Airport Travel Won’t Be Affected Right Away by Sequester
ICHIRO/Digital Vision(NEW YORK) — You’re not an employee with a federal agency but you’re worried anyway about the sequester because you’ve booked a flight and have been hearing all kinds of nightmare scenarios about air travel.
If this description fi…
More Americans Are Flying and Complaining About Air Travel
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — More Americans are planning to take a domestic flight this year, a new air travel survey finds.
TripAdvisor surveyed more than 2,000 respondents and found that 91 percent intend to take a domestic flight in…
‘Dead Week’ Travel Brings Huge Savings
John Foxx/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — For travelers on the hunt for bargains, dead week is one of the best — that is, cheapest — weeks of the year. And it’s coming up: mark Jan. 4 to Jan. 16 on your calendar. Coming on the heels of the Christmas-Ne…
Airlines Cut Leg Room in Effort to Boost Profits
John Foxx/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — If you’re on the tall side, the view from the cheap seats may be blocked by your knees on your next airline flight.In an effort to generate more revenue, some airlines are cutting even further into available le…
Alaska Airlines Passenger’s Confidence Shaken by Message on Wing
Boeing247/Reddit.com(SEATTLE) — While aboard an Alaska Airlines flight leaving Burbank, Calif. bound for Seattle, Wash., a passenger looked out a window to see a handwritten message scrawled on what appeared to be a damaged area of the plane’s w…
10 Airports Most Likely to Spread Disease
Education Images/UIG via Getty Images(BOSTON) — A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering focuses on the influence of airports in the spread of pandemics.Many health-conscious traveler…
Boy, 11, Flies to Rome With No Ticket or Family
Bryan Mullennix/Getty Images(LONDON) — Authorities are investigating how a solo 11-year-old boy boarded a plane from Manchester, U.K., and arrived in Rome, Italy, with no money or documentation. The Jet2.com flight departed the Manchester airport Tues…
Flight Schools Still Unknowingly Training Terrorists?
Chris Rank/Bloomberg via Getty Image(WASHINGTON) — More than a decade after the Sept. 11 terror attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans, thousands of foreign flight students are still not subject to terror database screening until aft…
Exclusive: The Airplane Mystery Wire that Triggered Delta Scare
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — New details emerged Monday about the two mysterious pieces of wire encased in straws that triggered a short-lived but widely-reported terror scare on a Delta flight last week from JFK airport in New York to Madrid. A government …
Ten Scariest Airports in US
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Ever grabbed that airplane armrest a little tighter during landing? Ever felt as if you were taking off in a space shuttle instead of an Airbus? Well, you may have been taking off or landing at one of the sc…
Lawmaker Proposes Keeping Families Together In-Flight
Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A New York congressman and member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has introduced legislation to help keep families seated together on commercial flights.The Families Flying Together Act of 2012…
Egyptian Couple Arrested for Smuggling Baby in Luggage
Thomas Northcut/Thinkstock(SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates) — An Egyptian couple’s attempt to sneak their infant son past airport security and into the United Arab Emirates ended in their arrest after the baby was discovered stuffed inside their c…
Low-Cost Carriers Flying High in Customer Satisfaction
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s no secret that low-cost carriers have won over the hearts of travelers everywhere. But it may not be for the reason you think: When it comes to price, there’s typically not a whole lot of dif…
The Best Time to Book July 4 Airfare
John Foxx/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you’d like to get away for July 4, but haven’t yet booked airfare, it’s time.According to data compiled by online travel booking site Travelocity, the best time to book to get the cheapest airfare …
Latvian Airline to Seat Passengers Based on ‘Mood’
Courtesy airBaltic(NEW YORK) — Should you find yourself on airBaltic, Latvia’s national airline, you may want to relax, work, or network for business opportunities. Whatever kind of mood you’re in, airBaltic will find the perfect seat mate…
Authorities Probe Security Breach at San Diego Airport
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — Authorities on Wednesday continued to investigate how a man was able to board a Los Angeles-bound plane at San Diego International Airport Tuesday without a ticket.The man, whose name has not been released, was arre…
Airline Fees: Charges for Carry-Ons, Pillows, Water, Once Included, Now New Revenue
ICHIRO/Digital Vision(NEW YORK) — The doors to a Boeing 777 used to be the gateway to adventure. Now, when you get on a plane, it’s more like the moment of truth — for your wallet.Airlines are adding on fees for almost everything, including ame…
Memorial Day Weekend’s Busiest Airports
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It’s the unofficial kick-off to the summer travel season, and automobile club AAA predicts 2.5 million people will take to the skies over Memorial Day weekend alone. That’s a decrease from last …
Travel Increase Predicted for Memorial Day 2012
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The number of Memorial Day vacationers to travel more than 50 miles from home is expected to increase by 1.2 percent in 2012, according to an annual survey from the automobile group AAA. As is typical, the number…
Summer Air Travel Forecast: Crowds
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Vacation season promises to be crowded this summer, especially on overseas flights. Not to mention rising fuel prices will keep flying expensive.The Airlines for America (A4A) annual summer forecast released Wednesda…