Lessons Learned from the Iceland Volcano Eruption. What if This Happens Again?

With the advantage of hindsight many companies are revising policy and process to reduce the impact of future transportation crises on their travel programs.

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Excessive Runway Delays Drop After New Rule

U.S. airlines in June slashed the number of flights held on the tarmac for more than three hours, this time without canceling more flights, according to new data from the federal government. Read more

Air travel at a breaking point

When JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater dramatically walked off the job — jumped actually — he became a poster boy for all that’s wrong with air travel today. Read more

Higher airfares thwart vacation travelers

High airfares may be pricing many leisure travelers out of vacations. July fares, for instance, were 20% higher than in July 2009. And extra fees for such services as checking bags can add 10% to 25% to the cost of air travel. Read more

Airport Worker Strikes Threaten Travel Plans

More than a million passengers are waiting to see if their travel plans will be ruined after workers at BAA airports including Heathrow voted for strike action. Read more

Travel taxes: Pretty bad and getting worse

Taxation without representation! To a citizen of a democracy, "that's tyranny." To a bureaucrat, "that's the best kind." Worldwide, taxing authorities have targeted tourists -- not in the least because tourist taxes fall most heavily on people who don't vote on either the taxes or the people who impose them. Worse yet, as a tourist, you can't do much about them -- except stay away from the worst offenders. Sadly, those are often places you want to visit. Read more

Added Fees Make It Hard to Compare Old Air Fares With New

If you thought airline tickets have been getting more expensive, you are right. But how much more expensive is difficult to say. Official data shows that air fares have been rising steadily since January. But fares are only part of the price tag, now that airlines are charging fees for everything from checked baggage to exit row seats. So those statistics do not fully capture the number that matters most: how much it actually costs to fly. Read more

Is air travel getting split between the haves and have-nots?

Delta Air Lines is going after passengers who can afford traveling by private jet, AJC writer Christine Negroni reports. Over the past decade, the number of people choosing to travel by private jet has grown, with people either buying a fraction of a share of an airplane, or a jet card that guarantees a set number of flight hours, Negroni writes. Read more

Pets and Air Travel

The dangers summer weather poses for pets was highlighted on Aug. 3 when seven puppies died after being unloaded from an American Airlines flight from Tulsa to Chicago. Hot weather in Oklahoma is suspected as a factor in the animals’ deaths. The airline is awaiting necropsy results, American spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said Monday in an email. Read more