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- Now, this Irishman ran a budget airline... Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:30PMWhy does every plane have two pilots?" asks Michael O'Leary, chief executive officer of Ryanair, the largest low-cost airline in Europe. Wearing sneakers and jeans, O'Leary is pontificating in his office on the outskirts of Dublin...
- JetBlue Offers Unlimited Flights for $499 Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 11:08AMJetBlue is once again selling its month-long "All You Can Jet" pass, good for unlimited trips anywhere the airline flies. Last year, a handful of people came up with crazy stunts to maximize their travel. What will this year bring? Airline - JetBlue Airways - Travel - Transportation - Recreation
- Cebu Pacific woos bus riders with cheap air fare Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 3:48AMMANILA, Philippines - Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is offering cheaper fare to lure bus commuters into shifting their mode of transportation.
- Editorial: What ails Saudia Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:46AMEditorial: What ails Saudia
- Airlines posting profits; cheap tickets take flight Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:04AMGood times are finally back for the nation's airlines. For travelers, that means it's getting harder to find bargains.
- The Humble Bus Takes Off Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:18AMHIGH-SPEED rail may be getting lots of attention -- and money -- from the Obama administration, but it turns out the transportation success story of the last few years is the bus.
- What ails Saudia Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:13AMIt says that too many of them did not cancel their bookings when they decided not to travel on a particular flight. This will not do. Other airlines do not have the same problem -- and it is ridiculous to suggest that somehow Saudia Saudia passengers are different to those traveling on other airlines.
- Australia’s Skies May Prove Too Small in Price War Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:06AMKerry Dillow, a Perth advertising executive, made the 3 1/2 hour flight to Melbourne last week to visit friends after paying A$366 ($321) for a round-trip ticket, about a quarter of her fare in 2005.
- Air fare wars may produce casualty Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 10:23PMAussie air fares are tumbling as competition heats up but how low can they go before one of the airlines drops out?
- Australia’s Skies May Prove Too Small in Price War Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:33PMKerry Dillow, a Perth advertising executive, made the 3 1/2 flight to Melbourne last week to visit friends after paying A$366 ($321) for a round-trip ticket, about a quarter of her fare in 2005.
- Australia’s Skies May Prove Too Small For Carriers in Price War Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:06PMKerry Dillow, a Perth advertising executive, made the three-and-a-half-hour flight to Melbourne last week to visit friends after paying A$366 ($321) for a round-trip ticket, about a quarter of her fare in 2005.
- Is budget better? Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:21PMAbout six years after budget airlines made regional air travel more accessible to the masses, they are looking to shake things up again. The likes of Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia and AirAsia are no longer satisfied with plying regional routes to destinations up to four hours away.
- Is budget better? Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:15PMAbout six years after budget airlines made regional air travel more accessible to the masses, they are looking to shake things up again. The likes of Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia and AirAsia are no lo .....
- Foreign carriers reap benefits of bilateral air pacts Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 3:15PMForeign carriers such as Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Lufthansa have benefited the most from traffic rights...
- European airlines determining how to counter growing Emirates Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 6:27AMWith Emirates expanding rapidly and showing no sign of slowing down, European airlines are looking at how to counter a carrier that has become a formidable threat.
- Thai-ASEAN News Network Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 1:23AMTour operators have criticized local airlines for expensive domestic flights, saying that costly tickets are discouraging Thais from traveling within the country.
- CEB offers cheap fares to Luzon and Taipei Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 6:45PMCebu Pacific (CEB) announces a P499 "Go Lite" seat sale for select Luzon destinations and a P999 'Go Lite' Taipei seat sale from June 22 to 24, 2010.
- Air NZ ups the ante on fares Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 8:48PMAir New Zealand is opening up more cheap seats on its Nelson-Wellington and Nelson-Auckland routes, and is wagering $20,000 that customers will rush to get on board.
- Summer Flight Price Depends On When You Look Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 7:29PMYou scour websites. You set up fare alerts. But the real secret in getting the best price for an airline ticket boils down to two things: when you look and when you book.
- When Booking Summer Airfares, Rules Are Changing Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 2:57PMWhen To Look, When To Book? That Is The Question: With Airfares, Rules Differ By The Holiday
- Maintaining Elite Status Is Easier this Year Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 6:27AMFrequent-flier promotions and a sharp drop in business travel ease the way. Frequent-flyer program - Travel - Recreation - Transportation - Air
- Fly to London and back for under $250 Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 10:18PMAirAsia goes the distance in the latest salvo in air fare wars with cheap flights.
- flydubai eyes more routes, aircraft by end-2010 Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 10:13PMLow cost carrier says 85% of flights left on time during first year of ops.
- See baseball in the Midwest with cheap flights Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 1:22AM(ARA) - With the warmer weather here, it's time to take in one of the annual rites of summer: Trips to see your favorite sports teams go on the road.
- The Top 5 Secrets to Scoring Cheap Flights Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 7:08AMThere are ways to get really cheap flight but you must know how to game the system. The airlines go to extraordinary lengths to get you to pay more; they know all about your shopping habits, including when you want to travel and even where you want to go, and they price their fares accordingly. Airline - Travel - Recreation - Transportation - Air
- Black box found amid jet wreckage Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 10:12PMRecorders being sent to New Delhi; survivor recounts amazing story
- Metallica fans fork out small fortune Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 12:12PMSouth Island Metallica fans are paying thousands of dollars to see the band in Auckland in October, despite airlines offering cheap flights.
