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The elaborate costumes have been put away, city streets were cleaned (within two hours of the end of parades) and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport saw a seven-year high in the number of passengers travelling through the airport. From a decline in arrests to a rise in airport passengers, Mayor Mitch Landrieu last week hailed the Carnival season in New Orleans, which ended on Ash Wednesday, as a success.

From airlines to beer-makers to wireless providers, withering crude prices have been a drag on businesses seemingly far removed from the oilpatch. “Sometimes - outside of Alberta, particularly - there's some skepticism or even some derision against the petroleum sector,” said Todd Hirsch, chief economist at ATB Financial.

Zimbabwean aviation authorities impounded a US-registered cargo jet, a senior official said Monday, after a dead body later believed to be a stowaway and millions of South African rand were found on board.

A Disney cruise ship rescued a group of 12 suspected Cuban migrants in the Caribbean southeast of Cuba at about 8 p.m. Saturday. According to the US Coast Guard on Sunday the Disney Wonder was on its way from Miami to the Cayman Islands when it spotted the small vessel.

Air Canada says carriers should be allowed to share information about unruly passengers to help keep the skies safer. Canada’s largest carrier says airlines can ban people with a history of disruptive behaviour from taking further flights with that airline.

The crew of flight VS025 decided to return to Heathrow rather than making the trans-Atlantic crossing, the airline said in a statement. Passengers were offered overnight accommodation.

Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees near Gryfino, north-west Poland, this grove of curved trees

The last call at Castaway Cay was cancelled from a seven-night itinerary on Disney’s Fantasy. The ship spent two extra days at sea and returned to Port Canaveral after suffering engine failure. All guests were offered a discount of 20 percent off a future three, four, or seven night sailing as well as a $200 on-board credit.

European Waterways, a hotel barge cruising company, reports an extensive programme of refurbishment and upgrades on its 17-vessel fleet in preparation for the 2016 cruising season. Some of the improvements are raising the bar, some of them are improving the bars.

If the replica of the RMS Titanic ever sets sail, it will look eerily similar to the ill-fated ocean liner that remains the most famous ship of all time. These captivating side-by-side images show how the planned Titanic II will stick to the incredible detail of the original ship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean more than 100 years ago.

The disco had to go. So said Orlando Ashford when he became president of Holland America and discovered the poorly utilized disco area of Northern Lights. With a goal to attract a broader demographic and first time cruisers, the cruise line replaced the disco with the art filled Gallery Bar.