Airlines still looking for business travelers
October 21, 2009 ·
Airlines value premium travelers above other customers, letting them board first, eat a meal, and order a cocktail without whipping out a credit card. Many of them are business travelers who fly frequently and often pay higher last-minute fares than the jeans-and-T-shirt crowd on the way to see grandma. Anyone who questions why airlines treat [...]
Lufthansa to launch in-flight Web, phone system
October 12, 2009 ·
Deutsche Lufthansa AG said Monday it will develop with Panasonic Corp. a service to offer passengers in-flight Internet and cell phone connections. Lufthansa said the service, known as FlyNet, will be available starting in mid-2010. The Cologne-based airline said it hopes to equip a major part of its long-haul planes in the service’s first year, [...]
Southwest Airlines announces new fare sale
September 29, 2009 ·
Southwest Airlines Co. on Tuesday launched a new fare sale for late fall and winter, although it includes plenty of limits and blackout dates around the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The airline said seats to some destinations would start at $59 each way, but seats are limited. The sale prices apply to travel [...]
Business travel can help bottom line
September 18, 2009 ·
Business travel — often the target for cutbacks by companies seeking to reduce expenses — actually boosts profits and could help the U.S. economy come back from the recession, a report found on Tuesday. Research released by the global research firm Oxford Economics estimated that for every dollar invested in business travel, companies can expect [...]
Airline traffic continues to decline
September 10, 2009 ·
Summer has come and gone without giving much lift to the nation’s airlines. The carriers offered fewer flights than a year ago, and they slashed prices to fill even that reduced supply of seats, according to August traffic reports released over the past week. Discount airlines fared relatively better in the recession, as they lured [...]
Marriott plans 21 new Asian hotels amid global downturn
September 9, 2009 ·
Hotel group Marriott International announced Wednesday it was planning 21 new hotels in Asia, despite the impact of the global economic slowdown on travel and demand. The company already has 37 hotels under construction across the region, meaning that it will have built 58 new hotels by 2013, creating an estimated 24,000 jobs. “We are [...]
SkyEurope, a low-cost airline, halts operations
September 1, 2009 ·
SkyEurope, a Slovakia-based low-cost airline that had sought protection from creditors in June, announced Tuesday that it had ceased all operations, effective immediately. The Vienna Stock Exchange suspended the company’s shares before trading began Tuesday. In a message to passengers on its Web site, the airline advised passengers that had purchased tickets with a credit [...]
