<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - airports</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/airports</link><description>Newsvine - airports</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:04:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:29:58 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Airports suing FAA over planned tower shutdowns</title>
<description><![CDATA[Airport operators are mounting a legal challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to cut funding for 149 air traffic control towers, accusing the agency of violating federal law meant to ensure major changes at airports do not erode safety.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17519712-airports-suing-faa-over-planned-tower-shutdowns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17519712-airports-suing-faa-over-planned-tower-shutdowns</guid><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>battle</category><category>airports</category><category>federal-aviation-administration</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:31:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5677aee-28fc-41e0-b987-62f477f7cb9a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5677aee-28fc-41e0-b987-62f477f7cb9a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="55" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 9, 2010 photo, an American Eagle flight waits for release from the air traffic control tower at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, Ill. Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration released a final list Friday, March 22, 2013, of 149 air traffic control facilities that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month. The tower at Central Illinois Regional was included on that list.  (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cuts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday released a final list of 149 air traffic control towers that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17418360-faa-to-close-149-air-traffic-towers-under-cuts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17418360-faa-to-close-149-air-traffic-towers-under-cuts</guid><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>battle</category><category>airports</category><category>federal-aviation-administration</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:07:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5677aee-28fc-41e0-b987-62f477f7cb9a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5677aee-28fc-41e0-b987-62f477f7cb9a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="55" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 9, 2010 photo, an American Eagle flight waits for release from the air traffic control tower at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, Ill. Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration released a final list Friday, March 22, 2013, of 149 air traffic control facilities that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month. The tower at Central Illinois Regional was included on that list.  (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b46cc378-9bee-405b-8fb5-9e6c30b5f1be.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="469" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b46cc378-9bee-405b-8fb5-9e6c30b5f1be.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2013 file photo, a twin-engine airplane flies past the air traffic control tower at St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto, Ill. Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration released a final list Friday, March 22, 2013, of 149 air traffic control facilities that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month. The tower at St. Louis Regional was included on that list. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac518df2-6d21-4811-baf4-996970f26d89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac518df2-6d21-4811-baf4-996970f26d89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 26, 2012 photo, the air traffic control tower is seen at Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro, Ill. Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration released a final list Friday, March 22, 2013, of 149 air traffic control facilities that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month. The tower at Southern Illinois was included on that list. (AP Photo/The Southern, Joel Hawksley)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0056075b-c31d-4305-a061-5289cb0cdb62.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0056075b-c31d-4305-a061-5289cb0cdb62.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 9, 2009 photo, an Air Choice One flight taxis past the control tower after landing at the Decatur Airport in Decatur, Ill. Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration released a final list Friday, March 22, 2013, of 149 air traffic control facilities that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month. Decatur Airport was included on that list.  (AP Photo/Herald &amp; Review, Stephen Haas)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03baca5b-9273-4409-914f-d34c64ad964c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03baca5b-9273-4409-914f-d34c64ad964c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Cessna aircraft is parked near by the air traffic control tower at the Collin County Regional Airport at McKinney Friday, March 22, 2013, in McKinney, Texas.  Thirteen small Texas airports will lose federal money for staffing air traffic control facilities as the Federal Aviation Administration works to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=afb24aab-a38d-422c-a44f-e7da25b0c2aa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=afb24aab-a38d-422c-a44f-e7da25b0c2aa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Cessna aircraft is parked near by the air traffic control tower at the Collin County Regional Airport at McKinney Friday, March 22, 2013, in McKinney, Texas.  Thirteen small Texas airports will lose federal money for staffing air traffic control facilities as the Federal Aviation Administration works to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1e8c3c84-864d-4a26-8ca4-54c6bbc2d805.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1e8c3c84-864d-4a26-8ca4-54c6bbc2d805.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo shows the air traffic control tower over the wing of a turbo prop aircraft at Collin County Regional Airport at McKinney Friday, March 22, 2013, in McKinney, Texas. Thirteen small Texas airports will lose federal money for staffing air traffic control facilities as the Federal Aviation Administration works to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e420d66-5030-4f01-b0c4-1f069c94e324.