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US Orders Sweeping Changes to Airline Fees, Tarmac Rules

DALLAS -- Federal officials are expanding a tarmac-delay rule to prohibit airlines from holding passengers on stranded international flights for longer than four hours. The change stems from a late-December debacle in which several planes loaded with international travelers were stuck for up to 10 hours on snowy New York...

More Snow, More Travel Mayhem in Europe [PHOTOS]

(Dec. 20) -- Travelers in Europe just can't seem to catch a break. Less than a month after freezing temperatures and heavy snow closed roads and airports across Europe, the continent was hit again this weekend by harsh winter weather, continuing to delay travelers today. Check out some images from Europe: Johan...

Big Freeze Causes Travel Chaos in Europe

LONDON -- A white Christmas looks almost certain in northern Europe this year, but few people are celebrating the prospect of yet more snow. After three days of blizzards, much of the continent's transport infrastructure has frozen to a standstill, leaving hundreds of thousands of travelers stuck at airports, at railway...

British Airways Boss Slams US Security Requests

LONDON (Oct. 27) -- The chairman of British Airways has launched a scathing attack on the "completely redundant" airport checks requested by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration and urged the U.K. to stop "kowtowing" to American demands for ever more security. BA boss Martin Broughton's comments reflect a...

Pope Arrives Without Aide Who Called UK 'Third World'

(Sept. 16) – Pope Benedict XVI landed in Scotland today for a historic U.K. visit that's already clouded in more controversy: One of the pope's top advisers has been forced to drop out of his entourage after likening Britain to a Third-World country. Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Vatican's leading expert on relations...