Continental to the rescue
HOUSTON (TVLW) - Continental Airlines has announced that it will accept tickets for standby travel from passengers who were originally scheduled to fly on MAXjet Airways following that airline's ...
Alitalia vs. Bishop
New Delhi (eTN) - An Italian airlines, which left a Bishop stranded at Kuwait for over six hours despite his having a confirmed ticket to Rome, has been asked to cough up Rs 25,000 for its ...
WASHINGTON (TVLW) — Maxjet, a two-year-old company that touted itself as the first low-fare business class airline, has declared bankruptcy due to rising fuel costs, its president ...
Airline Offering Daily Departures from Sao Paulo in Airbus A330 Aircraft
SAO PAULO (TVLW) - TAM has began daily flights to its new international destination: Madrid, the capital of Spain on Fliday, Dec.21. Flight service is offered on modern Airbus A330 aircraft with ...
Alitalia
ROME (TVLW) - The board of Alitalia chose Air France-KLM as its preferred buyer on Friday, saying the French-Dutch carrier was a better match than a small Italian airline favored by the ...
The aircraft will be operated by Shuttle America in the livery of Delta Connection
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil (TVLW) - Embraer has received confirmation from U.S.-based Republic Airways Holdings of 11 options for the EMBRAER 175 jet. The aircraft will be operated by its ...
Qatar
(TVLW) - If you are hoping that the new year would herald happy tidings, be cautioned: the airfares are likely to spurt on January 1.
Travel industry sources in Qatar are moving into a ...
Asia
SINGAPORE (TVLW) - After two good years Asia's airline sector is set for a possibly steep slowdown in 2008 as the global credit crunch hits consumers, dampening air travel demand, an industry ...
Malta
(TVLW) - Spanish low-cost airline Vueling will start operating to and from Malta as from the 31st March 2008, the Government announced. The airline will be flying to the Malta International ...
Air Pacific
(TVLW) - Air Pacific managing director John Campbell has initiated an internal review of the airline.
Mr Campbell said the airline would review customer service, maintenance and airport ...
Full circle - who else can airlines possibly make mad?
(eTN) - And you thought the passengers were mad.
Airline employees are fed up, too — with pay cuts, increased workloads and management’s miserly ways, which leave workers to explain to ...
New slogan does not fly with Garuda
JAKARTA (eTN) - Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is willing to rectify the Visit Indonesia Year 2008 slogan painted on its 10 planes serving international routes.
The slogan, ...
Flight cancellation, unhelpful airline staff cause near riot at Gatwick
(eTN) - Police had to be called after angry passengers turned on airline staff when their flight from Gatwick to Edinburgh was cancelled.
Around 150 people were left in the airport last ...
Holiday travel snags
CHICAGO (eTN) - Dense fog and a low cloud ceiling forced airlines to cancel more than 200 flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday at the start of the busy holiday travel ...
Shuffling through security in airports is a bigger drag than going to the dentist.
(eTN) - Shuffling through security in airports is a bigger drag than going to the dentist.
After all, you made it to the departures terminal within six or seven minutes of the scheduled ...
Zoom Airlines
(TVLW) - Four years after Lindbergh Field lost its only overseas service, no-frills flier Zoom Airlines announced yesterday that it will begin nonstop flights next summer from San Diego to London. ...
United Airlines
CHICAGO (TVLW) - UAL Corporation issued the following statement from Chairman, President and Chief Executive Glenn Tilton regarding the announced proposals by the Department of Transportation to ...
Fewer flights will go in and out of New York City airports
HERNDON, Va. (TVLW) - Fewer flights will go in and out of New York City airports at the busiest times to try to ease chronic nationwide air travel delays, the government said Wednesday.
To ...
Airline
(TVLW) - The travel industry yesterday warned more than 200 flights a day will be affected during the Christmas season if Cathay Pacific flight attendants go on strike over the airline's medical ...
Airline
(TVLW) - Virgin America, the startup airline based at San Francisco International Airport, had a tough time getting off the ground this year, reporting an operating loss of $35 million during its ...
Airline
(TVLW) - Tiger Airways Pte, the budget carrier partly owned by Singapore Airlines Ltd., ordered 20 planes valued at $1.3 billion from Airbus SAS as it sets up a base in South Korea and expands in ...
Skybus
(TVLW) - Skybus, a new airline that offers some tickets for $10, lost $16 million during the three months that ended Sept. 30.
The Columbus-based airline said it expected to lose money ...
EU
(eTN) - EU ministers are poised to agree a deal on aviation that would see aircraft emissions continue to rise and possibly hand a cash windfall to the airlines.
BBC News understands the ...
In just five years, amount nearly doubles
(eTN) - The airlines say it doesn't happen often - less than once for every 100 passengers - but when you lose your luggage, you never forget it.
Nothing exceeds like excess
(TVLW) - Nothing exceeds like excess.
That’s why Big Oil and Big Freight have a shiny new flyride to Dubai, the most glittering destination in the United Arab Emirates and the ...
Another overseas airline is pulling out of Orlando International Airport
(TVLW) - German airline Condor Flugdienst GmbH will cancel service between Orlando and Frankfurt, Germany, as of April 28, according to a note on its Web site. A reservation agent for the airline, ...
Passengers paying for everything in flight
(eTN) - Out went the free meals and in came the fuel surcharges, excess baggage fees and $2 pillows. In the brutal airline business, every penny counts, especially when fuel costs are near record ...
Air New Zealand
(eTN) - Air New Zealand will make changes to its controversial cabin crew uniform, with chief executive Rob Fyfe admitting that the colour is too pale.
The predominantly teal and schist ...
Mesa Air Group
(TVLW) - Mesa Air Group led a sell-off in airline stocks Monday, after the regional carrier's motion for a new trial was rejected by a bankruptcy court judge and the company said it wasn't able to ...
Horizon Air
SEATTLE (TVLW) - Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines' sister carrier, today announced it will offer weekly nonstop jet service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to the popular tourist ...
