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Wed Apr 9 2025

Is this $5 water bottle a scam? Inside airport snack pricing

A Hudson Nonstop store at the Nashville International Airport is one of 140 third-party stores which uses Amazon's Just Walk Out technology. This allows customers to scan a payment method, walk in and shop and walk out.

Travelers are often shocked by high airport snack prices, but airport operators say it's not gouging; it's the cost of doing business behind security.

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A Louis Vuitton Horizon 55 Rock Climbing in Chalk Taurillon Monogram Suitcase, which was among the most expensive items in this year's 'Found Report.'

Where does the stuff in your lost luggage go? This store in Alabama.

Unclaimed Baggage reclaims and resells a lot of the stuff airline passengers don't get reunited with. Here's what they found in 2024.

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Passengers gather near the Delta Air Lines check-in desk, after a Delta plane which departed Minneapolis crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. February 17, 2025. REUTERS/Tim Evans

Delta Air Lines cuts growth plans amid tariff economic upheaval

Delta Air Lines' CEO said the company is trimming growth plans as tariff uncertainty looms.

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Dr. Jacquelyn Lacera suffered a medical emergency on a recent American Airlines flight.

Doctor in peril: In-flight emergency forges unexpected friendship

When one woman suffered arrhythmia on a flight home from her honeymoon, another stepped up to save her. Here's what happened.

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A JetBlue plane taxis on the runway at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida on February 7, 2025.

Teens found in JetBlue landing gear were from Dominican Republic

The Broward County Sheriff's Office revealed the identities of two teenagers found dead in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane in January.

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Walk, hike, bike, and kayak through Australia's pristine Tasmanian landscape on Backroads' Tasmania Multi-Adventure tour.

10 guided tours to get the blood pumping

Adventure travel companies are offering new trips for 2025 with options for a variety of interests and activity levels.

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TRND EPIC UNIVERSE, ISLE OF BERK PREVIEW

Universal Epic Universe unveiled ahead of opening

Universal fans have new worlds to be fully immersed in as Epic Universe is unveiled with its five, unique worlds, ahead of its official opening.

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Avelo Airline's Boeing 737-700 takes off for its first flight to Orlando, Fla., out of New Castle Airport in Wilmington on Feb. 1, 2023. Avelo's inaugural flight marks the return of commercial flight services to Delaware and offers non-stop trips to five Florida locations.

Growing ultra low cost airline Avelo will operate deportation flights

Avelo Airlines, a relatively new and fast-growing ultra low cost carrier, agreed to operate ICE deportation flights from Arizona starting in May.

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Carnival Festivale will sail from Port Canaveral beginning in 2027.

This new Carnival ship will sail from the Orlando area in 2027

Carnival Festivale will be the fourth ship in the Carnival's Excel Class.

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Spirit Airlines commercial airliners are shown at Las Vegas International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 8, 2024.

Spirit Airlines leaves no-frills image behind as CEO steps down

Discount carrier Spirit Airlines said on Monday that its CEO has stepped down as part of a rebranding weeks after the company emerged from bankruptcy.

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