- BA strikes: Union activists out to 'destroy' British Airways, says Willie Walsh Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 3:05AMWalsh said the hard-core of hard-liners in the giant Unite union, which has funded the Labour Party to the tune of £11million over three years, were determined to bring down the airline - but would be resisted.
- Fare war means it's just $28 a flight Wednesday, May 12, 2010 @ 10:38AMTIGER Airways has its claws out for a bigger share of the domestic market by offering low fares.
- Travel briefs: Green hotels, teacher shortage, retirement tryout, airline fares Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 8:19AMU.S. hotel companies are competing to out-green each other nowadays. The proof? In the past few weeks, two major chains have announced ambitious environmental goals. On April 14, Marriott Inter-national announced that it had retooled its 31-year-old Bethesda, Md., headquarters to win LEED Gold status — the second-highest environmental rating awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council — and ...
- Tiger Airways: not so vicious after all Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 2:08AMGasps of horror followed whenever I mentioned the airline getting me to my Gold Coast getaway.
- In-flight Wi-Fi is fast, but not easy or cheap Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 11:13PMI am writing this column high above the United States from the exit row of an American Airlines MD-80, which brings two things to mind.
- About Us Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 6:15PMMichael O'Leary and others in the airline industry need to stop bleating, obey the law and, if they refuse, be subject to swift legal action and, where appropriate, punitive sanctions ( Report , 22 April).
- Volcanic ash cloud: travel companies 'making quick buck' from stranded Britons Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 1:31AMTravel companies have been accused of taking advantage of stranded Britons forced to pay full price for alternative arrangements because of the flight chaos.
- Budget airline offers flatbed seats on the cheap Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 1:50AMAirAsia X has become the first low-cost carrier in the world to introduce flatbed seats to its planes.
- Why it'll cost you less to fly Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 4:11PMBUDGET airline prices will continue to fall this year as new research shows less people are flying within Australia despite an increase in budget airline flights available.
- Site Search: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:07AMJERSEY’S obesity epidemic is costing taxpayers an estimated £7.4 million per year, the Health Department has revealed. More than half of adults in Jersey are now thought to be overweight, with 17 per cent of them classed as obese.
- Mobile airport shows strength; 2009 traffic decline was smaller than that of neighbors, nation Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 7:32AMMOBILE, Ala. -- Passenger traffic at Mobile Regional Airport in 2009 almost broke even compared to 2008, an achievement in a year when U.S. airline traffic slumped under the weight of the recession. Though federal figures aren't yet available, the Air Transport Association said traffic fell 6 percent on U.S. airlines in 2009.
- Domestic carriers close in on their intl rivals Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 5:41AMIndia's share will only get bigger once SpiceJet enters the fray from June to fly south east Asia and south Asian countries.
- Domestic carriers close in on their international rivals Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 12:30PMDomestic airline companies Jet Airways, Kingfisher and Air India are starting to overtake international carriers on certain key global routes and challenge their decades of domination.
- Advice: Lonely Planet's air travel tips Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 2:30PMSPECIAL rules, loopholes and tricks can make or break your whole adventure, here the Lonely Planet reveal their air travel tips.
- Ryanair's proposed 'pee fee' is back in the news Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 8:34AMRyanair's proposed toilet fee is back in the news again. In case you missed it the story this past weekend, the Irish Times writes "Ryanair ...
- Number of international passengers rises at McCarran Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 2:30PMAgainst a continuing weak global backdrop throughout 2009, international flights emerged as a relative bright spot at McCarran International Airport.
- Blether with Brian Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 7:45AMAll the action from first minister's questions
- 10 Ways to Cut Your Travel Costs This Year Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 1:26AMLAST year was arguably the year of the travel deal, with resorts and airlines practically begging for bookings, and many travelers finding bargain airfares and hotel rooms as a result.
- Last cheap fares today Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 5:04PMTODAY is the last chance to get cheap flights to Brisbane. Qantas' $199 one way special from Mount Isa to Brisbane ends at midnight tonight. It is only the second time in the pas
- German and French police call for tightened airport security Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 4:42AMBerlin/Paris - A German police chief warned on Tuesday that there were glaring flaws in airport security systems, in the wake of the recent apparent attempt to set off an explosion on a flight to Detroit. Vigilance has noticeably slackened. The reac...
- Air Malta operates all flights but one, despite bad weather over Europe Wednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 7:58AMAir Malta said today that it managed to operate almost all its flights over the past few days, despite the inclement weather. In cases where flights were diverted, it offered assistance to its passengers by providing ground transfers between airports.
- Fewer flights, rising fares at some big airports Sunday, December 20, 2009 @ 6:50AMST. LOUIS (AP) — Air travel isn't as quick and cheap as it used to be from some big-city airports.
- Carbon wingprints Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 9:22AMIs it right to fly off on holiday, asks BBC Ethical Man