United Airlines has another large computer outage
This is at least the third major computer outage for the Chicago-based United Airlines since June.
View ArticleSouthwest to charge for no-shows
Southwest Airlines Co. will start charging a no-show fee for passengers who fail to cancel tickets before their flights. The company also said Friday that fees on early check-in and oversized bags are...
View ArticleMore than 2,700 flights scrubbed as storm moves in
Flight-tracking website FlightAware shows 728 cancellations at the three big airports in the New York area.
View ArticleGov’t: Budget cuts already causing airport delays
U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O'Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays in waiting lines as a result of automatic federal spending cuts,
View ArticleMiddle East is new global travel crossroads
For generations, international fliers have stopped over in London, Paris and Amsterdam. Now, they increasingly switch planes in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.
View ArticleTSA to allow small knives, bats, clubs on planes
Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month.
View ArticleQueue Solutions pushes to the head of the line
Queue Solutions manufactures and markets the crowd-control barriers used at airports, banks, movie theaters and just about anywhere people line up for goods or services.
View ArticleSpeed through the airport like a celebrity
Now, with the masses clogging up special security and boarding lanes, true VIPs are saying: Get me away from this chaos. And the airlines are listening.
View ArticleTalon Air starts The Battle of Republic Airport
Talon Air wants to become a fixed-base operator at Republic Airport, which is already serviced by two other companies.
View ArticleGoats used to prevent airport fires
For two weeks in June, nearly 400 goats chomped on the brush in a remote corner of San Francisco International Airport as a form of fire prevention.
View ArticleMacArthur hires Departure Media for airport ads
Long Island MacArthur Airport has hired Departure Media Airport Advertising to “revive the airport’s indoor and outdoor advertising network.”
View ArticleTell us something we didn’t already know
Travelers choose airlines based on low fares, best value.
View ArticleLawmakers urge gate bidding in airline merger
Four members of Congress say all airlines should be able to bid on gates and landing rights that American Airlines and US Airways will give up
View ArticleAirport chaplains let fliers connect with heavens
The job is unlike other assignments. There's no permanent congregation. Instead, airport chaplains preach to a crowd that is transient by nature.
View ArticleCourt eyes federal law in frequent-flier case
Attention frequent fliers: You might want to keep your complaints about flight delays or lost baggage to a minimum.
View ArticleChristmas, Canada-style
WestJet surprised passengers with what they wanted for Christmas.
View ArticleJetBlue suspends operations in NY, Boston
JetBlue announced Monday that operations will be reduced at Boston, Newark, JFK and LaGuardia starting at 1 p.m. and stopped entirely at 5 p.m.
View ArticleTaxes, education, infrastructure highlight Cuomo speech
Gov. Andrew Cuomo rolled out an ambitious series of proposals centered on reducing taxes and improving education and infrastructure across New York State.
View ArticleNYC-area airports had record number of passengers
The four New York metropolitan-area commercial airports have set an all-time record in 2013 for the number of passengers flying in and out.
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