Airlines throughout the world are facing significant pressure to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their planes. While improvements in flying technology has cut per-passenger emissions in half since 1990, the increased rates of flying […]
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Meet The Airlines Hiking Baggage Fees Just In Time For The Holidays
In order to milk more money out of their customers, some budget airlines like Spirit and Frontier have raised the prices of their baggage fees. The increases in fees will go into effect ahead of […]
Questions Swirl As Russia Reveals Doomed Flight 9268 Broke Up In Mid Air
Unanswered questions continue to plague investigations surrounding the crash of Flight 9268 in Egypt on Saturday. Various reports indicate a problem with the plane yet a terror group has claimed responsibility for the crash that […]
Boeing Creates Lightest Metal Ever And Could Save Airline Companies Millions Of Dollars
Scientists at Boeing say that they have created the lightest known metal in the world. The metal, which consists of micro-lattice material, is reportedly 99.99% air. Boeing hopes that it will be able to use […]
America’s Four Largest Airlines And Their Shareholders Are Facing A Major DOJ Antitrust Investigation
Antitrust officials in the United States are examining whether or not the country’s four biggest airlines formed a sort of airline cartel, in which they worked together in order to keep airfares high. It is […]
Airlines Face Investigation Over Plans To Lower Capacity And Increase Prices Across The Country
While airline services and ticket prices have largely remained stagnant at major hubs over recent years, the same cannot be said for smaller airports. An analysis of industry and government data shows that carriers have […]
French Officials Confirm Debris Found Is That Of Doomed Flight MH370
French authorities have confirmed a Boeing 777 wing part found on an island in the Indian Ocean is from missing Malaysian Airline flight MH370. The announcement came after a month of forensic analysis on the […]
Canadian Airline Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Cheap Tickets It Claims Were A Mistake
A first of its kind class action lawsuit has been filed against Canadian airline Air Canada over claims that customers from all over the world, including the United States, purchased tickets from the company at […]
Airline Ticket Prices Are The Lowest In Years Thanks To Cheap Oil And Better Airplanes
People have wondered when the dip in oil prices would result in lower airfares and it it seems like it’s happening right now. The airfare wars are back, at least to some extent, according to […]
Russia’s Economy Is So Bad That Major Airlines Are Pulling Out Of The Country
As Russia’s economy continues to shrink and the ruble’s value drops precipitously, several international airlines are reducing their service to Russia as the number of people traveling plummets. Most recently, Finnair said last week that, […]
Software Glitch Causes Airport Traffic Jams On U.S. East Coast
A technical computer-related difficulty at a Virginia air traffic control center caused major flight holdups on Saturday at many airports in the New York City and Washington areas, the Federal Aviation Administration reported. According to […]
New York’s JFK Airport To Open New Terminal Exclusively For Animals
A new luxury terminal for at JFK airport will open in 2016. Yet the 178,000 square foot facility won’t be for humans but rather it will be used exclusively by animal passengers. The new facility […]
America’s Four Largest Airlines Under Investigation For Keeping Ticket Prices High
Ever wonder why airline ticket prices always seem so close regardless of which airline you’re looking at? A group flyers is curious too and has sued the nation’s four largest airline carriers, alleging they are […]
French Company Patents Awful Sounding Face To Face Airline Seats
There is a theory about flying economy class that suggests airlines deliberately make it such a horrible experience that next time a passenger books a flight they will pay to be upgraded to business class, […]
JetBlue Becomes First Major Airline To Offer Direct Flights To Cuba
In the latest sign that the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba is picking up steam, JetBlue has officially added a direct flight from New York’s JFK airport to Cuba. The Queens-based […]
Polish Airline LOT Grounds Flights After Hack Attack
In the latest sign that hacking attacks are increasingly compromising safety systems, 1,400 passengers of Polish flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines were stuck in Warsaw after the company discovered it was unable to file flight […]
Airlines Back Down From New Smaller Carry On Baggage Rules
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has admitted its latest attempt to squeeze more money out of passengers is too much and is backtracking from its plans to force passengers to bring significantly smaller carry […]
Airlines Claim They’ve Found The ‘Optimal’ Sized Carry On Bag
The cost of air travel is at all-time lows yet with the cheap prices comes cheap service. While most flights used to offer at least one free checked bag, most airlines now charge a whopping […]
Iran To Take Legal Action If U.S. Blocks Jet Liner Sale
Iran has threatened to take legal action if the United States tries to prevent its newly acquired passenger planes from flying international routes, the head of the nation’s aviation authority said on Tuesday. Iran’s state […]
Travelers Really Love Cheap Tickets: 72 Hour Sale Crashes Southwest’s Website
Southwest Airlines Co.’s 72 hour seat sale proved to be too much of a good thing, as huge public response slowed the website to a crawl on Wednesday. Despite adding capacity for the website in […]
FBI Charge Researcher With Hacking United Airlines Flight, Taking Control Of Plane Mid-Flight
The FBI has charged a security researcher with hacking into the entertainment system of a United Airlines plane mid-flight and causing the aircraft to fly “sideways”. The revelations are both a damning indictment of airline […]
China Issues Travel Bans To Citizens Who Behaved Badly While Abroad
In a surprising move Chinese authorities have banned four people from leaving the country after they were caught misbehaving on a recent trip. Beijing is seeking to improve the image of its tourists in the […]
Judge Dismisses Case Over Cheap ‘Hidden City’ Airline Tickets
Despite not losing for the right reasons, United Airlines lost the latest round in its effort to stop a website that helps people find “hidden city” ticket pairs. The airline, as well as online travel […]