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e420d66-5030-4f01-b0c4-1f069c94e324.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo shows the air traffic control tower as two Cessna aircraft sit parked by it at the Collin County Regional Airport at McKinney Friday, March 22, 2013, in McKinney, Texas. Thirteen small Texas airports will lose federal money for staffing air traffic control facilities as the Federal Aviation Administration works to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16010fd8-0ca3-4727-9cb2-3293d41155e6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16010fd8-0ca3-4727-9cb2-3293d41155e6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A plane heads to the runway at the Cuyahoga County Airport Friday, March 22, 2013, in Highland Heights, Ohio. The Federal Aviation Administration target list of towers to close includes the Ohio State University and Bolton airports in Columbus and the Cuyahoga County Airport in suburban Cleveland. In all, the FAA says 149 towers run under contract for the agency will close beginning April 7 under mandated spending cuts. AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net</title>
<description><![CDATA[The planned shutdown of up to 238 air traffic control towers across the country under federal budget cuts will strip away an extra layer of safety during takeoffs and landings, leaving pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328367-air-traffic-tower-closures-will-strip-safety-net</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328367-air-traffic-tower-closures-will-strip-safety-net</guid><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>battle</category><category>airports</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:57:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55723478-8a9e-47a4-a104-1d956929b1c7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55723478-8a9e-47a4-a104-1d956929b1c7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 11, 2013 photo, Mark Hanna, director of the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Ill., talks about the possible closing of the air traffic control tower behind him and nearly 240 more around the country under federal budget cuts. Airport directors and pilots are concerned that eliminating a second pair of eyes on the ground will increase risk throughout the American air-transport system, the worlds safest. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c00feec4-5db4-4774-af65-53050ce4798b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c00feec4-5db4-4774-af65-53050ce4798b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 12, 2013 photo, an American Eagle jet taxis to a gate past the control tower after landing at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Ill. The airport is one of nearly 240 small airports around the country that will likely shut down their air traffic control towers under federal budget cuts, stripping away a layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad1e7f98-5b19-4c13-8d11-42082e919529.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad1e7f98-5b19-4c13-8d11-42082e919529.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 12, 2013 photo, a baggage handler walks by an American Eagle jet after it pulled up to a gate on arrival at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Ill. The airport is one of nearly 240 small airports around the country that will likely shut down their air traffic control towers under federal budget cuts, stripping away a layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d74f528d-643d-40b3-b7e8-4a0e3f496712.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d74f528d-643d-40b3-b7e8-4a0e3f496712.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 12, 2013 photo, baggage handlers unload an American Eagle jet after it landed at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Ill. The airport is one of nearly 240 small airports around the country that will likely shut down their air traffic control towers under federal budget cuts, stripping away a layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02c7c3c9-0888-468a-b171-6ca73260a7b8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02c7c3c9-0888-468a-b171-6ca73260a7b8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 12, 2013 photo, baggage handlers unload an American Eagle jet after it landed at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Ill. The airport is one of nearly 240 small airports around the country that will likely shut down their air traffic control towers under federal budget cuts, stripping away a layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d3107ab-5b84-43be-a08f-fab4cdb15ef4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d3107ab-5b84-43be-a08f-fab4cdb15ef4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This March 12, 2013 photo shows the air traffic control tower at Chicago's Midway International Airport. Looming federal budget cuts could mean the closure of nearly 240 air traffic control towers at small airports across the country, stripping away an extra layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. In addition, overnight shifts could be eliminated at 72 control facilities, including much larger airports such as Midway, which sees an average of 50 overnight flights, nearly all of them operated by Southwest and Delta. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f2a13ff-c63d-490c-9397-c360cd533e30.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f2a13ff-c63d-490c-9397-c360cd533e30.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="199" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This March 12, 2013 photo shows the air traffic control tower at Chicago's Midway International Airport. Looming federal budget cuts could mean the closure of nearly 240 air traffic control towers at small airports across the country, stripping away an extra layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. In addition, overnight shifts could be eliminated at 72 control facilities, including much larger airports such as Midway, which sees an average of 50 overnight flights, nearly all of them operated by Southwest and Delta. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9133dd5-dd1a-4f1a-8e8a-4dacd61ab72a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9133dd5-dd1a-4f1a-8e8a-4dacd61ab72a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 21, 1996 file photo, federal aviation officials examine the wreckage of two planes that collided  on the runway of Baldwin Municipal Airport in Quincy, Ill., killing all 14 people on both aircraft. Mark Hanna, who became director of the Quincy airport about two years after the crash and before moving to the same job at Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, said if a tower was there, it's highly likely that the accident would have been prevented. Looming federal budget cuts could mean the closure of nearly 240 air traffic control towers across the country, stripping away an extra layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Small airports irked by removal of body scanners</title>
