Travel
trends 2007: What globe-trotters can expect over the next year
Jan. 12, 2007 - After a tumultuous year in travel that brought confusing
new airport security rules, airport closings, mergers and talk of
more mergers, what's ahead for travelers in 2007?
Before
You Take That First Business Trip
Jan. 11, 2007 - So you just got the word from the boss -- you are
being sent to Manhattan or Atlanta for business. You've never traveled
for work before, and you might be wondering how different this trip
will be from that trip last year to Disney.
Keeping
Better Records During Business Travel
One of my New Year's business travel resolutions is to keep better
records while traveling for business. Every business trip I make,
I usually come back with tons of receipts...
For
A Fee fliers won't shed shoes
Jan. 11, 2007 - A new machine will allow some air travelers to avoid
a major post-9/11 hassle starting today taking off shoes at a checkpoint.
...
United
wins Dulles to Beijing bid
Jan . 9, 2007 - United Airlines beat out rivals American, Northwest
and Continental for approval of new nonstop service between the
United States and China.
US
Airways sweetens offer for Delta by 20%
Jan. 10, 2007 - US Airways moved aggressively to convince hesitant
creditors of Delta Air Lines that merging the two carriers is in
their best interests. It added $1 billion in cash and 11 million
more shares of stock to its pending offer for Delta, which is in
bankruptcy-court protection.
AirTran
raises bid for Midwest to $345M
Jan. 11, 2007 - AirTran raised its offer for Midwest on Thursday
by almost 18% to about $345 million after its earlier bid for the
regional airline was rejected last month.
Coming
soon -- ads in airport security trays
Jan. 10, 2007 - Travelers nationwide could soon see ads for laptops,
expensive cars and other products in the trays that carry their
shoes and cell phones through X-ray machines at airport security
checkpoints.
FAA
revamps rules for long-range flights
Jan. 10, 2007 - Federal aviation regulators will require jets that
fly for hours over desolate oceans or polar regions where there
are no airports to have a plan to take care of passengers and extinguish
cargo fires in the event of an emergency. |
