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Articles tagged “safety”

Tourism

Tourists are returning to Kashmir, but it would like to see even more come back

Warnings from the British Foreign Service and the U.S. State Department notwithstanding, Kashmir is seeing tourist return, although they're primarily from the region.

Helen Pidd, The Guardian | 12 years ago

Tourists are returning to Kashmir, but it would like to see even more come back

Airlines

FAA issues reminder that only FAA-issued seat belt extenders are allowed on planes

Passenger advocacy groups and belt manufacturers argue that the FAA's rule only further embarrasses the larger flyers who would prefer to quietly buckle themselves in than ask and hope for an available extender.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

FAA pulls the plug on the flying maneuver that gave Washington, D.C. a scare last week

The FAA's action is response enough for what happened at Reagan National, but hopefully they'll be able to use the incident to push for GPS adoption and other needed but unpaid-for upgrades.

Jessica Gresko, Associated Press | 12 years ago

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7 preventable travel scams that still trip up travel pros

Even Lonely Planet's U.S. editor has been bamboozled on the road and he recommends all travelers be aware of these common, kind of obvious, set-ups including hidden fees, fake bags, and greedy Elmos.

Skift | 12 years ago

Uncategorized

Airlines won’t have fueltank safety devices installed in time; no extension from FAA

FAA's doing the right thing by coming down hard on Boeing, and i everyone agrees they'll meet the 2017 deadline, then why delay it between now and then?

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Regional airlines’ race to the bottom means compromises on safety

FAA is one big PR disaster away from clamping down on the cost-cutting-leading-to-lower-safety ways, but it may need that one push for that action.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Video: CNN explores cruise industry practices in “Cruise to Disaster” documentary

CNN isn't going to make any friends in the industry with this one. The industry is safe, but they do not like it when people challenge them on treatment of workers or their tax burden.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Why it’s still hard to get a sense of crimes on cruise ships

When every bad thing that happens on a ship can become a marketing issue rather than a safety one, lines have more of an incentive to go hush-hush on matters than deal with them aggressively.

Skift | 12 years ago