TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: It's what the law requires (The New Straits Times) I REFER to the complaint about travel documents by Anbalagan Munusamy of Muar ("Airline could have exercised discretion" -- NST, Dec 23). On behalf of the Immigration Department, I apologise to Anbalagan and his family for the refusal to allow his children to board Flight AK5254.   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=12laaqmob/*http%3A//www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/Letters/2444411/Article/index_html The top 10 travel stories of 2008 (KTRE Lufkin and Nacogdoches) The world's first bio-diesel flight, airlines merging and cutting perks, and piracy on the high seas were just three of the top stories to affect the world of travel in 2008.   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=11ida7ug3/*http%3A//www.ktre.com/global/story.asp?s=9617908 Flight attendant named best villain (Saskatoon StarPhoenix) REGINA (SNN) -- A former flight attendant alleged to have set fire to an airplane en route to Regina has been named the "Best Villain" of 2008 by a popular travel website.    http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=13kch31kb/*http%3A//www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=44b731c6-8de3-4b70-9f99-dd8652417d89&k=61610 India's national airline fires 9 flight attendants deemed overweight (Reading Eagle) NEW DELHI - Nine flight attendants who couldn't meet the weight standards of India's national airlines have been fired, an official said Tuesday.   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=11imo3i1l/*http%3A//readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=120108 Indian airline fires 9 overweight flight attendants (Seattle Times) Air India fires 9 overweight flight attendants   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=1320m4gar/*http%3A//seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2008595481_webindiaairline06.html?syndication=rss Fantasy of Flight Founder Inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame (The Aero-News Network) Kermit Weeks, creator and founder of Central Florida's Fantasy of Flight, and a championship aerobatic pilot, has been selected as a member of the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame. Weeks was inducted into the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame recently at the society's sixth annual induction ceremony.   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=12qpm9jt4/*http%3A//www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=c4f30a35-5650-4327-b71a-850d3b7bbeb4 Continental To Make First Biofuel-Powered Flight by a U.S. Carrier (The Aero-News Network) There's no Fuel Like A Biofuel... It's been all the rage of late... bio-fuel this, green-flight that. But, apparently the US Carriers haven't quite caught up with the hype... that is, until this Wednesday.Continental Airlines tells ANN that will conduct the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner.   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=12qdpo9lk/*http%3A//www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=705f862b-332e-43cc-b86d-a064cee728aa CAIR Files DOT Complaint After Muslims Kicked Off AirTran Flight (The Aero-News Network) An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has filed a complaint with the DOT following an incident Thursday in which nine Muslim passengers were removed from an AirTran Airways flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=12qv33s9l/*http%3A//www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=443d1e76-89d0-4529-9eeb-0900a5229e48 Panasonic Avionics Corporation MPES Overhead System Chosen by SilkAir to Enhance In-Flight Entertainment (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Panasonic Avionics Corporation, the world leader in state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment and communication systems, today announced that SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, has engaged Panasonic to install the Panasonic Multiplexed Passenger Entertainment System overhead in-flight entertainment system on twelve Airbus A320 family narrow body aircraft.   http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=11f7ng1ff/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/iw/090106/0462972.html Unruly Delta passenger: Moscow-Atlanta flight diverts to Canada (USA Today) A Russian man is in the custody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police today after his alleged behavior on a Delta jet forced the Moscow-to-Atlanta flight to divert to Newfoundland, Canada, UPI reports. The Canadian Press writes the 39-year-old man...    http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/flight+travel/SIG=12m95v8ft/*http%3A//www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=60880330.blog&csp=34