Delta + Northwest = World's Biggest Carrier

US merger forms 'largest airline'
Rival US companies Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have agreed to merge in a $5bn (£2.5bn) deal that will create the world's biggest carrier.
BBC News
Page last updated at 07:24 GMT, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 08:24 UK

The new airline, to be called Delta, will have annual revenue of more than $35bn and employ about 75,000 staff.

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Easter Weekend in Marrakech (PhotoBox)

Here's a post I wrote for PhotoBox about my trip to Morocco. Enjoy!

Easter weekend in Marrakech
Chris Osburn, PhotoBox Blogger
PhotoBox Blog
April 9, 2008


The long Easter weekend found me in Marrakech and Morocco’s Atlas Mountains with my better half, Emiana. Most of the time she was in charge of our ‘main’ camera, a Nikon D70S (a few years old and we still love it!) ... However, I actually found myself in control of the Nikon while Emiana haggled with a snake charmer in Marrakech’s famous Place Jemaa el Fna.

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Marrakech Photography: Untitled

Untitled
Photography by Emiana © 2008
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Marrakech Photography: From Pakistan with Love

From Pakistan with Love
Photography by Emiana © 2008
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1000+ American Airlines Flights Cancelled

American Airlines grounds flights
American Airlines has cancelled more than 1,000 flights after grounding its MD-80 aircraft to conduct extra safety inspections on wiring.
BBC News
Page last updated at 19:39 GMT, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 20:39 UK

American Airlines said there could be more cancellations after Wednesday as it continued to check its fleet of MD-80 aircraft.

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Marrakech Photography: Footie

Footie
Photography by Emiana © 2008
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Marrakech Photography: Tagines

Tagines
Photography by Emiana © 2008
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In Flight Mobile Calls on European Flights

Could be a dream come true should you need to make a call or a nightmare if you find yourself sitting next to a blabbermouth!

Europe clears mobiles on aircraft
Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules.
BBC News
Page last updated at 10:27 GMT, Monday, 7 April 2008 11:27 UK

The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more.

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Marrakech Photography: Antique Cat

Antique Cat
Photography by Emiana © 2008
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Marrakech Short Film: Cheeky Kid in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Kid on the side of the road in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Very cheeky.

Marrakech Photography: Les Jardins Majorelle

Les Jardins Majorelle
Photography by Emiana © 2008
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Marrakech Short Film: Jemaa El Fna JAM

Video of a phenomenal street musician in Marrakech, Morroco's famous night market at Place Jemaa El Fna:

Freshly Packed Suitcase Full of Misery at T5

Fresh baggage woes at Terminal 5
Hopes of Heathrow's Terminal 5 operating its first full schedule of flights have been scuppered by a new glitch with the baggage system.
BBC News
Page last updated at 13:19 GMT, Saturday, 5 April 2008 14:19 UK

Airport operator BAA's computer system which sorts bags before they are loaded onto flights malfunctioned and manual sorting had to be carried out.

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Marrakech Photography: Hotel

Hotel
Photography by Emiana © 2008
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Marrakech Photography: Medersa Ben Youssef

Medersa Ben Youssef
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Marrakech Photography: Sweet Ride

Sweet Ride
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Don't Mess with Disney!

As American as Disney and Motherhood
Attack the nation's icons at your peril.
Compiled by Moira Redmond
Slate
Posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 10:28 AM ET

"I found mini-France [at Disney World] a lot more enjoyable than actual France" and "Real life is over-rated."

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Adult Disney Fans Have No Idea How Ridiculous They Are
By Hunter Walker
Gridskipper
6:07 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008

Slate has gotten a ton of reader feedback following their trip to Disney World last month. Most of the angry readers are pissed off that Slate would dare disrespect the "Disney Experience." One Disney zealot chimed in to say that they felt Slate piece was a major injustice on the order of the Iraq War ...

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British Airways to Cancel More T5 Flights

BA to cancel hundreds more flights from T5
By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent
Financial Times
Published: March 30 2008 17:33 Last updated: March 30 2008 17:33

British Airways expects to cancel hundreds more flights at its global hub at London Heathrow airport this week, as it battles to overcome baggage handling and other operating problems at its showpiece £4.3bn Terminal 5.

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T5 Nightmare Continues

What did go wrong at Terminal 5?
Seventy flights have been cancelled in the last two days as teething problems at Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 caused chaos. But what actually went wrong?
BBC News
Page last updated at 18:43 GMT, Friday, 28 March 2008

The problems appear to be due to a combination of factors.

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BA promising Terminal 5 fix soon
The Press Association - 1 hour ago
BA has moved to reassure air passengers contemplating a third day of travel chaos at Heathrow's Terminal Five (T5) by revealing that just 37 flights would ...

British Airways boss Willie Walsh refuses to quit after Heathrow chaos
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
Arch-rivals Virgin Atlantic stuck the boot in, saying BA had been given a wonderful gift with T5 "but they couldn't unwrap it properly". ...

Disruption at T5 enters third day
BBC News, UK - 2 hours ago
Cancelled flights, a temporary suspension in luggage check-in and baggage delays blighted the opening day of T5 on Thursday, leaving many passengers ...

Day 2 At T5 .. And It's Business As Usual
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 3 hours ago
Scheduled flights from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen were axed as T5 saw a second day of long queues, cancellations and baggage delays. ...

SEEING RED IN STYLE
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
In fact the staff at T5 were faultless - impossibly patient, relentlessly cheerful and endearingly helpful. All in all, it was a very British day out - 18 ...

COMPO TO COST DEAR
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
The T5 debacle will cost BA millions - but it may try to get some of the cash back from the British Airports Authority, which technically runs the building. ...

ERRORS PILED UP ALL DAY
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
When they finally got into T5, a programming error meant staff could not log into the baggage handling computer. Passengers arrived to find check-ins ...

T5 Nightmare

Baggage halted at new £4.3bn T5
Flights from Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 are departing with hand baggage only after luggage check-in was suspended due to technical problems.
BBC News
Last Updated: Thursday, 27 March 2008, 19:43 GMT

British Airways, which has sole use of T5, announced check-in of all hold luggage was suspended until Friday. The airline has already cancelled 34 flights because of baggage system problems and passengers have had to wait up to four hours for luggage.

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