Nov 21st, 2007 · The day before Thanksgiving is to an airport what the day after Thanksgiving is to a shopping mall: a lot of customers, but a lot of traffic and chaos, too. During one of the busiest weeks of the year at one of the busiest airports in the country -- Chicago's O'Hare International Airport -- NPR goes behind the scenes in an operations center to see how employees at American Airlines manage the logistics of getting planes to gates, people to planes, and luggage to planes and people.
Keywords: country · Chicago · airports · employees · Chaos · Traffic · mall · customer · Thanksgiving · American Airlines · logistical · luggage
Oct 31st, 2007 · We do not know if the luggage of a prison inmate included a bag on wheels. We do know that when a 17-year-old woman was released, her luggage contained some extra cargo. Investigators in Germany believe she left the youth prison with a fellow inmate inside her luggage.
Keywords: inmates · Prisons · Germany · youth · cargo · investigators · luggage
Oct 1st, 2007 · A record number of bags were lost or mishandled by U.S. airlines between May and July this year. Dean Headley, co-author of the annual Airline Quality Rating report, talks about this inconvenient truth.
Keywords: Airlines · truth · mishandling · inconvenience · luggage · Dean Headley · Airline Quality Rating
Jul 14th, 2007 · The frustration of summer air travel is increased by the airlines' electronic answering systems. The Department of Transportation says that U.S. airlines are canceling and delaying more flights, losing more luggage, and bumping more passengers than ever before.
Keywords: services · passengers · electronics · Airlines · luggage · frustration · Department of Transportation
Feb 10th, 2007 · New figures out on airline travel this week indicate that travelers are becoming more and more unhappy with their experiences. In particular, lost luggage is growing as a travel complaint.
Keywords: Airlines · luggage
Sep 25th, 2006 · The U.S. government announces a partial lifting of the air-travel ban for liquids and gels in carry-on luggage. A government spokesman said that most liquids and gels purchased in the secure areas of airports will be allowed aboard commercial flights. The new security standards go into effect on Tuesday.
Keywords: security · commercial · airports · liquid · purchase · luggage · restrictions
Sep 22nd, 2006 · Carry-on bag restrictions are going to be modified in Britain. While the stricter rules were in effect, classical musicians traveling through Britain's airports weren't allowed to bring their instruments inside aircraft cabins.
Keywords: airports · Modified · Britain · music · Airlines · instrumentation · aircraft · luggage · restrictions
Sep 21st, 2006 · In an increasing number of cities across the United States, air travelers can now go to remote facilities to check in luggage and also pick up boarding passes before heading to the airport. One remote site just opened in Los Angeles -- Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt went to investigate.
Keywords: senior · United States · Los Angeles · airports · Dodging · cities · remote · Steve Proffitt · luggage
