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Airline business-class sections are being transformed from traditional seating areas to upper-crust slumber parties with seats that turn into beds. More than 20 international carriers have--or by the end of the year will have--these so-called seat-beds in business class. Twenty-seven have even more luxurious accommodations in first class. The only U.S. carrier to offer a business-class seat-bed, Northwest Airlines, has the kind that lies at an angle, with the foot below the head, rather than perfectly flat. In a recent survey by Skytrax, a British firm that tracks travel trends, only...
...continuing rumors - dismissed by both sides - that France's Total might try to acquire the company. Losing Ground Control Ah, summertime, when the livin' is easy and Europe's airlines enjoy a holiday boom - right? Not exactly. Alitalia CEO Giancarlo Cimoli last week warned that the state-owned carrier faced collapse within 20 days unless unions agree to cost cuts and layoffs. But downsizing has consequences: British Airways (BA), which has chopped 13,000 jobs since 9/11, last week grounded more than 100 flights at its Heathrow hub. The main reason: staff shortages. Did BA fumble its math? The carrier...
...backseat to fear. If Yukos dries up (the Russian titan produces 2% of world supply) or insurgents hit oil installations in Iraq, Nigeria or - whisper it - Saudi Arabia, then $40 per bbl. might start to look almost cheap. Back Down To Earth A mixed week for British Airways: the carrier cheered first-quarter profits of $128 million after a loss last year, but risks legal action after ignoring Italy's demand to stop undercutting struggling Alitalia's fares on competing long-haul routes. BA asked the European Commission to step in. Meanwhile, union members among the airline's ground staff...
...Khan delivered tantalizing leads, and last month law-enforcement officials hit pay dirt. On July 24, an armored personnel carrier pulled up near a two-story corner home in the Pakistani town of Gujrat. It had been inhabited by three al-Qaeda members wanted by the U.S. for their roles in the African embassy bombings in 1998, men who had been fingered by Khan. Inside the besieged house--"The whole night there was shooting," said a neighbor--the three al-Qaeda men made futile efforts to burn a cache of computer discs in their possession, but a relentless barrage...
Ever since she was 40, May Glostock, 72, of St. Louis, Mo., has been hitting the road, riding her own BMW with her husband George, 73, a letter carrier. They racked up thousands of miles, including an expedition to Alaska. But when George retired recently, they downsized to one bike, a BMW with a sidecar, which they take turns driving. Both dismiss the notion that you can be too old to ride. "If you have enough adventure in your soul," George asserts, "do it. If you doubt it, you have to live...