US Pilot Requirements Tighten

August 2, 2010

Due to a crash last year that killed 50 people, Congress has passed legislation that requires regional airline pilots to have more training and experience before flying passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation ...

P&O Ferries offer free Disneyland ticket with car crossing to Calais

July 31, 2010

  Are you one of those parents who’s always promised to take you kids to Disneyland but never quite delivered? Well now you have no excuse not ...

Package holiday prices cut by a third

July 31, 2010

  The prices of package holidays to European destinations are being slashed by a third by tour operators bidding to attract cash-strapped travellers. According to a survey ...

Dollar Thrifty Receives $1.33 billion Bid

July 30, 2010

Dollar Thrifty has fallen further into the battle over which other car hire company will buy them. On Wednesday, Avis Budget Group made the price war official by offering US$1.33 billion for the budget company. ...

easyJet Flight Delays a Staffing Concern

July 30, 2010

Carolyn McCall, the new chief executive of budget airline easyJet, has admitted that there are problems with crewing and staff morale, which has hit the carrier's punctuality. She says that, although they have had a resilient ...

152 Die in Airblue Plane Crash

July 29, 2010

An Airblue flight, which is a private Pakistani carrier that operates domestic and international services, crashed amid rainy weather on Wednesday. The flight was en route from Karachi to Islamabad, the nation's capital, with 6 crew ...

United Airlines Forgets 9-year-old at Chicago Airport

July 28, 2010

A United Airlines representative failed to put a 9-year-old boy, who was traveling alone, on a connecting flight home on Saturday, which meant that the boy was stranded for about 8 hours. The was on his ...

Enterprise Holdings to Buy 500 Nissan Leafs

July 28, 2010

Enterprise Holdings has said that they plan to purchase 500 Leaf vehicles, which is the New electric car from Nissan, staring January next year. The retail price of these cars is over US$30,000, so the car ...

Southwest Airlines Replaces Thin Passenger with Overweight Teen

July 27, 2010

A thin female passenger has claimed that Southwest Airlines kicked her off of a flight in order to accommodate a teenager that was overweight and needed the extra seat. This is alleged to have occurred last ...

British Airways Issues Legal Proceedings Against 32 Carriers

July 26, 2010

Reports say that British Airways has issued legal action on 32 other carriers, trying to get them to share the burden of damages they might have to pay from fixing cargo prices. The British airline is ...