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    FlexPerks VISA card is chip-and-pin type for use abroad

    Lots of Michiganders use the U.S. Bank FlexPerks Visa card, which replaced the Northwest WorldPerks Visa when Delta Air Lines took over Northwest Airlines in 2009.

    Yemeni bombmaker may be key to understanding latest underwear bomb

    The FBI is picking apart a bomb it says was central to a foiled al-Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner bound for the United States. The bomb, believed to be designed to be hidden in the wearer's underwear and a more sophisticated design that the failed underwear bomb that was used in an attempt to bring down a Northwest airlines flight to Detroit in December 2009. This version would have been ...

    Bookings to Northwest Florida Vacation Destinations Surge by Almost 20%

    A sudden trend is emerging which suggests more people are interested in booking a Northwest Florida vacation than ever before.Panama City Beach, FL (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 The trend of increased bookings to Northwest Florida vacation destinations immediately follows what has been described as a record breaking College Spring Break season in Panama City Beach, Florida. ...

    Blue Grass Airport 'more fortunate' than others in a changing airline climate

    Blue Grass Airport officials, keeping a watchful eye on airline industry trends, particularly airline mergers and bankruptcies, said they've been fortunate so far in their efforts to keep the numbers of seats, flights and available airlines from dropping.

    News Summary: Adjacent airline seats hard to find

    FLYING SOLO: Many families flying this summer won't be able to sit together because airlines are reserving a greater number of seats for passengers willing to pay extra to be near a window, aisle or the front of the plane.

    Brad Tilden Becomes CEO of Alaska Air Group

    SEATTLE, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines President Brad Tilden becomes chief executive officer of Alaska Air Group and its subsidiary carriers, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, at the company's ...