Stocking Stuffers Tuesday, October 28, 2014 Delta Airlines was one of the first to hike fares last week, despite falling fuel prices. Alberto Riva The major airlines in the U.S. reported their earnings last week, and they are staggering. If you thought lower fuel prices would lead to lower airfares, think again. What Goes Up,… Read More
Stocking Stuffers Stocking Stuffers Tuesday, October 28, 2014 Delta Airlines was one of the first to hike fares last week, despite falling fuel prices. Alberto Riva The major airlines in the U.S. reported their earnings last week, and they are staggering. If you thought lower fuel prices would lead to lower airfares, think again. What Goes Up,… Read More
F Minus Tuesday, October 21, 2014 What could be worse than economy class? “Economy Minus”! A U.S. legacy airline is shopping around the idea of an “economy minus” cabin in a move to a new four-tier cabin service,… Read More
F Minus F Minus Tuesday, October 21, 2014 What could be worse than economy class? “Economy Minus”! A U.S. legacy airline is shopping around the idea of an “economy minus” cabin in a move to a new four-tier cabin… Read More
Ebola: The Plane Facts Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Nervous. Newark Liberty Int’l Airport, Oct. 4, 201 That’s where many of us find ourselves. Whether we’re boarding a plane or simply traveling through an airport. We are a nation that feels a bit on edge. Ebola was… Read More
Ebola:The Plane Facts Ebola: The Plane Facts Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Nervous. Newark Airport, Oct. 4, 201 That’s where many of us find ourselves. Whether we’re boarding a plane or simply traveling through an airport. We are a nation that feels a bit on edge. Ebola was… Read More
Is It Time For Airline Seat Standards? It’s not your imagination. Airline seats are shrinking. A wave of air-rage incidents has exposed the problem like a threadbare economy class seat on an aging puddle jumper. “Airlines are aggressively reducing seat and passenger space to squeeze more revenue out passengers, despite health and safety being threatened,” says Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org, an… Read More
Foreign Invasion Nearly three dozen midsize airports saw a quarter of their flights cut in the past 5 years -in such places as Milwaukee, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and San Antonio. A group of 76 small airports lost 20 percent of their pre-2007 flights. And 23 airports lost all their air service. Airfares continue to rise, up nearly… Read More