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Experts Predict More Air Travelers This Holiday Season
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It appears that more people will be flying to their Thanksgiving destinations this year. The Air Transport Association is expecting a 3.5-percent increase in passengers travelling...
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Health: Talking To Children About New Airport Screening
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The new airport security measures have some parents worried about kids going through scanners or being pat-down. 3 On Your Side Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl has some advice for...
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Atlantic City Airport Sees Record Traffic In 2010, Expansion Underway
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) – An expansion is under way at Atlantic City Airport, and it appears to be just in time. The airport announced Monday that it handled more passengers in 2010 than in any...
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Some Local Flights Canceled On Southwest Airlines
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Southwest airlines grounded about 80 planes for inspection after one of its 737’s was forced to make an emergency landing. Many passengers getting off Southwest flights at...
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3 On Your Side: Pay Less To Vacation
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Is the high cost of gas and increased travel fees putting your vacation plans in jeopardy this summer? 3 On Your Side Consumer Reporter Jim Donovan joins us with some advice so you...
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Teen Stable After Southwest Philadelphia Shooting
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Southwest detectives are looking into what prompted the shooting of a 16-year-old boy in a neighborhood near the airport. Police say the boy, who lived in the 25-hundred block of...
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TSA Reassures Passengers About Radiation Exposure Risk
By Michelle Durham PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – After recent published reports accused TSA officials of not maintaining their scanner equipment and questioning just how much radiation one receives when going...
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Top Ways to Kill Time at PHL Airport
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Man Charged After Attempting To Board Plane With Fireworks At Philadelphia...
By Steve Beck and Walt Hunter PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A man has been charged after he attempted to board a plane with fireworks and a suspicious container in Philadelphia early Thursday morning. Joseph...
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Police: Philadelphia International Airport Security Scare A Hoax
By Ben Simmoneau PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) – A flight that departed from Philadelphia International Airport Thursday morning was returned to the airport after a tip call claimed a passenger aboard the...
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Philadelphia International Airport A Ghost Town
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Normally, bad weather means planes are grounded. But on Monday, the planes at Philadelphia International Airport were gone. Due to Hurricane Sandy, all Monday flights have been...
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More Than $34K In Jewelry Seized By Customs Officers At PHL
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized more than $34,000 in jewelry from an uncooperative couple on Friday. The married couple, who arrived from Amsterdam at...
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Winter Storm Causes Delays, Cancellations, Reduced Speeds
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The weather is causing travel delays at Philadelphia International and Lehigh Valley Airports. Delays and cancellations have been reported at Lehigh Valley Airport,...
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Trenton-Mercer Airport Expands Flight Service From Frontier
By John Ostapkovich TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — Trenton-Mercer Airport will be offering flights to more destinations staring in April. The expansion is by Frontier Airlines, the only airline at the airport,...
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NFL Player Arrested After A Handgun Found In His Luggage
NEW YORK (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers say they’re gathering information after defensive end Da’Quan Bowers was arrested after a handgun was found in his luggage at a New York airport. Bowers was...
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Cleaning Crew Steals From Plane Passenger At PHL
By Elizabeth Hur PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Theft on the plane. Eyewitness News uncovered exclusive details about a cleaning crew that police say helped themselves to a passenger’s ID and money. If you’ve...
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Delays, Cancellations Caused By Technology Outage At Philadelphia...
By Steve Beck, Oren Liebermann PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A technology outage has led to delays for travelers at Philadelphia International Airport Wednesday morning. The technology glitch started around...
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New Castle Airport In Wilmington Gives Travelers More Air Travel Options
By Ian Bush WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) – For convenience, or out of habit, Philadelphia International is probably your first choice when it comes to airports, but several options recently have cropped up...
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Hundreds Of Airport Employees Pull Eagles Team Jet For Charity
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA, Pa (CBS) — Hundreds of US Airways employees put their work aside for a few hours today to take part in the company’s eighth annual jet pull competition. Teams of 20 people...
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Government To Ease Way For Disabled Airline Passengers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators say they’re issuing new rules aimed at making flying easier for passengers with disabilities. A rule issued Monday by the Department of Transportation requires...
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