Golden Age Of Air Travel Is Over
By YUNJI de NIES and TAYLOR BEHRENDT
When it comes to air travel, no matter where you look, the story is the same: With constant delays, oversold flights, hidden fees and stuck-on-the-tarmac horror stories, flying is just not fun.
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Frugal Flying
By Ann Schrader
Southwest Airlines has made lemonade out of lemons, squeezing a projected $100,000 annual savings out of eliminating the fruit from its beverage service.
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Making The Skies Friendly Again
What's to love about this new airline from Richard Branson? A lot. Let's start with the obvious - really low fares on it's routes between Australia and west coast USA.
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Travel Industry
The North American cruise line industry is fueling the economy and providing a significant economic boost to airlines that ferry cruise passengers to embarkation points.
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Air Travel
Scott Hintz needed more miles with American Airlines to book a free trip to Morocco this spring, and he had several thousand miles from another carrier that he thought might be just the ticket.
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Airline Industry
By Scott McCartney
The Air Transport Association reports that passenger revenue for U.S.
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Air Travel
Numerous children ages 5-17 fly within the U.S. without an adult during summer. If your child will be among them, use this update on fees and tips to make the trip smooth.
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Finally, Cattle Class worth flying
This week we're giving a shout out to Air Tahiti Nui for providing an outstanding flying experience in the BACK of the plane.
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Air Travel
By bloomberg.com
A decline in the number of passengers boarding U.S. domestic flights will accelerate this year as the recession saps travel demand, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Driving Or... Flying?
By Keith Thomson, huffingtonpost.com
Recent events had me wondering about the accuracy of the old axiom that you're more likely to be killed on the drive to the airport than on the flight.
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Air Travel
By smartertravel.com
Big changes in the world of air travel are coming in 2009. From merger mania to airport security adjustments, here's what's on our shortlist of important changes in the year ahead.
Merger Mania
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Amadeus Survey
By marketwatch.com
Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, today released a new survey that, for the first time, captures sentiment around emerging airline
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Airlines Fees
By David Grossman, usatoday.com
At Cleveland Hopkins International Airport yellow strips of tape, like you might see surrounding a crime scene or a dangerous construction zone, are draped across the guide ropes at the Southwest Airl
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US
By usatoday.com
To many American leisure travelers, a $1,000 round-trip airline ticket might conjure a dream vacation to Rome, Rio de Janeiro or Sydney.
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Flying Traitors
By Christopher Elliott, msnbc.msn.com
What’s so fair about flying?
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Flying on empty
By newsday.com
Less than a month after pilots at US Airways took out a full-page ad in USA Today accusing the carrier of skimping on fuel loads to save money, pilots at other airlines are continuing to sound the ala
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Qatar Airways
RIYADH — An Indian expatriate from Dhahran was allowed to board a flight home yesterday, ending a monthlong ordeal that began when he collapsed at the airport in Bahrain on May 12.
“The airline has flown Kumar back to India,” said Abdul Razak, spokesman for Qatar Airways in Riyadh.
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Oil Prices About To Change American Travel Customs
Record-high oil prices are threatening to ground millions of travelers who have grown accustomed to flying for fun and business during the past 30 years.
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Silverjet Is Trying To Avoid EOS' Fate
LONDON — Business-class airline Silverjet PLC, strained by high fuel prices and tight credit conditions, said Wednesday it had found a Middle East investor willing to pump US$100 million into the airline to keep it flying.
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Flying Solo
Many families purchase tickets for children who will be flying solo to visit a parent, to see grandparents or to go to camp. With the summer travel season approaching, it's a good time to review airline policies.
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