between them during their talks at a military facility in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.

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3 w. ago Manchester airport flight delays after easyJet planes ‘clip wings’ on runway

Passengers are facing delays at Manchester Airport on Friday morning after two easyJet planes appeared to clip wings while taxiing.

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3 w. ago Seven vital tricks to help you get the compensation you deserve if your flight is delayed or cancelled

Holidaymakers facing delays or cancellations to their flights this summer may not get the full compensation they are owed due to a series of sneaky pitfalls.

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3 w. ago Two blind women left as only people on flight after other passengers rebooked onto earlier journey

Unlike their fellow passengers, the two women were not re-booked onto a new flight amid their delayed journey

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3 w. ago Popular airline slammed as staff told two disabled women 'we forgot about you'

Southwest Airlines is being criticised for failing to communicate changes to its five-hour delayed flight as two disabled women were left behind as the flight took off without them

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3 w. ago Southwest Airlines apologizes after two blind passengers left behind by plane

‘Nobody told us anything,’ one of women said after all other passengers were rebooked on earlier flight amid delaysThe US’s Southwest Airlines has publicly apologized after two women who are blind were both left behind by a plane flying to Orlando that the pair evidently should have had the opportunity to be on.Southwest eventually ended up flying the women, Camille Tate and Sherri Brun, on another flight for which they were the only two passengers, with the rest being rebooked on a plane that left earlier, according to recent reporting from the Orlando news stations WSVN and WOFL. Nonetheless, as WSVN noted, the two friends from Florida remained outraged at their experience, which resulted from their not being able to see information about the rebooked flight and not being verbally notified of the switch by the airline. Continue reading...

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