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Air Transporters Urge Better Tracking in Wake of Missing Flight 370

Associations Now

In a recent expedition from San Diego to Honolulu conducted by the Sea Education Association, 38 scientists, sailors, and students hand-counted nearly 70,000 pieces of plastic and other debris gathered from 118 net tows along the way. Air France 447 brought similar issues to light a few years ago, and some progress was made. “It

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The Headaches of Thanksgiving Travel: Could They Happen Year-Round?

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Travel Association raises concerns about potentially dire effects of infrastructure problems on the travel industry. According to the USA Today report, a big factor is industry consolidation. What if holiday airport congestion were business as usual? A new report from the U.S. First it was the crowded highways.