DALLAS — The CEO of American Airlines said the company expects to hire 2,500 pilots over the next five years as it ramps up international flights. “The new American will be doing even more international flying, providing greater opportunities for ...

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NEW YORK — Hertz is one step closer to its long-awaited prize. More than two years after its original bid, it agreed Sunday to buy Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. for about $2.3 billion, giving it more ways to attract ...

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NEW YORK — Americans plan to hit the road this Labor Day weekend despite rising gas prices. Thirty three million people will travel 50 miles or more, a 2.9 percent increase from last year, according to AAA, a federation of ...

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WASHINGTON — Being stuck for hours on a stuffy, stinky plane at the airport — every passenger’s nightmare — was supposed to be a thing of the past, thanks to the government’s threat of huge fines against the airlines. Well, ...

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CAIRO — The pyramid rose out of the sand before me, its smooth stone walls crumbling around the edges, but still majestic and mountainous. As I hiked around it, studying the etched hieroglyphs and pausing to pick up a small ...

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NEW YORK — Irene is gone, and East Coast airports have reopened. But it will take at least several days to get hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded by the storm to their final destinations. Behind the scenes, ground crews ...

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On the afternoon of July 11, 2010, Pamela Kramer and her 14-year-old son met other members of their Pennsylvania church group at the Ethiopian Village café in Kampala, Uganda, to watch Spain and the Netherlands play in the World Cup ...

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LINTHICUM — Passenger traffic at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has set another record. Gov. Martin O’Malley said Wednesday that 2,078,548 passengers traveled through BWI in May. That is an increase of 6.8 percent over May 2010 and is an ...

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The look inside BWI is increasingly local and upscale. Travelers can dine on crab cakes at two Maryland seafood joints, sip Maryland beers from DuClaw Brewing Co., or relax in a new, locally owned lounge at the end of Concourse ...

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DALLAS — Some major U.S. airlines are trying to revive fare increases for high-end tickets after failing to impose bigger price increases last week. Fare watchers say American, United and Continental raised prices Monday by $20 to $60 per round ...

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