Qantas

Unhappy airline travel: Qantas delays thanks to wandering passengers

Flying 'roo Qantas can't catch a break at the moment.

Flight Delays Spur Fight Over Air Travel Changes

Airline industry: Bush administration's plan to auction off flight slots is not a very bright idea

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are fighting the Bush administration's plan to combat flight delays by experimenting with New York City airspace.

The federal Aviation Administration came under withering criticism Wednesday morning at a hearing about the agency's plan to auction off some flight slots at New York's three major airports.

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

Singapore Airlines Superjumbo Woes

New A380 delays could impact SIA, airline says

SINGAPORE - Delays announced on Tuesday in delivery of the Airbus A380 could have an impact on Singapore Airlines (SIA), the first carrier to fly the superjumbo, SIA said.

SIA has already received four of the planes and a fifth is expected to be delivered by early July, an SIA spokesman said.

US Airline Delays Worsened In March

Almost 30 pct of US flights failed to arrive on time

WASHINGTON - Nearly 30 percent of domestic flights were late or canceled in March, more bad news for an industry plagued with safety concerns and buckling under record fuel costs.

Airlines Delays

What you can do when your airline is grounded

Travelers caught in a massive airline delay - such as those systemic delays caused by grounding of an entire fleet of aircraft - have very few specific, legally defined "rights." Instead, what you get is what the airline is willing to give you, or if you pursue it, what you can recover in court.

Flight Cancellations Spread

Delays may surpass American's 2,400, continue for weeks.

WASHINGTON - This week's flight cancellations by American Airlines are likely to spread to other U.S. airlines in the weeks ahead as federal regulators step up a by-the-book review of carriers' compliance with maintenance and safety orders issued in recent years.

Russian Tourists To U.K. Face Lengthy Visa Delays.

UK is interesting to Russians, but "this interest is easy to break and hard to build up again"

Changes to visa procedures for visitors to the U.K. have led to delays of up to two months and have begun to reduce the number of Russian tourists making the trip there, Moscow tour operators say, although The St. Petersburg Times has learned that visa applications made through the British Consulate in St.

Airlines' Rule 240

Myth or magic bullet?

Rule 240 is the most misunderstood rule in the airline business.

That's what airline guru Terry Trippler told me a decade ago. And it's never been truer than it is today.

Rule 240 is the paragraph in an airline's contract of carriage -- the legal agreement between you and the airline -- that describes its responsibility when a ... read more

Baggage Mess

Airline baggage delays worsen

Baggage delayed by major European airlines increased last year, with the performance of previous-worst carrier British Airways slumping further.

BA was responsible for delaying 26.5 bags per 1,000 passengers compared to 23 in 2006, according to the Air Transport Users Council (AUC).

Airline Delays

Airline delays cost more than tarmac time

WASHINGTON — For more than four hours, Doug Pinkham sat wedged in seat 19C of a Delta Air Lines jet as the plane inched its way through tarmac congestion caused by a winter storm that struck Atlanta's international airport on a recent night.

Holiday travel snags

Holiday travelers delayed in Chicago, NY

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 season.

Travelers also encountered weather-related delays at airports in the New York City area.