ADVISORY/Experts Available for Interview: U.S. Airlines Heighten Security.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2001 TOPIC: All commercial aircraft traffic was brought to a halt by the Federal Aviation Administration following yesterday's terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, according to an article by Reuters. An undetermined number of domestic flights were diverted to other airports, however experts say 4,000 flights are in the air on an average weekday morning, the article says. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said security within airports will be heightened, including tighter surveillance and searches. Also, curb-side check-in will no longer be available. It has been reported that flights are still on hold, according to an article on CNN.com. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Mark Merani is the president of HotelQuest International Inc. Online hotel reservations company, HotelQuest International Inc. (www.hotelquest.com), manned its call centers yesterday morning in order to prepare for the onslaught of customer cancellations due to the grounding of all air traffic across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Customers began calling in to cancel hotel reservations at a steady pace when the call center opened at 7am PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there . Mr. Merani can discuss the impact of the terrorist plane crashes and how they will impact the travel industry around the country. PR: La Rae Rae , John 1813-1893. British explorer who charted much of the Canadian Arctic coast. Spencer (lspencer@hotelquest.com, 925/473-2230 x244). Ms. Terri People with the name Terri include:
Mr. Charlie Mr. Char·lie n. Offensive Slang A white person or white people considered as a group. [From the name Charlie, nickname for Charles.] LeBlanc is the managing director of Air Security International. Mr. LeBlanc's background includes 13 years in the aviation security business. Charlie took his cargo training skills to commercial aviation security firms, first with ITS as southwest regional manager, then with ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. Services as director of operations. In these organizations, Charlie supervised su·per·vise tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To have the charge and direction of; superintend. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin pre-board screening, skycap services, wheel chair services, check baggage screening, security profiling, aircraft searches, ground security coordinator training at airports around the world. Charlie has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from California State University Enrollment  in Long Beach. 713/430-7300,
charlie.leblanc@argis.com
Mr. Edward Hasbrouck, of AirTreks.com, can comment on yesterday's air hijackings, crashes, and airport closings and can discuss the effect on this will have on air travelers. He is an expert on around-the-world travel, international airfares, and is a news source with a global reputation founded on his writing on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . His books include "The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World" (2nd ed., 2000) and "The Practical Nomad Guide to the Online Travel Marketplace (March 2001). 415/824-0214, edward@hasbrouck.org ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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