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The locals aren't the only ones who like to shop. More than 100 airlines fly to Dubai, carrying high-spending Russians as well as increasing numbers of Brits, who used to take shopping trips to equidistant New York City but now prefer to combine shopping with sunbathing. Then there...
If the only planes in the sky belonged to U.S. carriers, the NetJets snobs might have a point. Three of the largest American airlines began 2006 in bankruptcy. Meanwhile, overseas carriers like Virgin Atlantic and Emirates have added such amenities as in-flight massages and Four Seasons--style suites.
Without much oil under its sands, Dubai is no petro powerhouse. But you can't beat it for being the most colorful sheikdom in the Middle East--or the most ambitious. What other desert land can claim one of the world's largest indoor ski slopes, featuring fresh powder year...
RESIGNED. TOSHIYUKI SHINMACHI, 63, as president and CEO of Japan Airlines, Asia's largest carrier; after less than a year in the post; in Tokyo. Four board members called for Shinmachi's resignation last month over a string of problems at JAL, including a projected $404 million fiscal-year loss...
Of the roughly 500 detainees held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, none is more notorious than Mohammad al-Qahtani, the so-called "20th hijacker." Only weeks before 9/11, he tried to enter the U.S. illegally in Orlando, Fla., while the plot's leader, Mohammad Atta, waited...