American flyers willing to pay more for personal space
As summer travel season approaches, Americans planning vacations – particularly those planning on flying – have a lot of decisions ahead. With the increasing "a la carte"-ization of air travel, flyers are faced with an ever increasing number of choices as to what levels of comfort and convenience they want and are willing to pay for. → Read More
KLM adds Russian and Norwegian to its social media service
Today, KLM starts servicing customers in Russian and Norwegian on social media. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines customers can now post their travel-related questions in no less than nine languages on Facebook and Twitter. → Read More
Flight attendants protest at Charlotte Airport against knives in passenger cabin
Flight Attendants have held a press conference (Thursday, May 16) at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to continue to engage the traveling public in efforts to keep the aircraft cabin free of knives that have been used as weapons. According to a recent Washington Post article "now the chatter is that the TSA may decide to put the new rules into effect over the Memorial Day weekend." TSA officers have expressed concern not only with the dangers of allowing knives in the security checkpoints and beyond, but also noted that these new procedures would slow security lines. → Read More
Dubai Airports to upgrade runways in 2014
Dubai Airports will conduct an extensive runway enhancement project at Dubai International (DXB) during an 80 day period commencing May 1, 2014. → Read More
Virgin America partners with Silvercar
Virgin America has partnered with Silvercar, the company revolutionizing the car rental experience with its fleet of WiFi-enabled, premium Audi A4s, to offer Virgin America's Elevate members a seamless and connected travel experience from air to ground. → Read More
LOT and Rainbow Tours sign a contract for charter flights
LOT Polish Airlines and the tour operator Rainbow Tours have signed a contract for charter flights from Warsaw to the most popular tourist destinations in the world, among others, to the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. The agreement will ensure the fastest and the most comfortable flights to tourists traveling from Warsaw to such remote parts of the world. → Read More
Air India revises free baggage allowance and excess baggage rates
Air India has revised passengers free baggage allowance for travel on domestic sectors with effect immediately. The free baggage allowance for travel in the top four fare levels of economy class will be 20 Kgs and for all other fare levels it will be 15 Kgs. However, the free baggage allowance for a Business Class passenger remains unchanged at 35 Kgs. → Read More
Virgin America taps app-based car rental service - Silvercar
Virgin America, the award-winning California-based airline, announces today that it has partnered with Silvercar, the company revolutionizing the car rental experience with its fleet of WiFi-enabled, premium Audi A4s, to offer Virgin America's Elevate members a seamless and connected travel experience from air to ground. → Read More
Jet2.com announces further route expansion at Glasgow Airport
Jet2.com has further grown its number of destinations available from Glasgow Airport with the launch of two new routes for summer 2014- the Greek Island of Zante and the Catalan city of Reus. → Read More
EU threatens to get tough on aviation emissions
Officials at the European Commission have ten Chinese and Indian airlines are facing the prospect of exclusion from airports in the European Union for refusing to comply with rules aimed at regulating greenhouse emissions. The airlines include Air China and Air India, with both carriers among those accused of not providing emissions data. → Read More
Terrorists allowed on US planes following witness protection slip up
A report from the United States department of justice has revealed terrorists on witness protection were allowed on board flights as their new identities were not added to the US no-fly list. The Witness Security Program, organised by the department, had failed to give the new names to the FBI-managed Terrorist Screening Center, the report concluded. → Read More
Heathrow sticks to guns on third runway
Heathrow has told the Airports Commission that there is no quick or easy solution to ease the UK’s lack of hub airport capacity. Physical and planning constraints mean short-term solutions to increase flights and generate growth and jobs are limited. → Read More
