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Lufthansa Airlines recently opened the first terminal in the world where passengers are treated like VIPs. The terminal, at Frankfurt Airport, is exclusively for the airline's first-class and high-mileage passengers. It will be used by just 350 travelers a day, each of whom is met by a personal assistant who handles all mundane tasks, from baggage check-in to seat assignments. Those pampered few then get to wait in an opulent lounge that has overstuffed Italian-leather chairs, a linen-tablecloth restaurant, a cigar area with a selection of 15 high-end whiskeys, offices and luxurious bathrooms...
Detroit Sleeper Cell Sept. 17, 2001 Arrested with airport-security passes and fake IDs, charged with ID fraud and providing material support to terrorists The two accused men were found guilty in 2003, but the judge dismissed the convictions after discovering that prosecutors had kept some evidence from the defense...
Delayed? Get Repaid Heading off to the airport? Don't forget to pack a copy of the E.U.'s latest rules on compensation for jilted passengers. A regulation introduced last week increases compensation for flyers involuntarily bumped from their journeys; on longer routes, they can now get as much as €600. In force on all flights taking off from E.U. airports, the law also grants passengers hit by late...
Late on the night of February 9, Alexandra L. Gaudiani ’05 drove to Logan Airport to pick up Catherine Zeta-Jones; her husband, fellow Oscar-winner and Pudding honoree Michael Douglas; and her personal assistant...
More than politics or culture, though, being a host ends up being about parenting. Many kids call the adults Mom and Dad. When the school year ends, saying goodbye can be traumatic. "Our first time, we were in tears at the airport," recalls Becky Massey. "We didn't eat or talk for a day. We didn't realize how deep the attachment would...