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- Business Hacks Poll: In-Flight Tech Etiquette
- The dam has broken. Yesterday, Emirates passengers were allowed to use their cellphones on a plane specially outfitted to protect its electronic signals. Soon, passengers will be able to use the internet, text and talk every time they take to the skies. But just because we can do it, does...
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Business Travelers: Would You Fly Southwest If You Could Board First?
- Southwest's made some improvements to its “no assigned seating†policy. For starters, the new "letter and number" system substantially decreases the amount of time passengers spend waiting in line to board. And the latest enhancement: the creation of a "Business Select" class (which CEO Gary Kelley says should add at least $100 million...
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Ryanair Jan Passengers Rise 9 Percent
- DUBLIN (Reuters UK) - Irish airline Ryanair RYA carried 4.44 million passengers in January, 9 percent more than a year ago while the average flight was slightly fuller.Load factor -- an indication of seats sold as a percentage of capacity -- rose by 1 percentage point compared with the same...
- News items 2010-02-03
- November Air Demand Rose But Yields Still Lagging: IATA
- ZURICH (Reuters) - International air passenger and freight demand rose in November, a clear sign of global economic recovery, although the improvement was accentuated by the sharp fall in traffic at the end of 2008.Passenger demand rose 2.1 percent in November compared to a year earlier and air freight climbed...
- News items 2009-12-30
- What Should US Air Offer Crash Victims?
- You're CEO of US Air. One of your planes has an unfortunate altercation with a flock of Canadian geese, both engines conk out, but the pilot and crew pull off a miraculous water landing and everybody survives. What do you offer crash victims? by Steve Tobak
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- Travel Roundup: Northwest TB Scare, MGM Mirage's Casino Collateral, Norwegian's New Orleans Deal and More
- Northwest passenger diagnosed with tuberculosis -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a Northwest Airlines passenger on Flight 51 from Frankfurt, Germany to Detroit was diagnosed with tuberculosis. A CDC spokeswoman said the center is trying to contact 17 passengers seated near the infected passenger so they can be tested. The passenger, who...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Flyers Sour on Alaska's Checked-Bag Fee
- Alaska Airlines announced last week it will start charging each passenger $15 for their first checked bag, a move that's not sitting well with frequent passengers of the Seattle-based airline. Alaska was slow to adopt checked-bag fees, and it announced the move after reporting a quarterly loss...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Travel Roundup: Japanese Sequester American Airlines Flight, Hawaii's Occupancy Sinks, Alaska Halts Blankets and Pillows and More
- Japanese officials sequester American Airlines flight from Los Angeles -- Japanese health officials concerned about the spread of swine flu sequestered 38 passengers and two flight attendants that arrived on an American Airlines Inc. flight from Los Angeles. The officials are testing only one passenger and holding the other 37 for observation at...
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Traveling Green (And Not First Class)
- The Union of Concerned Scientists have compiled a guide to green travel -- favoring buses, coach airline seats and trains -- to create a smaller carbon footprint. Some of the findings: First-class seating takes up more space than coach seating, so the average first-class...
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Travel Roundup: Carnival's Swine Flu Outbreak, Southwest Pilot's Child Porn Arrest, Southwest Allowing Pets and More
- Carnival offers refund to swine flu-sickened passengers -- Carnival Corp. reported it will reimburse passengers cruising in Australia after 53 passengers on the Pacific Dawn tested positive for swine flu. The cruise operator will offer each passenger 75 percent of their fare and the last 25 percent will be paid in credit...
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Travel Roundup: Extended Stay's Bankruptcy, Boeing's First Order in Paris, Carnival's Overboard Passengers and More
- Extended Stay files bankruptcy -- Extended Stay Hotels, the Spartanburg, S.C. chain with 680 properties in 44 states, filed bankruptcy Monday. New Jersey-based Lightstone Group LLC purchased the company from Blackstone Group LP two years ago with $7.4 billion in financing -- it had only $7.1 billion in assets and was $7.6 billion in debt by...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Travel Roundup: Red Roof Defaults, Delta's Emergency Landing, Ryanair's Passenger-Baggage Handlers and More
- Red Roof Inns defaults on loans -- Red Roof Inns Inc. defaulted on four loans totaling $361.4 million. The loans are 30 days overdue and its collateral includes 113 Red Roof Inns, according to credit rating company Realpoint LLC. The four loans are valued at $181.75 million, $76.6 million, $67.6 million and $34.4...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Why Should We Be Offered the Cheapest Rail Fare?
- The news that consumer watchdog Which? magazine has found rail operator ticket sales staff not quoting the cheapest fares probably won't surprise anyone. If the research is rigorous, which the Association of Train Operating Companies ATOC says it is not, it shows a serious customer disservice on their part. ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Meaningless Mishandled Bag Numbers Plunge in July
- Take a look at July mishandled bag rates and you might be surprised to see how far they've fallen since July of 2008. In July 2008, there were 4.87 mishandled bags per one thousand passengers, but by 2009 that had dropped 18 percent to 3.98. by Brett Snyder
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Icy Weather Strands Buses and Planes
- Passengers taking the bus have found themselves in accidents, staying overnight on the frigid roads or stuck in Cleveland as they try to make their way to the icy, blustery Northeast. Both Megabus and Greyhound Lines reported problems, with at least one Megabus overturning in near Buffalo early this morning sending...
- Blog posts 2009-12-11
- Travel Roundup: Spirit's Uniform Fight, Delta's New Cincinnati Fares, Greyhound Driver Fights Attacker and More
- Spirit flight attendants fight uniform logos --Â Spirit Airlines flight attendants are fighting new uniforms which include a beer logo-strewn apron, saying it's inappropriate and diminishes their authority to cut off inebriated customers. "Turning flight attendants into walking billboards is unacceptable," said Deborah Crowley, president of Spirit's flight attendants union chapter....
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Travel Roundup: Passengers Sue Continental, FedEx Buys Boeing, Greyhound's Meningitis Scare and More
- Two passengers sue Continental Airlines and pilots in Denver runway crash -- Two passengers on a Continental Airlines flight that veered off a Denver International Airport runway and crash-landed in a ravine last month, filed a lawsuit against the carrier. Melissa Craft, 25, and Emily Pellegrini, 21, both of Texas, allege the flight's pilot "negligently aborted"...
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Travel Roundup: Passengers Tackle Bomb Threat, Amtrak's Horizon Air Deal, Virgin Slashes Fares and More
- Airline passengers tackle man who claimed to have a bomb -- Passengers aboard a Los Angeles-bound Delta Air Lines flight tackled a man who tried to open an emergency exit before landing and made a bomb threat. The alleged unruly passenger was bound with plastic and escorted from the plane by police. No explosive device or material...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- November Air Demand Rose
- ZURICH (Reuters UK) - International air passenger and freight demand rose in November, a clear sign of global economic recovery, although the improvement was accentuated by the sharp fall in traffic at the end of 2008.Passenger demand rose 2.1 percent in November compared to a year earlier and air freight...
- News items 2009-12-30
- The Best of Business Travel: A Jet Fighter, a Spitter, and A Missing Seal
- We asked BNET readers to share their worst travel stories, and they didn't disappoint. From problematic passengers to airline annoyances to scary situations, business travelers have seen it all. We've highlighted three stories in this collection: one flight that had a special escort, one passenger who had poor social skills,...
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