Read more air travel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8133/air-travel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSun, 22 Nov 2009 6:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74269/counterproductive-offsets-ditched.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarbon offsets are becoming big business, but many emissions experts say green travel is too good to be true. Responsible Travel was one of the first travel firms to offer customers the chance to pay extra money to help offset emissions caused by their air miles. But it has now...http://www.newser.com/story/74269/counterproductive-offsets-ditched.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 2:54:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73620/stowaway-mouse-grounds-jfk-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mouse sighting delayed a Delta flight from JFK to London last night, the New York Times reports. Passengers were switched to another plane after the tiny intruder was spotted in the cabin. "Plain and simple, there’s not supposed to be a mouse on the airplane,” an airline rep said....http://www.newser.com/story/73620/stowaway-mouse-grounds-jfk-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 10:08:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72597/northwest-pilots-were-working-on-laptops-ntsb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe pilots of the Northwest flight that wandered 150 miles past its destination were working on their personal laptops in the cockpit, a violation of company policy. The two denied falling asleep and could hear the radio when they fell out of communication with ground personnel, they told NTSB investigators...http://www.newser.com/story/72597/northwest-pilots-were-working-on-laptops-ntsb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 15:12:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72575/pan-am-lives-in-mans-garage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo Anthony Toth, Pan Am was the epitome of airline class, with its top-notch, martini-pouring first-class service and in-flight music so excellent that the United Airlines employee brought along a tape recorder to record it on trips as a boy. Now that he’s 42 and owns a home, he’s built...http://www.newser.com/story/72575/pan-am-lives-in-mans-garage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72479/northwest-pilot-we-werent-sleeping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of the pilots of the infamous Northwest flight that missed the airport says neither he nor his co-pilot were napping. "I can assure you none of us was asleep," says Richard Cole, who gave separate interviews to ABC and the AP. "It was not a serious event, from a...http://www.newser.com/story/72479/northwest-pilot-we-werent-sleeping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Oct 2009 9:55:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72432/flight-attendant-i-have-no-idea-when-were-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe passengers aboard the Northwest flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles—possibly while the pilots napped—didn't have a clue anything was amiss beyond a nagging sense that the flight was taking a long time. One tells the Star Tribune that he asked about it, and a...http://www.newser.com/story/72432/flight-attendant-i-have-no-idea-when-were-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 10:42:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71002/for-249-annual-fee-united-will-waive-bag-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFly United frequently, or planning to use the airline for the next couple family vacations? For a $249 annual fee, United will waive fees for your first two checked bags—and it covers up to eight people traveling on the same booking. With a $20 charge for the first bag...http://www.newser.com/story/71002/for-249-annual-fee-united-will-waive-bag-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 21:32:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69952/airport-seize-your-stuff-look-for-it-on-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom knives to baseball bats to cake-cutters to corkscrews, and including at least one kitchen sink, the Transportation Security Administration confiscates around a million items from air travelers every month, CNN reports. Guns are turned over to law enforcement and shampoo bottles end up in the trash, but the rest...http://www.newser.com/story/69952/airport-seize-your-stuff-look-for-it-on-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 8:19:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69202/8-years-on-critics-call-airport-security-theater.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBillions of dollars in spending since 9/11 has given airport security officers plenty of ways to catch terrorists—but are critics right in calling it "security theater"? Take the “millimeter wave whole body imager,” which pinpoint “anomalies” on your person: Sure, it will spot a handgun, or a sharp object,...http://www.newser.com/story/69202/8-years-on-critics-call-airport-security-theater.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 18:17:20 CDT