Korean Air Completes Extensive Refurbishment Korean Air announced this week it successfully completed its six-year, extensive refurbishment plan that saw the company install newly styled premium seats and state of the art audio and video on...
Busting Five Travel Myths Traveling often has a huge reputation as being an extremely positive experience. This may be true for backpackers, vacationers and vagabonds, but there are often stereotypes and misunderstandings about...
South Africa Looks to Double Foreign Visitors by 2020 Tourism push coming to South Africa In 2010, South Africa saw an estimated seven million foreign visits thanks largely to the Fifa World Cup. Now South Africa wants...
Alaska Airlines’ Parent Company Releases First Quarter Numbers Alaska Airlines parent company, Alaska Air Group Inc., released their first quarter profit numbers Thursday, showing a $29.5 million gain. The group also had a rise of 16 percent in revenue compared to the...
JetBlue Offering Nintendo 3DS at JFK Airport Nintendo 3DS available at JFK's Terminal 5 for limited time Nintendo is partnering up with JetBlue Airways to allow game loving passengers traveling through Terminal 5 at...
FAA Fires Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers, Issues New Rules for Handling of First Lady and VP Flights The FAA announced new rules after a string of incidents A string of embarrassing incidents involving neglectful air traffic controllers this month has led the FAA to take action....
Newseum to Open “Pictures of the Year” Exhibit in Washington Friday Exhibit Opens Friday The best news photographs from 2010 will be up at the Newseum museum in Washington. The Newseum will have a “Pictures of the Year” exhibit, which is set to...
Despite Rising Fuel Costs JetBlue Makes First Quarter Profit Increased Traffic Beat Rising Fuel Costs JetBlue Airways released their first quarter numbers Thursday showing a profit in the face of rising fuel cost. The airline took in $3 million for the first...
Homeland Security Overhauling Terror Alert System The DHS will replace the terror alert system next week Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that the color-coded terror alert system put in place under President...
US Government Announces New Passenger Protection Rules for Airlines New airline regulations will go into effect in August The United States government announced new passenger protections Wednesday that will go into effect in August. The...
Hawaiian Airlines Pilots Raise $14k for Victims of Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami Hawaiian helps Japan disaster victims Hawaiian Airlines pilots have raised $14k for victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami. Monday the Air Line Pilots Association announced...
Virgin Atlantic Resumes Direct London Heathrow-Chicago Flights Virgin Atlantic Flying Direct to Chicago from London Virgin Atlantic will resume its seasonal service of direct flights from London Heathrow to Chicago beginning May 9th 2011. They’ll be...
JetBlue Begins Offering Interline Partner Flights JetBlue will offer some interline partner flights on its website JetBlue announced today that its website will begin offering flights that feature travel on some of the airline’s...
The World’s “New” Oldest Man Celebrates 114th Birthday in Japan Jirouemon Kimura on his 114th birthday Jirouemon Kimura celebrated a very special birthday Tuesday in western Japan. As his life’s calendar flipped into its 114th...
