”unaccompanied” News

Tips for sending kids as unaccompanied minors

NEW YORK – The incidents involving two girls traveling as unaccompanied minors who ended up on the wrong planes may have parents worried about safe trips for kids traveling alone. The 07 2 2009 8:36PM (...more)

Tips for sending kids as unaccompanied minors

NEW YORK – The incidents involving two girls traveling as unaccompanied minors who ended up on the wrong planes may have parents worried about safe trips for kids traveling alone. The 06 22 2009 7:34PM (...more)

Did British Airways go too far to "protect" an unaccompanied minor?

One passenger thinks so. Mirko Fischer probably wasnt expecting to be singled out as a potential pedophile on his British Airways flight out of Londons Gatwick Airport
01 23 2010 7:04AM (...more)

Southwest Airlines posts 4Q, full-year profit

DALLAS – Flying against the headwinds of a recession and volatile fuel prices, Southwest Airlines Co. made money in the fourth quarter and extended its string of annual profits to 37 years. Southwest said Thursday it earned $116 million in the quarter, which was enough to lift
01 22 2010 7:23AM (...more)

Lewis Black judges pop culture for Comedy

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Comedy Central haspicked up a new pop-culture debate series starringGrammy-winning comedian Lewis Black.
10 5 2007 10:02AM (...more)

Earnings Preview: narrow 3Q loss seen at Southwest

DALLAS – Southwest Airlines Co. is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. OVERVIEW: Dallas-based Southwest leads off the parade of major airlines to report third-quarter
10 14 2009 7:51PM (...more)

Little-known airline fees that tug at your wallet

ATLANTA – You can make waves after your next flight on Allegiant Air , but it's going to cost you extra to check your boogie board. The Las Vegas-based airline charges a $50 fee to check the rectangular piece of foam used
10 9 2009 1:28PM (...more)

Rome to mend social net after Afghan minors found

ROME (AFP) – The discovery of 24 unaccompanied minors holed up below a Rome rail station has left city officials scurrying to reinforce the Italian capital's social safety net, 04 6 2009 5:47AM (...more)

FlyersRights.org Says THANK YOU, and Celebrates New Rule for Tarmac Delays by President Obama and the Department of Transportation

NAPA, Calif., Dec. 21 –
12 22 2009 12:13PM (...more)

Parents fuming over airline's kid-on-plane mix-ups

HOUSTON – The parents of two young girls who were each placed on wrong flights while flying alone over the weekend are demanding that Continental Airlines make sure such mix-ups don't happen again. Wendy Babineaux
06 23 2009 7:28AM (...more)