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British Airways has announced that passengers on its forthcoming business class flights to New York will have the opportunity to pass immigration and customs at Shannon Airport, meaning that they will be able to travel straight through John F Kennedy Airport when they arrive in the United States.The airline's flight to New York from London City Airport will have a stopover at Shannon in west Ireland to refuel, at which point passengers will be given the chance to pass the customs and immigration checks that would usually be carried out at their final destination.Shannon is the first European airport to be granted pre-clearance facilities on transatlantic flights to the US.The development, which was announced by Irish transport minister Noel Dempsey, will allow British Airways customers to "breeze" through the busy JFK Airport, the airline claimed.Robert Boyle, British Airways' commercial director, said: "The introduction of pre-clearance facilities at Shannon will mean customers on our

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) LimoLiner Inc., the luxury road travel service operating between Boston and New York, today announced the company has introduced a host of new comfort and safety amenities and upgrades. These features, which will be added over the next 30 days, will enhance the onboard passenger experience and are consistent with LimoLiner's customer-centered philosophy.

SAN MATEO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Finding great hotel deals just got a lot easier with today's launch of DealBase.com, the planet's largest hotel deals website. DealBase.com takes the ambiguity and complexity out of travel deals by giving travelers unique consumer-focused tools to obtain the deals that best meet their individual needs.

Delta Air Lines and Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, expanded their marketing services agreement to give AS passengers more access to DL's international flights and DL passengers more access to AS and Horizon's western US network.

Hit hard by the continuous decline of the domestic market, China Southern Airlines parent China Southern Group and China Eastern Airlines parent China Eastern Group are expecting their requests for government aid to be approved.

ABX Air parent Air Transport Services Group yesterday outlined its plan to survive beyond next year's expected termination of its operation as a DHL subservice airline, saying it will become a smaller, diversified company that will wet- and dry-lease aircraft and provide expanded MRO services to third parties at its Wilmington, Ohio, base.

Gol and Varig parent Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes suffered a BRL294.3 million ($131,1 million) loss in the third quarter, reversed from a BRL45.5 million profit in the year-ago period, as special charges eclipsed improvement on the operating level.

Ted Bushelman, the airport spokesman who for 42 years answered questions about shifting flight schedules and high fares with characteristic gregariousness, is retiring at the end of the year. The announcement was made Monday at the meeting of the Kenton County Airport Board, which overseas the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Afterward, Bushelman said he doesn’t have specific plans, though he is not planning to work for anyone. “I have too many job offers and I don’t want them,” he said. “If I work, it’s going to be for myself.” Bushelman has a history of working for himself. Before joining CVG, he owned an FM-music radio station in Oklahoma City and then Northern Kentucky’s Recorder community newspapers (now owned by Gannett). He is a former sports director for CBS Channel 5 in New York and has worked for Channels 5 and 12 in Cincinnati. That love for television continues. Bushelman still volunteers to handle the telev

CB&E Construction Group has been selected as the general contractor on the Marriot reflag of the Hyatt Regency inside Union Station.

United Airlines has decided to resume non-stop service between Denver and London on a seasonal basis starting in March, Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday during a media conference call he conducted from Japan.