Ryanair has backtracked on plans to develop a cheap flights to America- just days after it said it had received approval from the board.On Monday, the budget airline had announced plans to run transatlantic services between key European cities and the US with one-way tickets costing from as little as £10.But today, bosses have been…
Many thousands of customers are disappointed with one of New Zealand’s major banking company’s. The Bank of New Zealand has decided to pull away from air new zealand air-points which can be earned if your a air points member with air new zealand. Air NZ has opted to go with Westpac as Qantas has already…
The Centres for Disease Control yesterday said that a female flight attendant of China Airlines unknowingly contracted rubella, urging the CDC to try and conduct follow-ups with up to 1,558 people. – See more at: http://ift.tt/1MSJSpD Link
Nate Silver has just unveiled a new Fastest Flights interactive tool promising to show you which domestic airline will get you to your destination on time. Link
Death may occasionally take a holiday, but it rarely warrants an airport discount anymore. The once-standard discount for grieving relatives booking last-minute flights for the funeral, memorial service or burial of a loved one has been reduced to an anomaly in recent years. American Airlines and United stopped offering bereavement fares, which were a discount…
With an estimated 3.3 billion people traveling on about 27 million flights annually, there have been many sudden deaths aboard planes. Link
JetBlue Airlines and Southwest Airlines deliver the best customer experience in the airline industry, according to the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual ranking of companies based on a survey of 10,000 US consumers. Link
One of the biggest misimpressions about the free market is the mistaken belief that corporate interests support free competition. While companies will raise their voices at regulations and mandates that drive up the cost of their doing business, corporate interests love government interference in the market when it gives them a leg up against their…
An Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER has been given a touch of Hollywood as part of a partnership with Universal Pictures. Link
Aviation is a male-dominated career field in both the commercial sector and the military. Female Marine aviators recently took advantage of an opportunity to show young women and men that military aviation is a viable option. Link
Frontier Airlines, which has expanded rapidly in Phoenix and other cities, is raising its baggage fees in May. Link
View from The Wing reports that American and Delta is having a business class fare war going on to Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo out of each others hubs. American is attacking Delta fares out of: Atlanta [ATL] Detroit [DTW] Minneapolis [MSP] Delta is attacking American fares out of Dallas [DFW] Los Angeles [LAX]…