The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the air transport industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to focus on key challenges of growth, including safety, cost control, liberalisation and the environment.Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO, made the comments in a keynote address to the region’s leaders at the 42nd Annual […]
Patrick Donovan finds the team from Abbotsford’s Terminus pub have turned their hand to a country hotel.In the Yarra Valley, Yarra Glen is the less attractive but well-located sister of quaint Healesville. Standing out like a sentinel in the main street is the imposing heritage-listed Yarra Glen Grand Hotel.Built in 1888, the Victorian mansion has […]
By David Koenig, Associated Press WriterContinental Airlines will begin charging its customers a fee for the first bag checked. High fuel costs have forced many carriers to raise fares and introduce fees. Credit: AP Photo/David J. PhillipDALLAS (AP) — Continental Airlines Inc. said Friday it is charging some coach customers $15 for a first checked […]
By Carole Shifrin , Special to Aviation.comThe extensive problems that London Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 5 experienced when it opened in March have all been solved, says sole tenant British Airways. BA has just opened a dedicated business-class check-in area in T5 and is now transferring to T5 its flights to 41 long-haul destinations, a […]
By David Armstrong , Aviation.com Columnist
Mark Cornell, right, of Dighton, Mass., and his wife, Robbin, pushing stroller, make their way through the airport security line with their children, Lila, 15 months in stroller, and Tyler, 3, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, R.I. Airports throughout the world are installing […]
By David Landsel, Airfarewatchdog.comCanadian airline WestJet’s Boeing 737-800s are among North America’s best commercial jets to fly in terms of economy-class legroom. They offer a comfortable 34-inch seat pitch. This photo captured a WestJet 737-800 on approach to Montreal International Airport on July 18, 2006. Credit: Doug BullSo you're in New York, and you need […]
By David Armstrong , Aviation.com Columnist
Air travelers wait in ticketing lines at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007. Traveling by air in the U.S. in summer 2007 was usually an unpleasant experience, but airline capacity reductions, staff cutbacks and higher fares could make summer 2008 travel even worse. Credit: AP Photo/Matt RourkeGet […]
By David Armstrong , Aviation.com Columnist
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 departs from Oakland International Airport in Oakland, Calif. on April 3, 2008. A passenger flying on a free ticket is suing JetBlue for allegedly being made to sit in the toilet for three hours during a five-hour transcontinental flight so a flight attendant could […]
By Harry R. Weber, AP Business WriterA Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 takes off on the afternoon of April 22, 2008 from Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. Delta said on Aug. 5, 2008 that it would offer broadband Internet access on every aircraft in its mainline domestic fleet by mid-2009, starting with its 133 […]
By George Hobica, Airfarewatchdog.comThe new Delta Reserve credit card from American Express offers more than just a way of obtaining a little more frequent-flyer status for a substantial fee. The card offers half a dozen perks useful to anyone who flies Delta a lot, or who uses their credit cards to the tune of $60,000 […]