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Negotiators for the U.S. and the European Union are moving toward liberalizing the transatlantic aviation market. A crucial goal for the U.S. side: more access to London's Heathrow Airport. An old, restrictive U.S.-British pact allows only American and United to fly to the world's busiest hub. For their part, the Europeans want their carriers to be allowed to fly to U.S. cities from anywhere in Europe. KLM, for example, can fly to the U.S. only from its home country, the Netherlands, but would prefer to operate from Paris or London as well. With Air France...
...informed the authorities, who were also unable to locate the gun. This situation, according to security professionals, was much worse than the cases of guns that have been discovered on passengers at screening checkpoints because the FFDO?s gun was already in the so called "secure" area of the airport...
...happy if anxious. I, a newly minted AARP member - hey, I?m not proud; it saved me a c-note on my Orlando minivan booking - was riding shotgun to K.T., and was, let us say, glad for the others. As we crossed the GW Bridge en route to Newark Airport, unsuccessful in our attempts to spot the Little Red Lighthouse but drawing oohs and aahs when we described the Manhattan skyline (Jack: ?The Vampire State Building??), I found myself achieving a sort of Vacation Zen. What the hell...
...reformed attitude was only bolstered at the airport: efficient check-in, no rush, and perhaps the most entertaining scanning procedure I had endured in the post- 9/11 age. Lucille, Wendy and I dutifully started to strip down, but the glee with which the kids went at it was something to see. The lady informed Jack that he could leave his sneakers on, but he wanted to take them off if his mom and dad were. Off they came. Parkas, little belts, eyeglasses, an American girl doll (Dad thinking that this was the third most expensive item going through, after...
...cover them in logo-stamped canvas--was a hit. Soon a Who's Who of well-heeled world leaders was buying up Vuitton bed trunks and wardrobe cases. Even Coco Chanel couldn't resist, ordering one of the first Vuitton handbags. Today it's hard to walk through an airport or down an avenue without spotting an LV logo...