Tag Archives: Air travel

  • News Paybyweight

    Is Samoa Air’s new pay-by-weight system the future of air travel?

    In Samoa Air’s new system passengers no longer pay for seats instead they pay for weight.

  • News Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (PHOTO: DB King at Wikimedia)

    Weary air travelers to get a break from furloughs

    A fast-track move by Congress to put air traffic controllers back on the job can’t come soon enough for travelers facing Friday morning delays.

  • News FAA Air Traffic Control System Command

    Furloughs cause airport delays

    Furloughs kicked in on Sunday for 47,000 Federal Aviation Administration workers, including 15,000 air traffic controllers.

  • News TSA Security Checkpoint

    TSA to keep restriction on small knives on planes — for now

    The U.S. government is temporarily delaying the implementation of a rule that would again permit passengers to carry small knives on commercial flights three days before it was to have taken effect.

  • News

    Airline starts charging passengers by weight

    “We’re pretty small, but the concept is very big,” airline chief says

  • News flights

    Expect crowded flights for Thanksgiving, travel group warns

    Flying to family and friends for Thanksgiving will be more crowded and more expensive this year.

  • News Hurricane Sandy

    Hurricane Sandy grounds airlines for days

    irlines have canceled thousands of flights ahead of Hurricane Sandy, and stranded travelers shouldn’t expect any relief until the weekend.

  • News AMERICAN AIRLINES

    Loose seats, other issues on American Airlines flights

    American Airlines has suffered a series of problems in recent months

  • News AMERICAN AIRLINES

    American cancels flights as pilots call in sick

    American Airlines will cut back on the number of flights through the end of October

  • News

    Passengers, crew injured in flight turbulence

    Five people were taken to a hospital, an American Airlines spokesman says

  • News PhillyAirport

    Police: Man had ‘unknown homemade device’ at Philly airport

    The man never got on a plane, as he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration agents just after 6:45 a.m.,

  • News

    RADIO TRANSMISSION: JetBlue flight

    We’re getting to hear some of what was said between the co-pilot of JetBlue flight 191 and air traffic control while the pilot was locked out of the cockpit.