Continuing my series on the deregulation of the US airline industry in 1978, I have now published the latest two articles. This section was to be one single page article, listing the benefits and positive […]
Good news for people wishing to travel between DFW and SFO or LAX. Virgin America plans to start service between these cities on an apparently as yet unspecified date in December, with two roundtrips from
Virgin America to Fly to Dallas – Offers Discounted Fares Read More »
The British Hogg Robinson Group has just published their latest survey findings about hotel rates around the world, covering the first half of 2010. The survey spans 50 different cities. The most expensive city for hotels? Moscow,
British Airways has just announced a new airfare sale from all its US gateways to London. Tickets are on sale from now through midnight (Eastern time) on Thursday 19 Aug. Fares range upwards from $498
Southwest Airlines estimates it has picked up $1 billion/yr in extra business from passengers who have shifted from other airlines due to the other airlines charging for checked bags (Southwest allows you to check two
Lessons From the Airlines Losing $1 Billion/yr in Revenue Read More »
Denver's new international airport is the world's strangest/weirdest airport (certainly this example of some of the artworks featured seems weird enough)? Perhaps so, according to a fascinating pictorial article that also shows the airport with
One of the interesting claims made by airlines when they were regulated was that they couldn’t operate their services effectively with more than about a 55% load factor, for fear of having occasional full flights and having
The airlines are always quick to blame external factors for their problems. High jet fuel prices. Depressed economy. Whatever. On the face of it, this sometimes seems fair. But then you see two airlines come
A visit to the Mouse has just become even more expensive than before. Walt Disney World has raised the price of a one-day one-park ticket up to $82, and with their more expensive multi-day tickets
These days everyone has a video camera, right? For many (most) of us, either our cell phone doubles as both a regular camera and a video camera too, or our digital camera can also take
I wrote two articles last week about the evolution of airline regulation in the US. Following on from that is this article that explains the problems that evolved over the 40 years of airline regulation
Seven Reasons Why the Airlines Were Deregulated in 1978 Read More »
This might surprise you. Can you guess what the leading cause of death is for Americans when traveling internationally? Food poisoning? Terrorism? Muggings/murders? Plane crashes? No – none of those. The leading cause of death
More American Die of This Cause than Any Other When Traveling Internationally Read More »
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