Rep Jim Oberstar, D-Minn, chairman of the House committee on transportation and infrastructure, is urging the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to rigorously scrutinize Southwest Airlines’ acquisition of AirTran Airways because […]
Two more items of rail news. First, some good news from Amtrak, reporting a record number of passengers for their fiscal year which ends on 30 September. Ridership was up almost 6% on the previous
British Airways has introduced one of its fairly typical winter sales for travel to London, with reasonably generous airfares combined with one free night of hotel (for one person traveling alone) or two free nights
The CTL 2goPad SL10 is the first Windows 7 based tablet device to now be available for purchase. It has some very different features and capabilities compared to an iPad, and shows a very different
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Tourism Queensland in Australia had a very successful promotion a year back, when they advertised for a person to take on the 'job' of being a generously paid full-time tourist, living for six months in
Apple and Verizon announced that from 28 October we can buy iPads through Verizon Wireless stores. No mention was made of the long rumored possibility that Verizon might also start selling iPhones. This is a
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A company is shooting a television commercial about airline change fees and wants to feature real travelers telling their true stories about being stuck with change fees. If you have a moderately recent story of
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At a release event this morning in New York, Microsoft finally released its not very eagerly awaited Windows Phone 7 OS, together with a range of nine mobile phones that will be based on this
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Good morning I am delighted to report that my attempts to bribe you to participate in this year's annual fundraising have clearly borne some fruit. The rather dismal count of 65 supporters at the end
Two naughty airlines get delicate slaps on the wrist from DoT. Sun Country has been fined $40,000 for violating the DoT's advertising rules, but only half of it is payable now, and the balance will
Lots more train news this week, most of it good, some of it surprising. Eurostar have announced a £700 million (about US$1.15 billion) program investing in new train sets that will go even faster than
Few of us have much choice of airline frequent flier program, because there is usually one program that is clearly 'better' than the others, due to whichever airline has the best service to the most
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