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Infrastructure

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 106 Documents (in Politics)

Federal Aviation Administration

FAA Glitch Causes Widespread U.S. Air Travel Delays

Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their travel plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months. The Federal Aviation Administration said the problem, which lasted about ... [NewsFactor Network - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Federal Aviation Administration, AirTran Holdings Inc, Doug Church, Air Traffic

First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)

Chile airports resume operations after major strike

Chilean airports resumed normal activity on Friday, after some 2,000 airport workers launched a country-wide strike that caused flight delays, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation said."The strike caused a slowdown of security checks for passengers ... [France24 - france - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Chile, Aviation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Politics)

Intermodal Traffic Declines for Week

AM Buy a Digital Copy of Transport TopicsU.S. intermodal rail traffic fell 7.7% in the week ended Nov. 14 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.Total intermodal volume declined to 208,056 units, from 225,375 ... [Transport Topics - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Intermodal, Declination, Association of American Railroads

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Politics)

Plane overshoots runway

Africa AA passenger plane has overshot a runway, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people.The plane had been flying from Kinshasa to Goma and passengers had warned the crew that there were heavy ... [stuff.co.nz - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Republic of the Congo, Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, Kinshasa

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 12 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)

European Union

Air passengers to get delay compensation

Airline passengers who are delayed by three hours or more will receive the same compensation as those whose flights are cancelled, European judges ruled today.Long wait? Airlines must now refund you WANT TO KNOW MORE? OTHER STORIES They decreed ... [This Is Money - 12 hours ago]

Entities: European Court of Justice, European Union, Final Destination

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Harris Corp

Glitch snarls air traffic

A nationwide air traffic control computer system outage this morning snarled air traffic.According to the FAA, the problem began around 5 a.m. (EST) when a router problem disrupted a number of air traffic management services, including flight plan processing. ... [General Aviation News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Plan, Randy Babbitt, Harris Corp

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 20 Documents (in Politics)

Barack Obama

Israel fends off criticism of settlement expansion

Israel on Wednesday defended its move to build hundreds of new homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem amid warnings that it was undermining US-led efforts to relaunch Middle East peace talks.US President Barack Obama warned that new settlement construction ... [France24 - Africa - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Israel, Barack Obama, Jerusalem

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 8 Documents (in Environment)

Air Pollution at Small Airports a Concern

Most Recent Photos in the News& View More Photos LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI) Air pollution is well-recognized problem at major airports, but air pollution near smaller regional airports may be overlooked, U.S. researchers say.Suzanne Paulson of the ... [EcoWorld - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Air Pollution, Emission, General Aviation, UCLA, Pollution

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Sydney Airport October traffic up 6% in October

Macquarie Airports' (MAp) Sydney Airport posted a 6% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic for the month of October, although traffic at its European airports fell.Sydney Airport's October passenger numbers rose 6% to 3.1 million, compared with 2.9 ... [Flight International - 19 hours ago]

Entities: MAP International, Kerrie Mather, Brussels Airport Co

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents (in Politics)

Internet traffic up 'sixfold' by 2012

Robert Pepper, vice president of Cisco, has said internet traffic will have increased six-fold by 2012 in a five-year period, as more users view and post videos online, AFP has reported. Speaking before delegates Internet Governance Forum in Egypt, Pepper ... [AME Info - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Cisco Systems Inc, Egypt

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hong Kong Freight Transport Report Q4 2009 - New Report Published

New report provides detailed analysis of the Logistics market Published on November 20, 2009by Press Office(Companiesandmarkets.com and OfficialWire)LONDON, ENGLAND Passenger throughput at Hong Kong International Airport fell by 18.9% year-on-year (yoy) ... [OfficialSpin - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Hong Kong, Stanley Hui, FAIR USE

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

TRAI fixes mobile porting charge at Rs. 19

NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday fixed Rs.19 as the porting charge (the amount to be paid by a subscriber to the recipient operator) for availing the mobile number portability (MNP) facility, which is likely to be ... [The Hindu - 1 hour ago]

Entities: TRAI, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Levy, Catalyst

Quotes

"> A European Court of Justice ruling requiring airlines to compensate travellers for long flight delays has been hailed by consumer groups across Europe. The ruling will require airlines within the EU to compensate passengers for delays for which they are responsible."

EU passengers to receive compensation over long flight delaysFriday, November 20, 2009 15:30CET ... [di-ve.com - 40 mins ago]

...was skeptical that shippers would sustain paying higher rates if railroads invested in bigger containers. "It's interesting to hear that shippers are going to be willing to pay more per lading with a higher lading weight. It's kind of like when we got more money when trains got longer -- for at least a year" he said. Branscum said a weight increase for interchangeable rail-truck containers that exceeds the capabilities of railcar fleets may end up backfiring...

Middle ground in truck weight debate? [American Shipper - 1 hour ago]

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Chile airports resume operations after major st... [France24 - france - 2 hours ago]
Chile airports resume operations after major st... [France24 - Business - 2 hours ago]
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Blogs

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Three days late, but just as important: TRANSPO... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 1 hour ago] I like what Michelle, of the No Impact Man duo for those of you who don't know, said about alternative transportation: it's ‘net net net positive gain' and ...
Photographs of residents in their tiny flats in... [Boing Boing - 2 hours ago] Michael Wolf took 100 photos of people living in Hong Kong's oldest public housing estate. Each flat is 100 square feet. Almost every room has the same kind ...
World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building [Wired: Wired Science - 3 hours ago] The world’s largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport, is now complete and open for business. Stretching ...
Rail Condition Snarls A, C, E, F, And V Commutes [Gothamist - 7 hours ago] A tipster described his morning commute on the F as screwy (Manhattan-bound F rerouted to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, to pick up the A/C) —and NYC Transit workers chalked ...
Live Blogging Project Runway , The Final Episod... [Gawker - 20 hours ago] Welcome to the last live blog of Season Six. To help us survive the final hour, I propose this fun diversion. Let's vote on who looks better in an apron: Tim Gunn ...

Audio/Video

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Ministers tackle road deaths [CNN International - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Ministers tackle road deaths [CNN.com - Video - 3 hours ago]
Thousands Grounded by FAA Outage [ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - 21 hours ago]
FAA Computer Problem Causes Widespread Delays [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Raw Video: FAA Computer Problem Delaying Flights [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/19/2009]

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