Faced with record-high gas prices and the November elections, not a day goes by without a politician’s pitch to provide consumers with some relief – be it to permit offshore drilling, crack down on speculators, curb inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or grant a gas tax holiday.
On the positive side, high gas prices have [...]
This week the South Jersey Transportation Authority struck a unique deal with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Laboratory that will use Atlantic City International Airport and the Atlantic City Expressway to test ideas and devices that could improve transportation safety and security.
What it means is that just by going to the [...]
Skyrocketing fuel prices are rocking the Mexican airline industry, leading to steep fare increases, the slashing of routes and what some analysts fear could be the end of low- cost air travel south of the border.
Experts say the current woes could lead to the disappearance of several Mexican airlines and an era of consolidation that [...]
On Sunday night, an American Airlines flight from Miami to La Guardia, which should have been a quick, routine trip, turned into a 24-hour nightmare for a group of passengers. It began when the plane was left on the ground for over an hour after its scheduled takeoff time (9:45 p.m.) because the flight crew [...]
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI: 2.19, +0.31, +16.48%), today launched a sale for travel to all of the airline’s destinations with fares starting as low as $59*. Travelers may purchase these sale fares at http://www.airtran.com or via AirTran Airways’ reservations system at 1-800-AIR-TRAN. For Spanish, call 1-877-581-9842.
AirTran Airways, [...]
Southwest Airlines Co. said Tuesday it plans to sell international travel — a first for the low-fare carrier — through a partnership with Canada’s WestJet.
The Canadian airline would actually do the cross-border flying, but Southwest would be able to sell the tickets and share the revenue.
Last year, the average oil price was US$73 per barrel and the airline industry reaped US$5.6 billion globally in net profits from airline operations (and) this was the first profit since 2000, still delivering just a meagre 1.1 percent margin on sales of nearly over US$500 billion.
He said airlines transport 2.3 billion passengers safely and [...]