January 06, 2013

Fliers can expect higher airfares, fewer airlines, more fees, experts say
http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travelkit/fliers-can-expect-higher-airfares-fewer-airlines-more-fees-experts-1B7828994
A US Airways plane and an American Airlines plane share a terminal at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington in this file photo taken last April. The carriers could announce its plans to merge as soon as next week. Uncertainty often looms large ...


2013 Travel Predictions From an Airline Expert
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/2013-air-travel-predictions/story?id=18132379
Did you hear about one man's bizarre way to avoid overweight luggage fees? Before his flight from China, he somehow managed to dress himself in just about everything he owned, including 60 shirts and 9 pairs of pants. Not sure how he worked it out with ...


Delta Air Lines returns to Rhinelander/Oneida County airport
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/wisconsin&id=8943185
The airline plans to operate two 50-passenger SkyWest flights a day with domestic and international connections through its hub in Minneapolis. The first SkyWest flight arrived in Rhinelander Friday. Frontier Airlines had been serving the northern ...


Poland Plans Cuts At Airline
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323374504578221824079528166.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Polish government plans to restructure flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines to make the company profitable again, a cabinet minister said on Friday, days after the airline received a $127 million emergency loan from the state and shed more ...


Janie DeVito, United Airlines co-workers give generously to Cleveland school ...
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/janie_devito_united_airlines_c.html
JANIE-DEVITO.JPG Janie DeVito, a senior manager of inflight operations for United Airlines, sorts through donated items for children at Orchard STEM school in Cleveland. Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When the children send ...


Airlines' pricing practices are increasingly deceptive
http://www.silive.com/opinion/editorials/index.ssf/2013/01/airlines_pricing_methods_are_d.html
A study commissioned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), whose 240 member airlines cover 84 percent of global airline traffic, makes a blunt admission: It says the industry aim is "reducing the number of reservations made based ...


Gaining Altitude With Delta
http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703792204578213513135714582.html?mod=BOL_hpp_mag
All of the surviving legacy airlines look poised to fly higher in coming years, but Delta Air Lines could take investors on the most enjoyable ride. Shares of the Atlanta-based carrier (ticker: DAL) have soared 62% in the past 12 months, to a recent ...


Rooting for fundraiser, not for airlines
http://www.sentinelsource.com/opinion/columnists/staff/gilbert/rooting-for-fundraiser-not-for-airlines/article_8754c808-8c50-5323-9961-2d3e4f65dffe.html
Several years ago I visited David's House in Lebanon for a column I wrote about Marty and Sarah Testo, whose first child was born three months premature. They raved about their stay there ? I still remember being asked to take my shoes off upon ...