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US Airways sued New Mexico in 2007 because the state's Regulation and License Department denied its liquor license application. This came after a passenger killed five people in a crash while driving drunk after getting intoxicated on the flight. ...

Airlines are suffering, as are a majority of businesses that supply luxury goods. Scotch, however, is not among the sad faces. The BBC reports that the U.K.'s most famous beverage is enjoying a 14% increase in exports over the past year. Are people ...

Four decades after making it difficult to get a drink, Utah realizes that buying liquor involves spending, too. Last week, the state decided to allow liquor to be sold to anyone with a valid form of ID. For the past 40 years, getting a drink has ...

Take an international flight, and the signs are seductive. "Duty-free" beckons you into endless rows of stores with some sense of tax savings and bargain shopping. In the United States, this trims the cost of local import taxes, but in Europe, you ...

The British government is planning to ease its ban on the amount of liquid you can take into and out of the country. Currently, passengers are only allowed to carry 100 ml bottles. Improved airport X-ray machines are expected to render that limit ...

If there is one thing we never seem to have a shortage of here on Gadling, it's stories that involve drunk passengers misbehaving. We've written about a planeload of 40 drunk Irish, a drunk Russian with an empty bottle of Chivas, a passenger so drunk ...

In three hours, I'll be boarding a plane for an eight-hour flight – assuming we don't get held up on the runway. So, when I saw "How to make the most of flying coach" on MSNBC.com, I hoped for some great advice. It would have been timely ... if ...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/23/free-press-travel-necessary-and-certainly-not-an-evil/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; The blogosphere has been heating up over the issue of ethics and "swag." There's plenty of free stuff ...

Ever wondered what it's like to be a winemaker, brewmaster, or cheesemaker? How about a rancher, chocolate maker, fisherman(or woman), or a liquor distiller? Here's your chance to find out. Seven lucky winners will be given the opportunity to ...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/16/galley-gossip-how-to-get-free-beer-in-flight/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Recently I read an article on News.com.au about a passenger who stole a few cans of beer from a beverage cart and then ...

Back in May, we told you about Air New Zealand's plan to send a Matchmaking Flight from Los Angeles to Auckland. Well, that flight is now less than three weeks away and more details have been released. Air New Zealand has announced that Jason Mesnick ...

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This week, as promised, I'm featuring the best new product in the Holiday 2009 SkyMall catalog. And it couldn't come at a better time. This may shock you, but being America's leading SkyMall expert doesn't pay very well. So, I've applied for a lot ...

It's been a tough month year decade for the airline industry. In the United States, it's lost $58.5 billion and cut 158,000 jobs. There never seems to be an answer, and news of an industry in jeopardy has become routine. So, . But, it will be ...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/11/17/don-t-become-a-hermit-eight-tips-for-solo-business-travelers/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Solo business travel can be downright depressing. Even if you hate team dinners (and your ...