AAA Predicts Biggest Labor Day Travel Weekend Since the Recession
If you find yourself stuck in traffic and frustrated that first weekend of September, blame the economic recovery.
Airline News
The Investigative News Project Taking on One Small U.S. Airport at a Time
Interactive, multi-media, and unusual, this project will likely be a fascinating look at the under-examined American destinations. And a bit of a thrill for excellent reporter/airplane buff Fallows.
The Government Agency That’s Sending Good Planes to the Aircraft Graveyard
More than a decade of cheap, government-backed financing has built up the fleets of foreign airlines as well as the business of domestic manufacturers. It's also forced the early retirement of a lot of perfectly good planes.
The Disappearance of the In-Flight Middle Class
Middle-ground options have fallen by the wayside as economics demand airlines emphasize super-cheap and super-fancy options for disparate passenger types.
JetBlue Likes Airline Mergers, Just Not for Itself
With the American and US Airways merger hitting some turbulence, JetBlue becomes an even more attractive takeover target. But, although the new American must deal with a regulatory brushback pitch, the prospects for its merger are far from dead.
The Top 5 Airline Passenger Experience Innovations of 2013
Some of these services are certainly more interesting than others, so Virgin will be a leading contender. Its "Red" in-flight entertainment system is impressive, innovative, and even a little racy - the ads that announced it strongly encouraged seat-to-seat flirting through the IFE chat application.
American Airlines Merger: What’s Going to Happen Next?
Don't expect American Airlines to exit bankruptcy anytime soon. Emerging from bankruptcy without the merger issue resolved isn't an option.
U.S. Government Says AA-US Air Merger May Be Illegal on These 1,044 Routes
The lawsuit shows in graphic detail that the merger would cripple competition on more than 1,000 domestic routes, and that's a deep challenge to the airlines' contention that there is overlap on merely a dozen routes.
US Airways CEO Doug Parker Hopes AA Merger Will Still Close in 2013
Today marks the beginning of what is expected to be extensive haggling between American, US Airways, and the DOJ. With enough concessions, the airlines still have a shot at completing their merger.
Travel and Tourism’s Recruiting Problem: Reaching a New Generation
Despite its huge and continuing growth, the travel and tourism industry has a PR problem among Generation Y grads looking for serious business careers. The industry must fix its image quick, since it will be looking to fill millions of new jobs over the next few years.