<description><![CDATA[Managers at dozens of small airports have expressed outrage at federal officials for hauling new full-body scanners away from their facilities and sending them to large hubs that haven't yet upgraded older machines criticized for showing too much anatomy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17212929-small-airports-irked-by-removal-of-body-scanners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17212929-small-airports-irked-by-removal-of-body-scanners</guid><category>us</category><category>small</category><category>body</category><category>airports</category><category>us-news</category><category>scanners</category><category>body-scanners</category><category>small-airports</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=623e8397-274e-4776-bf5a-2fe5adb38bfb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=623e8397-274e-4776-bf5a-2fe5adb38bfb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 file photo, passengers are scanned at a security checkpoint at Logan Airport in Boston using a millimeter wave body scanner. Frustration is growing among small airport managers outraged that the newer millimeter wave scanners, that produces a cartoon-like outline of the body, are being hauled away and sent to bigger facilities that havent yet upgraded older machines criticized for showing too much anatomy. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9e5eb9e-9c35-426b-9e55-2b04c8de57aa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9e5eb9e-9c35-426b-9e55-2b04c8de57aa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination of undated file photos provided by the Transportation Security Administration show images from airport body scans using backscatter advanced image X-ray technology, left, and newer millimeter wave technology, right, that produces a cartoon-like outline. Frustration is growing among small airport managers outraged that the newer millimeter wave scanners, that produces a cartoon-like outline of the body, are being hauled away and sent to bigger facilities that havent yet upgraded older machines criticized for showing too much anatomy. (AP Photo/Transportation Security Administration, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Airline merger could squeeze some hub airports</title>
<description><![CDATA[A merged American Airlines and US Airways will carry more passengers around the world than any other, but even the biggest airline flying doesn't need eight hub airports on the ground.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963656-airline-merger-could-squeeze-some-hub-airports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963656-airline-merger-could-squeeze-some-hub-airports</guid><category>us</category><category>us-airways</category><category>american</category><category>american-airlines</category><category>airports</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:12:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef51b700-1b31-40d5-8658-a30dac47d043.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef51b700-1b31-40d5-8658-a30dac47d043.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, a plane flies overhead as a United Airlines 747-400 sits parked in the foreground at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The merger of American and US Airways means there have now been four megamergers in five years for the airline industry, during which the title of No. 1 airline changed three times. Consolidation has given the industry pricing power and helped usher in a period of stability and, for the most part, profitability. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=77a5a4ad-d037-46d0-8187-247383f918ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=77a5a4ad-d037-46d0-8187-247383f918ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;American Airlines and US Airways jets prepare for flight at gate at the Philadelphia International Airport, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Philadelphia. The merger of US Airways and American Airlines has given birth to a mega airline with more passengers than any other in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ce75c33-ce11-494a-9a05-877ef06ce661.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ce75c33-ce11-494a-9a05-877ef06ce661.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;American Airlines and US Airways jets park at gate at the Philadelphia International Airport, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Philadelphia. The merger of US Airways and American Airlines has given birth to a mega airline with more passengers than any other in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66e36461-cb12-42d0-a232-6aa4574be098.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66e36461-cb12-42d0-a232-6aa4574be098.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, US Airways employees assist customers at a ticket counter at the Charlotte/Douglas International airport in Charlotte, N.C. The merger of US Airways and American Airlines has given birth to a mega airline with more passengers than any other in the world and a whopping eight hubs around the United States, leading industry analysts to wonder which of those airports will emerge as winners of losers. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1e6544de-86d6-46b6-b691-53c5911fe1ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1e6544de-86d6-46b6-b691-53c5911fe1ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 8, 2013 photo, a US Airways jets takes off at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The merger of American and US Airways creates a mega-airline with 8 hub cities. One or more could lose their hub status, erasing much of their economic power and leaving behind empty terminals. US Airways home airport in Phoenix, and its hub in Charlotte, N.C., are considered the most vulnerable.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Airports trade layover horror for 'terminal bliss'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Getting stranded at an airport once meant enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. These days, it can seem more like passing through the gates of Shangri-la to find spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs in terminals with calming, sleek design.