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(New York Times) — AFTER scouring the Web for the cheapest flight possible, you finally book a ticket for your holiday trip. Think your work is done? Not if you want to avoid paying those pesky fees airlines are charging. Need to check a bag? That can cost between $15 and $35. Want to get […]
(New York Times) — As American companies negotiate airline and hotel rates for 2011, they are encountering a market much different from a year ago, when the economy, and business travel with it, were still feeble. This time around, in a sign of how much has changed, top corporate travel agencies and travel consultants say they […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Examples of public resistance to the rollout of high-technology body scanners in American airports are mounting, with some protesters calling for a nationwide boycott of the new security scanners on the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year. Several pilots unions are advising their members not […]
(New York Times) — As the Transportation Security Administrationscrambles to address vulnerabilities in procedures for screening cargo, it is facing growing criticism from travel industry groups over the escalating security measures for passengers. In recent weeks, representatives from the International Air Transport Association, the U.S. Travel Association, the Allied Pilots Association and British Airways have criticized the […]
(LA Times) — Regional airlines are increasingly flying more of the nation’s commercial flights, and a new survey indicates that this unnerves many business travelers. More than half of the nation’s scheduled commercial flights are flown by regional airlines that partner with large carriers like Delta, United and American. The major airlines began relying more […]
(AJC) — Atlanta could grow into the largest operation in Southwest Airlines’ system nationwide after the carrier completes its proposed acquisition of AirTran Airways, a Southwest executive said Thursday. Bob Jordan, Southwest’s executive vice president of strategy and planning, said he thinks Southwest could eventually have “well more than the 202” daily flights AirTran operates […]
(Smart Money) — As vacation budgets have shrunk, discount luxury-travel web sites have flourished, attracting more than 500,000 members in the last year. But the tactics these sites employ – limited-time offers, limited-availability sales and simple marketing psychology – mean those bargains might not be as good as they look. The lure is simple: Sites like […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Several popular online travel companies are joining forces to oppose Google Inc.’s proposed $700 million purchase of ITA Software Inc., the leading provider of flight data, saying the deal would give it too much sway over the travel sector. Expedia Inc., Kayak.com, Sabre Holdings and Farelogix Inc.—which operate half-a-dozen leading online travel […]