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Bob Hope Airport scores new tenant
Bob Hope Airport is welcoming a new commuter airline this month whose routes will connect the Imperial Valley to Los Angeles and beyond. On Wednesday, Portland, Ore.-based SeaPort Airlines launched its new slate of 12 non-stop, round-trip flights per...Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, Los Angeles International Airport, Travel, Google Inc., Air Transportation Industry
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Bob Hope Airport opens speedier lane for frequent travelers
Frequent fliers traveling through Bob Hope Airport can now expect an even quicker passage to their gates during certain times of the day. With cooperation from the Transportation Security Administration and funding from Southwest Airlines, the airfield...Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., U.S. Airways, JetBlue Airways, Google Inc., Air Transportation Industry
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Burbank among cities nationwide with lightest tax burden on travelers
Chicago, the city that brought us deep-dish pizza, Oprah and "da Bears," is also home to the nation's highest tax burden for travelers. The lowest taxes imposed on travelers can be found in the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and West...
Tags: Travel, Los Angeles Times, Rentals, Fort Lauderdale, Trips and Vacations
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Bob Hope Airport seeks to add 'Burbank' to name
Bob Hope Airport will soon be known as Burbank Bob Hope Airport as part of a new summer ad campaign to drive more passengers to the regional airfield during its peak travel time of the year. The temporary name change comes as officials respond to airline...
Tags: Advertising, Family, Online Advertising, Travel, Marketing
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Worth the frisk
Travelers at Bob Hope Airport on Tuesday expressed little concern about heightened Transportation Security Administration measures as they departed just before the busiest travel day of the year.
"Nope. They are keeping me safe," Ellen Cowie of...Tags: Arizona, Security Measures, Travel, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Defense
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Train strikes car that got stuck on tracks
AIRPORT DISTRICT — Authorities on Friday continued to investigate why a Metrolink train struck a car on the tracks at a grade crossing in Burbank. The driver, an 18-year-old Glendale woman, cleared sobriety tests Thursday after narrowly escaping...Tags: Moorpark (Ventura, California), Los Angeles, Crimes, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Ventura (Ventura, California)
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Rosedale train derailment leads to suit against truck driver
The rail transport company CSX is suing the truck driver involved in last month's Rosedale train crash, arguing that he did not take proper care when crossing the railroad tracks. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, names John...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Transportation Accidents, Justice System, National Transportation Safety Board, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland)
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What brought down TWA Flight 800? Group wants investigation reopened
Federal officials are weighing a request to reopen the investigation of the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 that went down off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people aboard. A group of former investigators, interviewed in a...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Television, Epix (tv network), National Transportation Safety Board, Career and Workplace
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Federal agency launches app to aid rail-crossing safety
Less than a month after a fiery train derailment in Rosedale, the Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday launched a smartphone mobile application to provide safety information about more than 200,000 highway-rail grade crossings. The free app, Rail...
Tags: New Products, Ray LaHood, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Vacation travel picking up; for business, not so much
With the economy on the rebound, Americans once again are cracking open their pocketbooks to take family vacations and other leisure trips. But corporate managers in charge of spending for business conferences and conventions remain tightfisted with...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, American Heart Association, U.S. Airways, JetBlue Airways, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Balto. Co. train derailment drew 911 calls from miles away
An employee at a scaffolding company next to the railroad tracks in Rosedale was one of the first people to see the train leave its tracks after it rammed into a truck last month. "There's just a train wreck in front of us and it's on fire," the man...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Disasters and Accidents, White Marsh, Explosions
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Hostels getting swankier for cost-conscious travelers
The summer travel season is here, and like many people, you may be planning a getaway. According to a survey released in May by Orbitz, the travel search engine, 77percent of people expect to take a summer vacation this year. For anyone who is young and...Tags: Travel, Hotels and Accommodations, Trips and Vacations
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