Baggage Fees

What it costs an airline to fly your luggage

As you head off on your Thanksgiving travels this week and prepare to pay airline baggage fees, you may wonder what it actually costs the airline to fly your 40-pound suitcase.

Easyjet

Budget airline cools its jets in tough climate

Budget airline Easyjet has seen its annual profits fall because of higher fuel costs, despite managing to increase passenger numbers.

Strong Improvements Offset By High Cost Of Fuel

Fuel and taxes clip Hawaiian Airlines profits nearly 70 percent

Earnings at Hawaiian Airlines' parent company fell nearly 70 percent during the third quarter due in part to expenses related to fuel hedging contracts and an increase in the company's tax provision.

New Fees Make Frequent Flyer Programs Pricey Propositions

SmarterTravel asks how much that free ticket costs?

BOSTON, MA (September 10, 2008) - Since 1981, the value proposition underlying the airlines' popular loyalty programs has been simple and straightforward: earn miles; redeem them for a free ticket.

Oasis Of The Seas

What's a Spot on Oasis of the Seas Worth?

What are you willing to pay to cruise on what will be the world's largest, most innovative cruise ship ever built when it debuts in December 2009?

Beijing 2008

Visitors to Beijing Olympics put off by higher costs and tighter security

Tight security restrictions and higher prices are damaging domestic demand for Beijing Olympic package tours and reducing the number of overseas visitors, travel agencies and hotels have warned.

"air security" costing travel industry big time

U.S. travel industry lost $26 billion in 2007 due to "air security measures"

New York, NY - A report by the Travel Industry Association said consumers avoided up to 41 million air trips in 2007 because they were irked by the cumbersome security procedures, flights delays and e

Air Travel Is Out, Bus Travel Is In

Bus industry looks to a profitable future

Certainly, the era of long-distance, coast-to-coast bus travel may be over, however, the number of people taking buses within a 250- to 300-mile radius is greater than ever. The rise in gasoline prices to over $4 per gallon and heading to $5 a gallon may offer an historic opportunity to the inner-city bus industry.

Flight Delays Cost $41B In 2007

A congressional committee says flight delays cost $12B to passengers, $19B to the air industry and $10B to other industries

NEW YORK - Domestic flight delays cost the industry and passengers $40.7 billion in 2007, according to the Joint Economic Committee from the House and Senate, which released a report Thursday.

As part of this overall cost from the delays, passengers lost an estimated $12 billion worth of time that would otherwise have been spent on ... read more

Lebanon

Lebanese unrest cost up to $600 Million, Sarkis says

Unrest over the past week cost the Lebanese economy as much as $600 million in lost revenue and the figure may rise as the political deadlock continues, the country's tourism minister said.

JetBlue Hikes Change Fee To $100

Airline logic: Cost of fuel is rising, let's double change fee

Changing your ticket on JetBlue now costs $100. The change went into effect on May 1, according to JetBlue spokesman Sebastian White. Previously, the charge was $40 for changes made online and $50 for those made over the phone.

"Disney Magic" + Cost Of Fuel Reality = "Fuel Surcharge" For Passengers

Disney Cruise Line adopts fuel surcharge

TALLAHASSEE - Disney Cruise Line said Monday it will begin charging passengers to offset soaring fuel costs, joining every other major operator in the cruise industry.

The State Of Business Class Business

Fare hikes could crimp business class travel

NEW YORK - Recent fare hikes and the weakening U.S. economy could hit U.S. airlines' bottom lines as more companies are requiring their traveling executives to fly economy instead of business class.

Philippines

Keeping an eye on medical tourists

MANILA, Philippines - A group of doctors who have been friends since their preschool days are among the many reasons why the Philippines stands a good chance of becoming a major destination for medical tourists.

Medical tourists are those who go to other countries to have a medical procedure performed because of the cheaper cost.