Airlines are rushing to adapt to rising fuel costs, but most efficiency gains have already been made. If gas prices continue to rise, it may require a full rethinking of how we fly.READ»
Watch a video of one of the most intriguing hopefuls in NASA's contest to make a plane that uses less than a gallon of fuel per passenger take its first, silent, flight.READ»
Air travelers are widely using self-check-in options and are impatient for further innovations that give them more control over the process--from ticketing to baggage claim--according to a new global survey by SITA, an air transport ...READ»
Good news for sky watchers, bad news for sky travelers: The eruption of a volcano in Iceland means that all flights to and from Ireland and the U.K. are grounded until 6 a.m. GMT tomorrow morning, and airports have closed in Sweden, ...READ»
If the idea of drifting leisurely over the Atlantic on a 37-hour journey between New York and London with access to a luxury sleeping cabin and a bar with the best view on (or, technically, above) Earth appeals to you, you'll like ...READ»
More terrible aviation news: A passenger jet carrying 153 souls has crashed into the sea in the Indian Ocean. According to press reports, the flight was a Yemenia Airbus A310 flying out of Yemen into the island of Comoros. It was ...READ»
Road Warriors – there is good news for any last minute business trips you might be considering before the end of 2008. We are seeing sharp declines in ticket prices that present affordable opportunities to close that last sales ...READ»
Fuel prices and future fuel hedging strategies will continue to heavily influence the financial performance of airlines in the coming year. And interestingly, the fuel price situation may present opportunities for carriers that have ...READ»
The a la carte model seems to be the topic du jour these days in the world of air travel. The airlines' move to an unbundled, or a la carte, strategy is forecast by many to be one of the biggest evolutions in airline retailing since ...READ»
At the annual Routes World Development Forum in Kuala Lumpur, 700 airports and 500 airlines begin the mating dance that determines who flies where.READ»
Airline carriers are cutting capacity an average of six to 14 percent this fall. (That’s nearly 3,000 fewer domestic flights a day during Thanksgiving!) With the usual increase in leisure travelers due to holiday traffic in the last ...READ»
No one ever before asked consumers in a survey what they thought of à la carte airline pricing, so Amadeus decided to. Passengers were polled about the new fees for everything from bags and food/beverages to pillows and seat ...READ»
This morning I had the pleasure of being one of the first through the new Indianapolis International Airport. My only regret is that I am adding this to the blogosphere so late in the day from the Pacific Northwest.
Arriving early, ...READ»
The aviation market is under tremendous cost pressure, with not only high fuel prices but a softening economy impacting air travel and causing carriers to slash capacity. And these factors are pushing carriers to become quite dynamic ...READ»
