British Airways’ OpenSkies to fly Washington D.C. to Paris
February 9, 2010 ·
OpenSkies, British Airways’ all-business class airline, said Tuesday it is launching a new route between Washington D.C. and Paris.
The airline currently has a single route from Newark Liberty International Airport to Paris Orly with 17 flights per week. It suspended its route between New York and Amsterdam this summer as the recession pounded demand for [...]
FAA investigating Southwest Airlines repairs
February 9, 2010 ·
Federal officials are investigating Southwest Airlines over the way it handled structural repairs on dozens of jets, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Tuesday that it is investigating whether Southwest followed safety orders dealing with the maintenance of older planes.
Inspectors believe Southwest and a repair shop near Seattle conducted [...]
Southwest Airlines launches 3-day fare sale
February 9, 2010 ·
Southwest Airlines Co. is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring.
The discount carrier said Tuesday it will sell tickets starting at $39 each way on some routes under 500 miles.
As usual, the airline didn’t say how many seats it will offer at the sale prices, and Friday [...]
American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets
February 9, 2010 ·
If you want a pillow and blanket in coach on American Airlines, it’s going to cost you.
The airline will charge $8 for a pillow and blanket in coach class for domestic trips and some international flights longer than two hours, beginning May 1. The international flights are to and from Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, the Caribbean [...]
Some prices can be too good to be true
February 8, 2010 ·
Royce Smith planned to visit Sydney, Australia during spring break to attend an arts festival and work on a book, when he found an unbelievably good fare on American Airlines’ Web site: A round-trip ticket from Wichita, Kansas, to Sydney for just $1,198.
In first class.
“I jumped on the deal,” said Smith, an assistant art professor [...]
New airline flights to Alaska may lower fares
February 8, 2010 ·
Travel industry officials say more airline flights to Alaska this summer may boost competition and result in lower fares to some Lower 48 cities.
The Anchorage Daily News says Continental, United and US Airways all plan to add daily nonstop service between Anchorage and Portland, Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia. From Fairbanks, Delta plans a new [...]
Unsafe planes: 65,000 flights should not have flown
February 2, 2010 ·
Reporting the results of a six-month investigation, USA TODAY on Tuesday said that millions of passengers were on at least 65,000 U.S. flights over the last six years that should not have taken off because planes weren’t properly maintained.
While just a fraction of the 63.8 million U.S. airline flights over that time, the 65,000 figure [...]
