British Airways Strikes Contribute to 11.5 Percent Traffic Drop As the battle between British Airways and Unite union continues for another week, the airline announced an 11.5 percent decrease in May traffic. This drop was largely due to the cabin crew walking off the...
EasyJet Releases New Radar to Detect Ash Clouds EasyJet releases a new ash cloud detection radar On Friday, EasyJet PLC released a planned trial of aircraft radar to detect volcanic ash clouds. The airline is asking other carriers to...
American Airlines Traffic up in May by 4.1 Percent American Airlines announced Thursday that their traffic jumped 4.1 percent for the month of May. AA was up 10.81 billion revenue passenger miles from May 2009's 10.38 billion revenue passenger miles. A...
On-Time Rate Improves in April for US Airlines Hawaiian Airlines sees another month of great on-time performances In what be looked at as some good news for a change, U.S. Airlines saw more on-time flights in April and less...
Airline Industry Sees Quicker Recovery Airlines see a quicker recovery in the future There’s a glimmer of hope for the aviation industry. As growth in the U.S. and Asia makes up for a weaker demand in Europe, the...
Obama Administration Pushes for New Airline Passenger Protection Rules U.S. proposes improved passenger protection rules The Obama administration is pushing for new stricter consumer laws that would help protect passengers. Under the proposal, airline...
The New Rules of Airport Delays With new airport rules, passengers can get off the plane if delayed three hours. Airports and airlines are making a few changes this summer, all of which are directed to help the...
U.S. National Parks to Waive Admission Fees This Weekend, June 5-6 U.S. National Parks go fee-free this weekend Don't have plans this weekend yet? Then why not check out one of the hundreds of U.S. National Parks...for free? That's right...
Virgin America Tops List of Eco-Friendly Airlines Virgin America voted greenest airline Greenopia, a U.S. environmental company that rates various retailers, services and organization to see how eco-friendly they are to the...
BP Oil Spill Moves Toward Florida Pensacola awaits the oil slick According to officials, an oil sheen confirmed around 9 miles off Florida’s coast could hit Pensacola’s beaches by the end of the week....
Frontier Airlines Enhances Customer Travel Experience Frontier Airlines Improves Services Today Frontier Airlines announced improvements that will enhance the customer travel experience. The changes are effective starting today, June 2, and...
Qantas’s Jetstar Airline to Offer Apple iPad as In-Flight Entertainment Still a little reluctant about forking over a few hundred dollars for the new Apple iPad? Then how about testing it out for a few hours on your next flight? That's because starting later this...
Air Jamaica Boosts Schedule for Summer Air Jamaica amps up summer schedule Air Jamaica will be adding more flights to New York and Toronto this summer. What's more, the airline will be bringing back service to Nassau...
Will the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Hurt Tourism in the South? Oil being burned at site of Gulf Coast spill Now deemed the worst offshore oil spill in history of the United States, the Gulf Coast disaster so far has not affected tourism to popular...
