Pet Airways: dogs welcome, sorry no humans – Times Online
April 17, 2009 by adam wassahlen
Pet Airways: dogs welcome, sorry no humans Times Online, UK Some British-based specialist companies exist to transport pets - Jet Set Pets and the Pets Travel scheme run by Trans Euroair for example - but the animals go in the hold. However, the Spanish no-frills airline Clickair will become the first European ... |
At Pricey New Stadiums, Is Baseball Taking a Backseat to Business? – American Chronicle
April 17, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 MiamiHerald.com | At Pricey New Stadiums, Is Baseball Taking a Backseat to Business? American Chronicle, CA Another telling sign -- private jet landings at Augusta's Daniel Field were down 50% from 2008. While ESPN's two-day average for viewers live on Thursday-Friday was 3435077, up 16% from 2961470 last year, TV ratings for the final round were down ... Update on the latest in sports: |
Captain Richard Phillips reunited with wife, family; arrives home … – New York Daily News
April 17, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 Voice of America | Captain Richard Phillips reunited with wife, family; arrives home ... New York Daily News, NY The captain's wife and two kids, Mariah and Daniel, hugged him during a private moment aboard the corporate jet, a joyous ending that seemed uncertain during five days of high-seas drama as a hostage to four Somali pirates. In his first public comments ... Video: Phillips: 'I'm Not a Hero, the Military Is' AP Top News at 5:15 pm EDT Capt. Held Hostage By Pirates Returns Home |
Rail journeys: freshly-laid tracks – Telegraph.co.uk
April 17, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 Telegraph.co.uk | Rail journeys: freshly-laid tracks Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom Prices for packages from London are likely to be about £4500 per person, including return economy flight on Jet Airways, private transfers, one night's b&b in Bombay (Mumbai), one night's b&b in Delhi, seven nights' full board on the train and a ... |
GE Profit Drops 35% as Recession Hurts Finance Arm – Bloomberg
April 17, 2009 by adam wassahlen
GE Profit Drops 35% as Recession Hurts Finance Arm Bloomberg Income at GE Capital, which includes real estate, private- label credit cards, aircraft leasing and middle-market company lending, declined 58 percent to $1.12 billion on $13.1 billion in sales. Profit and sales rose at the GE Energy Infrastructure ... |
• BRIEFLY IN BUSINESS – Coastline Pilot
April 17, 2009 by adam wassahlen
• BRIEFLY IN BUSINESS Coastline Pilot, CA Safari Air, a luxury private jet charter service offering flights on a per-seat basis, is set to take flight Oct. 15 with a 21-day “Around the World Grand East Africa Safari.” Resident Ken Jillson, chief executive and founder of Safari Air, ... |
Prosecution Set for Trial in Travolta Extortion Case – E! Online
April 16, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 E! Online | Prosecution Set for Trial in Travolta Extortion Case E! Online According to Australia's Courier-Mail, Travolta and Preston just spent three days in Brisbane after vacationing over the Easter holiday in Fiji. They flew in on their private jet Monday morning and left yesterday evening. |
US soldier gets life for murder of prisoners – Ninemsn
April 16, 2009 by adam wassahlen
US soldier gets life for murder of prisoners Ninemsn, Australia Man leaps to death from jet over ArcticA distressed passenger leapt to his death from a small aircraft some 7000 metres above the Canadian Arctic after forcing open its cabin door, police say. AC/DC storms into funereal chartsFrank Sinatra's My Way is ... |
The corporate jet's image problem – SmartBrief
April 16, 2009 by adam wassahlen
The corporate jet's image problem SmartBrief, DC The corporate jet industry is now battling public opinion as well, pressures industry leaders say have accelerated job losses. One aviation industry consultant dubbed the outcry over the use of private jets to "congressional and government jihad" and ... |
Crew Entangled in Pirate Incident Arrives in Md. – Washington Post
April 16, 2009 by adam wassahlen
Crew Entangled in Pirate Incident Arrives in Md. Washington Post, United States The crew of the Maersk Alabama, who had boarded a chartered jet yesterday in Africa, arrived early this morning at Andrews Air Force Base, completing the last leg of an odyssey that began a week earlier with a burst of gunfire and a pirate attack off ... |