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jason Keyser]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16106993-airports-trade-layover-horror-for-terminal-bliss</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16106993-airports-trade-layover-horror-for-terminal-bliss</guid><category>us</category><category>airports</category><category>us-news</category><category>terminal</category><category>bliss</category><category>terminal-bliss</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:55:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa45e02f-7ef0-4abe-8faf-4c28ab464769.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa45e02f-7ef0-4abe-8faf-4c28ab464769.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, a waiter delivers plates of fresh sushi at Wicker Park Seafood &amp; Sushi in Terminal 2. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7c0912d-c4d0-4185-9aae-2ba155f90ede.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7c0912d-c4d0-4185-9aae-2ba155f90ede.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, travelers David Janesko and Tess Menotti relax between flights next to O'Hare's Urban Garden where fresh herbs are grown and used in airport restaurants. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b4bd0ce-3e47-498c-a2aa-fdb4055829d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b4bd0ce-3e47-498c-a2aa-fdb4055829d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, a waiter delivers a drink to a table at ICE Bar in Terminal 3. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2ae9be62-0112-4857-b9a4-b0cbd12f3b24.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2ae9be62-0112-4857-b9a4-b0cbd12f3b24.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, blues musician Cedric &quot;Catfish&quot; Turner has a drink at ICE Bar in Terminal 3 between flights. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac146aa4-fce7-420c-98eb-b09f5523222c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac146aa4-fce7-420c-98eb-b09f5523222c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Marty Rapp relaxes at at ICE Bar in Terminal 3 between flights. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8af7a2ee-e535-4d46-8e7a-760527a34ac3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8af7a2ee-e535-4d46-8e7a-760527a34ac3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, fresh, artistically prepared dishes sit on display for travelers visiting the ICE Bar in Terminal  3. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52a54a90-fb3c-4f02-8be8-da1332af701c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="190" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52a54a90-fb3c-4f02-8be8-da1332af701c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="57" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, travelers enjoy drinks and dishes at ICE Bar in Terminal 3. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a88b3b2-b128-48dc-af6e-d5b70c02bf5e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a88b3b2-b128-48dc-af6e-d5b70c02bf5e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, travelers visit O'Hare Urban Garden farmers market in Terminal 2. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86d7c5c7-339d-47f1-923a-d33245268252.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86d7c5c7-339d-47f1-923a-d33245268252.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, a diner at Wolfgang Puck Cafe sits in a sidewalk cafe setting in Terminal 3. Getting stranded at an airport once meant camping on the floor and enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. Tough economic times are helping drive airports to make amends and transform terminals with a bit of bliss: spas, yoga studios, luxury shopping and restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>All 3 of NYC's major airports back in operation</title>
<description><![CDATA[All three major New York airports are open again after Superstorm Sandy shut them down.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14828958-all-3-of-nycs-major-airports-back-in-operation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14828958-all-3-of-nycs-major-airports-back-in-operation</guid><category>us</category><category>nyc</category><category>new-york</category><category>airports</category><category>us-news</category><category>metro</category><category>superstorm</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:37:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>London mayor slams government delay on airports</title>
<description><![CDATA[London's mayor says the British government is risking economic catastrophe by not quickly expanding airport capacity.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14220328-london-mayor-slams-government-delay-on-airports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14220328-london-mayor-slams-government-delay-on-airports</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>airports</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 00:56:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d7a1b62-1b0c-414e-a4c8-0b0f086e48e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d7a1b62-1b0c-414e-a4c8-0b0f086e48e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, speaks at a press conference about the future of Britain's aviation, in London Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The Mayor urged the British government to speed up aviation expansion or risk economic stagnation. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1d66db6-3233-46ab-83d4-06ae210fa025.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1d66db6-3233-46ab-83d4-06ae210fa025.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, reacts during a press conference about the future of Britain's aviation, in London Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The Mayor urged the British government to speed up aviation expansion or risk economic stagnation. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03919c34-1965-41f3-bad5-41369b2fcdff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03919c34-1965-41f3-bad5-41369b2fcdff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, speaks during a press conference about the future of Britain's aviation, in London Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The Mayor urged the British government to speed up aviation expansion or risk economic stagnation. