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egypt_3I have only done one scuba dive in my life but this is a story that makes me want to get scuba certified:

World’s first underwater museum planned for Egypt

Mention underwater archeological treasures and most people will think of shipwrecks full of chests of gold from far corners of the earth. However, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), together with the Egyptian government, is now planning to show the world that underwater archeology can be much more, by building the world’s first underwater museum to show the rich cultural and historical heritage that can be found under the Bay of Alexandria in northern Egypt.

In the end I don’t think this story will matter. With the airlines losing money there will probably be fewer of them next year so mergers and bankruptcies are likely.

Northwest flight attendants union sues Delta

The Association of Flight Attendants, which represents flight attendants at Northwest, has sued Delta in federal court. The union is trying “to block the world’s biggest (airline) from starting the process to integrate the two carriers’ seniority lists until the combined group is given the opportunity to vote on union representation,” The Associated Press reports. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says “now that Atlanta-based Delta has closed its merger with (Northwest), many employees at the combined carrier, including flight attendants, will likely vote on whether to unionize. Flight attendants at Northwest are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants union, while flight attendants at Delta are not unionized.”

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Travel News Carnival - July 18, 2008

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Rape alert campaign on Greek beaches

An anti-rape campaign has been launched by the [British] Foreign Office in resorts in Greece following alarm at the numbers of attacks on female British tourists. More rapes and sexual assaults are reported by British nationals in Greece than in any other tourist destination, according to research by the FCO. British consular officials around Greece were made aware of 39 cases of rape last year, compared with 17 in 1998. Greece is visited by 3 million UK citizens annually and many of the attacks on British female visitors are carried out by fellow Britons.

Zeppelins fly over London

The Star Over London Airship Sponsored by Stella Artois – to give it its full and laborious title – will be sailing over the capital until August 21, offering aerial views of the city previously seen only by blasé pigeons.

The Star has been licensed to fly up to eight trips a day from its base at an airfield in Upminster, Essex. An hour’s ride following the river into town, past Charlton Athletic football club, past city airport, past Canary Wharf and on to within spitting distance – not that you would, obviously – of Westminster, will set you back just £360. Yup, £360.

Munich takes best airport in Europe award for fourth straight year

For the fourth year in a row, Munich Airport has been named the winner of the
“Best Airport in Europe” award in an international survey of 8.2 million passengers worldwide. The annual Airport Survey conducted by Skytrax, an independent, London-based aviation market research firm, is the largest international customer survey of airport quality standards.

Ads to be printed on airline boarding passes

Six international airlines have opened the door to advertisers with a new initiative that will allow ads to appear on boarding passes printed following online check-in.

Tourists to see buried Egyptian solar boat via camera

Zahi Hawas, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that a huge screen will be put in the solar boat museum, which is on the southern side of the great pyramid. The screen will show the boat which lies 10 metres below the surface.

Fuel crisis boosts Eurostar sales

The cross channel operator reports a 24.7% increase on ticket sales between January and June this year compared to last with traveller numbers reaching 4.63 million, an 18.3% year-on-year increase.

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