Buy your airline tickets at an auction

JetBlue Airways has announced that it is auctioning off over 300 round trip flights on auction website EBay. The flights being offered are only for weekends.

VAustralia vows to beat international ban

VAustralia is confident it has found a way to sell its tickets through Australian travel agents without using the International Air Transport Association's clearing house.

Airline defends ban on 'touts'

Budget airline Ryanair has today defended its decision to ban bookings made on unauthorised "ticket tout" websites.

Olympic tourists are being ripped off by conmen selling forged tickets for up to 10 times their face value

Dozens of ticket touts - or 'yellow cattle' as they are known in China - are targeting unsuspecting tourists, just yards from the Olympic area in Beijing.

If you have the choice, it's best to stick to plastic

Cash is king, the saying goes. As if to convince us of this, a press release came across my desk this week touting the ease of wiring cash to airlines to buy plane tickets.

U.S. airline adds fees for awards travelers

American Airlines, the large U.S.

Travel agents threaten to stop selling airline tickets

Major travel agents have threatened to stop selling domestic and international air tickets until airlines agreed to restore commissions that they had said they would scrap starting October 1, citing h

Tourism chief disputes airline refunds

A "balanced solution" is needed when it comes to compensating airline passengers denied permission to board a flight because it has been overbooked, according to the Southern African Tourism Services

Skymark to raise ticket prices to cover fuel costs

Skymark Airlines Inc., Japan's largest discount carrier, plans to raise ticket prices for at least the second time in three months as it tries to cover fuel costs that have jumped 40 percent this fisc

The mathematics behind rising fuel and airline costs

In the past few weeks all we hear is that the airlines are going under and fuel costs are to blame. I don't hear the media offering anything to explain the situation.

With airfares skyrocketing, summer travelers with frequent flier miles to burn are hoping to redeem them

Some summer vacation travelers may have sticker shock if they've looked at airfares lately, and those higher prices are prompting more consumers to try to cash in frequent flier miles.

Thai Air tickets go 100% electronic

Effective June 1, 2008, Thai Airways International will make electronic ticketing available for all its flights, in accordance with International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations.

If airfares are going up, why are there so many travel bargains to be had?

Fare-tracking experts say the big U.S. airlines have raised prices 11 times this year. So how come I got an email last week from United Airlines offering to sell me one-way tickets for as low as $37?

‘We are selling more tickets in India than in China’

The completion of air services talks between India and Germany has seen the number of weekly flights that can be operated increase to 69 from 50.

Airline to offer $99 tickets to Malaysia

Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X has launched its second Australia destination, starting direct flights between Perth and Kuala Lumpur from November.

The services to the Malaysian capital will start with six flights per week, increasing to daily services by March 2009.

Aer Lingus succumbs after taking heavy flak

Customers of Aer Lingus have come up trumps as the airline has agreed to offer them bargain-priced flights after it had mistakenly sold business class seats at a knock-down rate on its website.

Learn the rules before your kid flies on an airline alone

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.

Aer Lingus is refusing to honour an online offer

DUBLIN - Irish airline Aer Lingus is refusing to honour an online offer which mistakenly sold business class transatlantic flights for five euros (eight dollars, four pounds), a spokesman said Thursday.

The flights would normally sell for 1,775 euros one way, said Enda Corneille, Aer Lingus director of corporate affairs who apologised to ... read more

Check your airline's financial health before buying a ticket

With airlines filing for bankruptcy in rapid succession, it's hard to know what to do as a consumer. Each time you book a ticket, do you feel a bit of apprehension, wondering if you'll really get where you're going? If an airline isn't having money troubles, there are always weather and safety concerns to disrupt your flight.

Australian airline blasted for its policy on deaf passengers

Four deaf Australians have filed a formal complaint against Tiger Airways Australia with the country's anti-discrimination agency, saying the airline told them they could not fly unless accompanied by a fare-paying "care provider" who could hear, the Associated Press is reporting, quoting a story in Australia's Herald Sun on Friday.