| CHRISTMAS
AIR TRAVEL: Keep your jolly spirit intact
Bubbling over with holiday spirit, I embarked on a journey to Nashville
last weekend not to cover the Southern city's robust music scene, but
to share an early Christmas celebration with my family. After a departing
flight that mimicked the Cyclone at Coney Island and a return flight
that landed not in sunny San Diego, but stuck in a foot of snow in the
Midwest, I had a long inner dialogue about the importance of keeping
a good attitude while traveling by air during the Christmas season.
Holiday
Travel Rush Kicks Off
Dec. 20, 2007 - The travel rush is under way Thursday as travelers across
the country begin the rush to their holiday destinations.
Surviving
the Holiday Travel Rush
Dec. 20, 2007 - Nearly nine million Americans will be traveling by plane
between now and New Year's Day, according to AAA. And if joining those
hordes in the security line isn't daunting enough, don't forget that
you're traveling during one of the worst years ever recorded for the
airline industry. Nearly one in four flights arrived late this year,
reports the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a division of the U.S.
Department of Transportation. On top of that, airlines are still recovering
from this summer's record-high complaints about lost, damaged and delayed
baggage.
Holiday
travel on par with last year
Dec. 19, 2007 - An estimated 47 million passengers will fly worldwide
from Dec. 13 to Jan. 2 according to the Air Transport Association of
America, an industry trade organization representing U.S. airlines.
Buyers
Adjusting Budgets, Trips
Dec. 17, 2007 -- Many travel buyers recently have revised their budgets
for 2008 to account for souring economic conditions, including the home
mortgage crisis, volatile trading markets and the weakening U.S. dollar,
in some cases allowing for higher spending and in others limiting travel.
OAG
Review of 2007: More Than 29.5 Million Flights Worldwide
Oct. 17, 2007 - OAG (Official Airline Guide), the global flight information
and data solutions company, reveals that the world's airlines -- including
low cost carriers -- scheduled a record 29.6 million flights (29,560,246)
during 2007, an increase of 4.7% on 2006. This represents an average
of 80,987 individual take-offs per day worldwide.
Airlines,
U.S. agree to cap flights at two NYC airports
Dec. 20, 2007 - The government and major airlines struck a deal Wednesday
that will cap the number of peak-hour flights at two of New York City's
busiest airports in a move aimed at reducing chronic air travel delays
across the nation.
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