Court says TSA did not overcharge for security
February 3, 2009 ·
A federal appeals court panel has rejected most claims of airlines that the government overcharged them by about $98 million a year for security after the 2001 terror attacks.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said Tuesday that the Transportation Security Administration made some mistakes in its calculations but generally followed [...]
Airfare secret! Airlines using “coupons” for their best deals
February 2, 2009 ·
It’s a surprising trend. Within the past six months, most of the major airlines have offered “coupons”—or promotional codes you type into their websites—to claim the cheapest fares. To get the codes, sign up for the airlines’ frequent flier programs and e-mail newsletters. Or use Google to search on the phrase “promotion code” plus the [...]
American Airlines limiting passengers on some jets
January 28, 2009 ·
American Airlines is limiting the number of passengers on some planes while it orders additional life rafts needed in case of a water landing like the one made this month on the Hudson River by a US Airways jet.
American will allow no more than 228 people including passengers and crew on its Boeing 767-300 aircraft, [...]
Airlines try fare sales to lure travelers
January 22, 2009 ·
Several U.S. airlines have reported less traffic for the fourth quarter of 2008 as the recession hit both business and leisure travel. Some carriers have been offering sales to lure passengers back to the skies.
Here are a few examples of current roundtrip prices for travel from Feb. 10-17, followed by the fare for February travel [...]
U.S. airlines fly 2 years without fatality
January 12, 2009 ·
For the first time since jet airliners took to the sky, U.S. carriers have gone two years without a single passenger fatality.
A single year without fatalities has occurred only four times since 1958, an analysis by the Air Transport Association found.
Thus, the two-year streak in 2007 and 2008 is all the more remarkable, considering [...]
Continental flight powered with biofuel takes off
January 8, 2009 ·
Continental Airlines on Wednesday became the first U.S. commercial carrier to conduct a demonstration flight powered in part by alternative fuels, though large-scale use of such fuel is forecast to be several years away.
The Houston-based company, the nation’s fourth-largest airline, made the flight with a Boeing 737-800 that left from Bush Intercontinental Airport, its large [...]
Airlines fly into new year with wave of fare sales
January 7, 2009 ·
A wave of fare sales has spread across the airline industry in the early days of the new year as the weak economy continues to put pressure on carriers to fill seats even after they drastically reduced capacity and some expressed willingness to cut more.
Many experts and even executives at some airlines had expected that [...]
