Fri, Feb. 1, 2008

Travel Advisory for Flights to / from Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal
Feb. 1, 2008 - Air Canada and Air Canada Jazz advise that forecasted winter storm conditions are expected to cause some delays and cancellations to flights during the day Friday, February 1, 2008.

No delays as new border ID rules begin
Jan. 31, 2008 - Motorists passed easily through border checkpoints Thursday as tougher identification standards for U.S. and Canadian citizens went into effect without the backups and confusion some travelers had feared.

High price of air travel must be addressed
Jan. 29, 2008 - A top economist on Tuesday called for negotiations to address the high cost of intra-regional air travel, even as two of the three major shareholders of LIAT held a closed-door meeting with the carrier on their agenda.

Frequent Flyers Fast Track Through Airport Security
Jan. 29, 2008 - Security at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is about to get a lot easier for frequent flyers. That's because the airport launched a preferred traveler program Wednesday. Starting now, people who travel frequently can sign up for the program online, and get to the front of security lines. And because it's a TSA sponsored program, travelers can use it at other major hubs across the country.

British Airport Installs Biometric Security
Jan. 30, 2008 - Manchester has implemented what it claims is the U.K.'s first biometric access control system based on iris recognition. The system officially went live just before Christmas, and is used to control access to secure parts of the airport for airport workers.

Biometric products must pass new test for airport use
Feb. 1, 2008 - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was directed by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to develop standards for use of biometric technology in airport access control systems.

Air Your Security Gripes on TSA Blog
Jan. 31, 2008 - Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets frisked? The federal government wants to hear — or at least read — your gripes at the "Evolution of Security" blog the Transportation Security Administration introduced Wednesday. And it promises those complaints and suggestions won't vanish into thin air.

Heathrow's Terminal 5 will impose 45-min check-in
Jan 31, 2008 - British Airways will impose a 45-minute cut-off time for check-in at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 despite having state-of-the-art security and luggage-handling systems. The deadline will apply across the board - including to business-class passengers.

Heathrow’s Terminal 5
When completed, Heathrow airport’s terminal 5 will, by itself, be equal in size to the 4th largest airport in Europe. The spectacular building will be the new home of British Airways’ Heathrow hub. Travel-On founder and chairman, Bill Goldstein, recently returned from a hard-hat inspection of the futuristic facility and reports that the facility will completely change the Heathrow experience when flying British Airways. With 96 kiosks the check-in procedure will fly by. When flying in to London, The Heathrow Express will whisk you to central London in 20 minutes. The terminal is due to open in the spring.

BA to launch luxury NY service
Feb. 1, 2008 - British Airways has announced plans to tap into the growing market for business-only air travel with a new elite service from the heart of the City to New York.

BA Shuns Heathrow With U.S. Business Shuttle
Feb. 1, 2008 - British Airways Plc will start business class-only services from London City Airport to New York, bypassing congestion at London Heathrow and easing journeys between the two cities' financial districts.

AA cuts a few February flights – pilot retirements to blame
Feb. 1, 2008 - American Airlines (AA), the world's largest air carrier, is axing 76 of its flights this month according to a report in Tulsa World. To put that in perspective, the airline says that’s about one-tenth of 1 percent.

Catering to weary passengers
Feb. 1, 2008 - Change is in the air at Washington Dulles International. At Virginia’s busiest airport, passengers can now catch direct flights to Beijing, Kuwait City, and?Doha, Qatar, as well as nearby destinations such as Weyers Cave, Va., and Clarksburg, W.Va. A discount carrier, Virgin America, also offers service to the West Coast.