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Qatar buys fifth of UK airport operator BAA</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Qatari government investment fund on Friday said it had reached a deal with Spanish company Ferrovial to buy 20 percent of the company that operates London's Heathrow, Stansted and other British airports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Schreck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adam Schreck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13336686-qatar-buys-fifth-of-uk-airport-operator-baa</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13336686-qatar-buys-fifth-of-uk-airport-operator-baa</guid><category>britain</category><category>qatar</category><category>airports</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:17:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Holographs' appearing everywhere, stealing jobs</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12011208-holographs-appearing-everywhere-stealing-jobs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12011208-holographs-appearing-everywhere-stealing-jobs</guid><category>money</category><category>airports</category><category>salaries</category><category>popping</category><category>holographic</category><category>convince</category><category>drugstores</category><category>representations</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:40:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120601-futurtetech-virtualassistant.photoblog400.JPG" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120601-futurtetech-virtualassistant.120;120;7;70;0.JPG" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;So-called holographic representations of people are popping up everywhere from airports to drugstores to point people in the right direction, convince them to buy stuff — and save companies money on employee salaries and benefits.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Port Authority to debut avatar at NY-area airports</title>
<description><![CDATA[She smiles, answers questions and can guide you to the nearest restroom or to your connecting flight.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11800185-port-authority-to-debut-avatar-at-ny-area-airports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11800185-port-authority-to-debut-avatar-at-ny-area-airports</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>airports</category><category>service</category><category>customer</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 01:57:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report shows 'gaping hole' in airport security</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11732028-report-shows-gaping-hole-in-airport-security</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11732028-report-shows-gaping-hole-in-airport-security</guid><category>security</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>airports</category><category>audits</category><category>tsa</category><category>dhs</category><category>breaches</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>centrally</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:40:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>American cancels nearly 300 more DFW flights</title>
<description><![CDATA[American Airlines canceled another 296 flights Friday as repairs continued on planes grounded by hail damage in Texas, but it hoped to be nearly back to normal operations Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11005879-american-cancels-nearly-300-more-dfw-flights</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11005879-american-cancels-nearly-300-more-dfw-flights</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>american-airlines</category><category>airports</category><category>storms</category><category>north-texas</category><category>us-news</category><category>dallas-fort-worth-international-airport</category><category>dfw-airport</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:17:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Disruptive fliers may be charged for plane delays</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10873845-disruptive-fliers-may-be-charged-for-plane-delays</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10873845-disruptive-fliers-may-be-charged-for-plane-delays</guid><category>new-york</category><category>newark</category><category>airports</category><category>jfk</category><category>laguardia</category><category>newark-liberty</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:17:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FAA predicts airline passenger travel to double by 2032</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10613587-faa-predicts-airline-passenger-travel-to-double-by-2032</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10613587-faa-predicts-airline-passenger-travel-to-double-by-2032</guid><category>travel</category><category>airline</category><category>forecast</category><category>airports</category><category>faa</category><category>crowded</category><category>brace</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>projecting</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:04:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Full-body airport screeners are safe, research shows</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10530300-full-body-airport-screeners-are-safe-research-shows</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10530300-full-body-airport-screeners-are-safe-research-shows</guid><category>for</category><category>airports</category><category>scanners</category><category>inspector</category><category>homeland-securitys</category><category>full-body</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>security's</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:05:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>TSA expands expedited airport screening program</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10352585-tsa-expands-expedited-airport-screening-program</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10352585-tsa-expands-expedited-airport-screening-program</guid><category>security</category><category>airport</category><category>expanding</category><category>agency</category><category>airports</category><category>transportation-security-administration</category><category>transportation</category><category>announced</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:59:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Brazil privatizes 3 major airports</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian government privatized operations at three of the nation's main airports on Monday, awarding $14 billion in contracts to three consortiums that will expand and run terminals amid booming demand and ahead of the 2014 World Cup.