airline industry

Technology: The Upside of À La Carte Air Travel

Robert Buckman — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:46:45 -0500

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 in their day-to-day operations.

Travel in the Credit Crunch

Robert Buckman — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:16:48 -0500

It's no surprise that Americans are traveling less during the credit crunch era. One of the pillars that had been supporting domestic carriers in the downturn, however -- international travel -- is now also showing signs of slowing. What started out as a tough year for air travel has become a very difficult one, with operating costs still high, and capacity reductions tied to those high costs.

The Success of Kayak.com

Robert Levine — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:58 -0400

In late December 2003, two of the men who invented the Web travel business caught up at dinner. Over nouveau American cuisine, former Travelocity CEO Terry Jones and Steve Hafner, who had just resigned as EVP of Orbitz, talked about their successes and -- as the wine flowed -- their regrets. "We congratulated each other," Hafner recalls, "but we also discussed why we didn't enjoy using our own products."

Traveling at an Additional Cost

Rachel King — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:53:26 -0400

It’s summertime, which is almost synonymous with vacation-time. This year, however, vacation plans for many Americans has been thrown into a tailspin as rising fuel costs force airlines to raise ticket prices -- and tack on additional fees wherever airline execs see fit.