The U.S. Department of Transportation fined Taiwan's China Airlines Tuesday for "deceptive advertising of airfares."
Eight Americans arrested for planning or staging protests in Beijing were deported to the United States on Sunday, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said.
Cassie Phillips is in Battambang, Cambodia, where she will be working with the NGO Homeland.
U.S. aviation authorities have ordered emergency inspections of newer model Boeing BA.N 737 jetliners in response to last week's explosion and fire that destroyed a China Airlines plane in Japan, officials said Monday.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to inspect wing slats on all newer Boeing 737 aircraft after an initial investigation said a loose part caused a fuel leak and subsequent fire that destroyed a China Airlines 737 last week in Japan.
They made it out with just seconds to spare.
A Taiwanese jetliner burst into flames Monday morning shortly after landing at the Naha airport on the Japanese island of Okinawa, but 165 passengers and crew got off the plane safely, authorities said.
A China Airlines jetliner burst into flames Monday morning at the Naha airport on the Japanese island of Okinawa, and some crew members were reported missing.
A plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines caught fire soon after landing on Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Monday, but officials said all 165 people on board had escaped safely.
The Internet has changed the way many business travelers book their flights, and now it looks set to change the culture within the cabin.
United Airlines is launching flights from the United States to Vietnam -- marking the first commercial service between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War.
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The Japanese aren't the only Asians with a yen for international travel. Encouraged by stronger currencies and fewer travel restrictions, thousands of Taiwanese and Koreans are flocking overseas, a...