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Hurricane Earl will slam North Carolina's Outer Banks tonight.

Earl's next stop is Long Island and Cape Cod. Millions of people will be affected by this massive storm. Check out the latest on evacuations, warnings, and Earl's projected path. Read more

Airlines Offering Waivers Because of Hurricane Earl

At least five big U.S airlines have waived change fees for customers flying into the path of Hurricane Earl, which threatens to disrupt flight schedules just as the Labor Day holiday weekend begins. Continental, Delta, US Airways, AirTran and Frontier are among the carriers that have instituted special policies to allow customers to make hurricane-related changes to their itineraries. List of airlines below: Read more

CWT North America Releases 2011 Travel Forecast

Carlson Wagonlit Travel North America has released to its clients forecasted 2011 pricing and rate information for air travel, hotel stays, use of ground transportation, and meeting and event spending in North America. CWT anticipates a number of suppliers will successfully implement price increases next year, indicating overall increases in business travel demand as economic conditions in North America continue to improve. Read more

You Paid What for That Flight?

Airline ticket prices often seem like a brain-teaser with little logic. From Chicago, a flight to Miami is more than twice as far as a flight to Memphis, but the shorter Memphis flight costs 25% more on average. Fly to Washington, D.C., from Hartford, Conn., and the average fare is nearly three times as high as if you flew to nearby Baltimore from Hartford, according to government data for the first quarter of this year. Read more

Delta trims regional jet fleet

There will soon be fewer 50-seat regional jets flying under the Delta Air Lines brand. That's because Delta announced plans on Wednesday "to park half of the regional jets in the fleet of its Comair subsidiary over the next two years and cut its number of employees at its Cincinnati hub," USA TODAY reports. Read more

Should The Government Re-Regulate The Airline Industry?

After the justice department approved the merger of Continental Airlines and United Airlines last Friday, Congressman James Oberstar (D-Minn) voiced his displeasure again with the merger and suggested that Congress might just need to reconsider the deregulation of airlines that happened in 1978. Read more

JetBlue is adding Boston to Newark service

JetBlue Airways said it plans to offer new daily nonstop service to Newark from Logan International Airport, starting next May. The move will open up an expensive business route to low-fare competition, JetBlue said in a press release. Read more

Disclose airline fees up front

Before you buy something, it's nice to know what it costs. For most products, that's not an issue. At the service station, for example, you see the price, including taxes, for every grade of gasoline before you pump. Read more

Updated 'Fly Rights' Guide Released By DOT

On Tuesday, the Department of Transportation released its updated handbook on airline consumer travel rights, "Fly Rights: A Consumer Guide To Air Travel." The handbook now includes information on everything from how to avoid deep venous thrombosis (the solution: walk up and down the cabin a few times to keep legs moving) to how to avoid involuntary bumping (a more involved description). Read more

Going paperless: Tech-savvy air travelers on board

The Transportation Security Administration is working with some domestic airlines to test paperless boarding passes, which allow air travelers to download the document onto a cell phone or other mobile device. Read more