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bradley Brooks]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bradley Brooks]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10332941-brazil-privatizes-3-major-airports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10332941-brazil-privatizes-3-major-airports</guid><category>business</category><category>brazil</category><category>world-cup</category><category>auction</category><category>airports</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:53:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UK panel rejects BAA's Stansted appeal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Airport operator BAA has lost its appeal against an order to sell Stansted airport, British competition authorities said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/01/10287494-uk-panel-rejects-baas-stansted-appeal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/01/10287494-uk-panel-rejects-baas-stansted-appeal</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>airports</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:09:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>55 major European airports join carbon program</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fifty-five major European airports accounting for over half of all passenger traffic on the continent are now part of a program aimed at cutting carbon emissions, Airports Council International said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Slobodan Lekic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Slobodan Lekic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10280420-55-major-european-airports-join-carbon-program</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10280420-55-major-european-airports-join-carbon-program</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>airports</category><category>emissions</category><category>carbon-emissions</category><category>airports-council-international</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:44:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Artists lend their voices to airport PSAs</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/28/10265405-artists-lend-their-voices-to-airport-psas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/28/10265405-artists-lend-their-voices-to-airport-psas</guid><category>airports</category><category>video</category><category>local</category><category>celebrities</category><category>audio</category><category>messaging</category><category>flavor</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>clearall</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:11:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120126-death cab.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120126-death cab.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;More airports are turning to local celebrities to add a bit of fun and local flavor to their audio and video messaging. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Brazil air travel triples since 2002</title>
<description><![CDATA[Demand for flights in Brazil has nearly tripled in the past decade, authorities said Wednesday. That is straining a system that is under pressure to prepare for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Sibaja]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marco Sibaja]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/25/10234176-brazil-air-travel-triples-since-2002</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/25/10234176-brazil-air-travel-triples-since-2002</guid><category>brazil</category><category>world-cup</category><category>airports</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:48:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6c52278e-f1f1-44af-b04c-02d3c4298414.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6c52278e-f1f1-44af-b04c-02d3c4298414.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People look out the window at airplanes at Santos Dummont airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012.  Demand for flights in Brazil has nearly tripled in the past decade, authorities said Tuesday, straining a system that is under pressure to prepare for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7975570b-aa8c-435e-9242-dfa81539a458.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7975570b-aa8c-435e-9242-dfa81539a458.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People walk in Santos Dummont airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012.  Demand for flights in Brazil has nearly tripled in the past decade, authorities said Tuesday, straining a system that is under pressure to prepare for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paris airport strike stretches to Day 6</title>
<description><![CDATA[French airport security personnel are on strike for a sixth straight day &#8212; leading to long lines and potential delays at Paris' busiest airport.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9603433-paris-airport-strike-stretches-to-day-6</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9603433-paris-airport-strike-stretches-to-day-6</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>airports</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:38:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>JetBlue wins landing rights in Washington, NY</title>
<description><![CDATA[JetBlue is buying landing rights in New York and Washington in a $72 million deal that reshuffles some of the players in air travel to those cities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9149975-jetblue-wins-landing-rights-in-washington-ny</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9149975-jetblue-wins-landing-rights-in-washington-ny</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>airports</category><category>landing-rights</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2011 23:48:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Snow snarls air, road travel in Northeast</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - An unusual October snowstorm grounded hundreds of planes, delayed others and caused dozens to divert Saturday from New York-area airports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/29/8540509-snow-snarls-air-road-travel-in-northeast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/29/8540509-snow-snarls-air-road-travel-in-northeast</guid><category>travel</category><category>new-york</category><category>flights</category><category>snow</category><category>canceled</category><category>flight</category><category>news</category><category>airports</category><category>new-york-area</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:12:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111029-roads-hmed-4p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111029-roads-hmed-4p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vehicles travel slowly in near white out conditions along State Route 309 in Mountaintop, Pa.,  Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011.    A classic nor'easter is moving along the East Coast and is expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter.(AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Mark Moran)   MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>