Changing flight plans due to illness can cost you
December 2, 2009 ·
Passengers are encouraged not to fly if they are sick, but it could cost you if you follow that advice. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people do not travel if they are sick, and that they stay home and avoid travel for at least 24 hours after fever or fever-like symptoms [...]
Virgin America expands to Florida
November 18, 2009 ·
Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson. Virgin took a cautious first step into Florida — just two daily nonstop flights apiece between Fort Lauderdale and both Los Angeles [...]
Airlines boost on-time arrivals in September
November 9, 2009 ·
The nation’s airlines are offering fewer flights, but at least they’re more likely to arrive on time now. The government said Monday that 86.2 percent of flights operated in September arrived on time. That marked an improvement over August and over September 2008. The best on-time records were posted by Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines and Southwest. [...]
With airlines shrinking, your flight could be cut
November 4, 2009 ·
Airlines are cutting money-losing flights during the current travel slump, and that can cause headaches for passengers who bought tickets on those trips. The airlines will usually rebook a passenger on another flight close to the original schedule. But sometimes the change can mean a delay of several hours — even overnight. Travel experts say [...]
Southwest Airlines pilots approve new labor contract
November 2, 2009 ·
Pilots for Southwest Airlines have approved a new 5-year labor contract that the union president said has smaller pay raises than his members wanted. The union said Monday that the vote for ratification was about 87 percent, with about 93 percent of Southwest’s 5,900 pilots casting a ballot. The new contract includes retroactive pay raises [...]
JetBlue to increase Boston flights by 30 percent
October 29, 2009 ·
JetBlue said Thursday it will boost its service from Boston Logan by 30 percent by next summer, as bigger carriers pull back and competition from rival Southwest heats up. JetBlue, based in Forest Hills, N.Y. plans to offer up to 78 daily flights from Boston to 33 destinations. That includes two more flights to Chicago [...]
Southwest Airlines settles lawsuit over safety issues
October 27, 2009 ·
Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors’ lawyers $3.5 million. Southwest disclosed the proposed settlement in a regulatory filing made Friday. A hearing on the deal was scheduled for Dec. 7 in state district court in Dallas. The [...]
