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Summer Airfare Forecast 2012: Expensive but ‘Not Too Expensive’
Updated: February 2012 Summer flight schedules are now popping up on U.S. airline reservation systems, although it’s a still a little early to buy (yes, airfare can be purchased ‘too soon’ as well as too late). More on when to buy summer airfare, below. Airfare Prices will Rise But the bigger question is, what will … Read Summer Airfare Forecast 2012: Expensive but ‘Not Too Expensive’
Posted In: Airfare HikesNot Your Average Air Travel Stories: Week of Feb. 13
Sex sex sex. Now that we have your attention, Flamingo Air is offering ‘Mile High Club’ flights. No, the airline is not based in New York or Las Vegas or Miami. Try Cincinnati. Sexy underwear. Are you easily offended? Then don’t look here to see the Ryanair ads featuring flight attendants in teeny-tiny undies that … Read Not Your Average Air Travel Stories: Week of Feb. 13
Posted In: Airline News, Airport News, Airport SecurityAir Australia Shuts Down: Fleet Grounded, 4,000 Passengers Stranded
The low-cost carrier Air Australia, based in Brisbane and formerly known as Strategic Airlines, has been placed under ‘voluntary administration’ which is similar to U.S. bankruptcy protection. All Air Australia Flights Suspended Bottom line: Air Australia’s fleet is grounded and 4,000 of its passengers are now stranded in destinations around the world including Hawaii, Thailand … Read Air Australia Shuts Down: Fleet Grounded, 4,000 Passengers Stranded
Posted In: Airlines (by name)Christmas Day Bomber Who Attempted to Blow Up Airliner Sentenced to Life
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried and failed to bring down a Northwest Airlines plane shortly before it was scheduled to land in Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, was sentenced today in federal court to multiple terms of life in prison. Airport Security Still Finds Explosives, Guns Bomber Fails to Take Down Northwest Airlines Plane The … Read Christmas Day Bomber Who Attempted to Blow Up Airliner Sentenced to Life
Posted In: Airlines (by name), Airport SecurityLufthansa Cancels More than 200 European Flights in/out of Frankfurt Airport
Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa has canceled well over 200 European flights departing from or arriving to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) today and tomorrow, but so far U.S. carriers are unaffected. Strike Cancels Flights at Europe’s 3rd-Busiest Airport The problem: a strike by ground workers at Frankfurt Airport over the issue of pay and job conditions, which … Read Lufthansa Cancels More than 200 European Flights in/out of Frankfurt Airport
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