Lots of planes, little competition. Scene at Newark Liberty, where United controls nearly 70% of the traffic As the U.S. airline industry has consolidated, competitive options at U.S. airports have shrunk. With 80% of U.S. domestic air traffic…
Got to feed the hungry baby: growing air traffic means higher fuel usage. You may have noticed a number of announcements and articlse in recent weeks about airlines signing deals with producers of biofuels–fuels made from plants, from…
You see baggage, the airlines see even bigger profits. Photo: Jarcje / Wikimedia Those darn bag fees, change fees, fee fees and more just keep piling up at America’s airlines. For the first quarter of 2015, they set a…
No, they don’t join your socks that disappear in the dryer. They’re not stored in Area 47 at Roswell, NM. And they definitely cannot be claimed at the baggage window in the Twilight Zone.
As you settle down into your seat, comfortably at the front of the plane (above) or squeezed into the last inches at the back (below), you must have sometimes wondered how the airline chose the plane you’re sitting in or why the schedule…
Say goodbye to this much space as Boeing plans to squeeze the toilet to install more seats. Photo: Kristoferb / Wikimedia
Map of theoretical search areas for MH370. New technology would track planes every 15 minutes A new system that will “ping” flights every 15 minutes, and could have helped located missing flights such as last year’s Malaysia MH370, is on the…
Passengers waiting for delayed flights Photo: Wikimedia / Tony Hisget Passengers claiming compensation for flight delays under EU rules are finding themselves still delayed or denied in receiving the…
It’s hard for a traveler to tell what’s going on sometimes in the pot-calling-the-kettle-black wars of the air travel industry. We’ve covered elsewhere the dispute between the legacy airlines and the Gulf carriers over subsidies and “Open Skies.”…
A number of industry consultants and some airline executives believe that Europe’s airlines, including numbers of its “flag” national carriers, need to consolidate to grow (or reach) profits. They point to the experience in the U.S., where…
Lots of planes, little competition. Scene at Newark Liberty, where United controls nearly 70% of the traffic As the U.S. airline industry has consolidated, competitive options at U.S. airports have shrunk. With 80% of U.S. domestic air traffic…
Got to feed the hungry baby: growing air traffic means higher fuel usage. You may have noticed a number of announcements and articlse in recent weeks about airlines signing deals with producers of biofuels–fuels made from plants, from…
You see baggage, the airlines see even bigger profits. Photo: Jarcje / Wikimedia Those darn bag fees, change fees, fee fees and more just keep piling up at America’s airlines. For the first quarter of 2015, they set a…
No, they don’t join your socks that disappear in the dryer. They’re not stored in Area 47 at Roswell, NM. And they definitely cannot be claimed at the baggage window in the Twilight Zone.
As you settle down into your seat, comfortably at the front of the plane (above) or squeezed into the last inches at the back (below), you must have sometimes wondered how the airline chose the plane you’re sitting in or why the schedule…
Say goodbye to this much space as Boeing plans to squeeze the toilet to install more seats.
Map of theoretical search areas for MH370. New technology would track planes every 15 minutes A new system that will “ping” flights every 15 minutes, and could have helped located missing flights such as last year’s Malaysia MH370, is on the…
Passengers waiting for delayed flights Photo: Wikimedia / Tony Hisget Passengers claiming compensation for flight delays under EU rules are finding themselves still delayed or denied in receiving the…
It’s hard for a traveler to tell what’s going on sometimes in the pot-calling-the-kettle-black wars of the air travel industry. We’ve covered elsewhere the dispute between the legacy airlines and the Gulf carriers over subsidies and “Open Skies.”…
A number of industry consultants and some airline executives believe that Europe’s airlines, including numbers of its “flag” national carriers, need to consolidate to grow (or reach) profits. They point to the experience in the U.S., where…
