Airlines improve on-time arrival ratings in July
September 8, 2009 ·
Airline passengers got to their destination on time a little more often in July. The Transportation Department said on Tuesday that 77.6 percent of airline flights arrived on time, up from 75.7 percent during the same month last year. July’s showing was also an improvement over the 76.1 percent on-time rate in June. Airlines have [...]
Hawaiian Airlines to impose first checked bag fee
September 3, 2009 ·
Hawaiian Airlines says it will join its competitors in charging a fee for the first checked bag on interisland flights. Hawaiian announced Wednesday that the $10 fee will go into effect Sept. 14. Glenn Taniguchi is Hawaiian’s senior vice president of marketing and sales. He says fares haven’t kept pace with rising costs. Such items [...]
Continental Airlines adds bag fee on international flights
August 27, 2009 ·
Continental Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it will charge some coach passengers on international flights $50 to check a second bag, joining several other carriers in imposing the fee. Continental said the new fee would affect passengers flying between Europe and the United States, including U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. [...]
US Airways raising checked bag fees by $5
August 26, 2009 ·
US Airways said Wednesday it is bumping up its fees for first and second checked bags by $5 each, and is tacking on an additional fee for a second checked bag on trans-Atlantic flights. The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline it will charge $20 for the first checked bag and $30 for the second, when bags are [...]
Warnings issued about alleged Bangkok airport scam
August 7, 2009 ·
Travelers to Thailand have braved a variety of hazards in recent years but foreign governments are now warning about a new and different one: duty-free shopping at the airport. Several European tourists say they were falsely accused of shoplifting at the Thai capital’s main airport and some recount being taken to seedy motels where they [...]
DOT says fewer flights on-time in June
August 4, 2009 ·
U.S. airlines in June turned in their worst on-time performance since December, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday. The airlines had a combined on-time arrival rate of 76.1 percent. In May, that rate was 80.5 percent. But the 19 airlines that report monthly on-time data had fewer delayed flights this June than in the same [...]
American Airlines hikes checked-bag fee by $5
July 27, 2009 ·
It’s going to cost you more to check bags on an American Airlines flight. American said Friday that checking the first bag will cost $20, up from $15, and a second bag will cost $30, up from $25. The change takes effect on tickets bought after Aug. 13 for travel within the United States, Puerto [...]
