Ryanair’s Latest Fee Targets Carry-Ons With Wheels
Anthony Palazzo, Bloomberg
Flyers always hate a new restriction, but this is a valid question: Would you rather leave on time, or have more liberty with your carry-on?
2 years ago
Anthony Palazzo, Bloomberg
Flyers always hate a new restriction, but this is a valid question: Would you rather leave on time, or have more liberty with your carry-on?
2 years ago
Micheline Maynard, Skift
Don’t look for airlines to impose weight limits on carry-on bags anytime soon, even though jet fuel prices are climbing and heavier loads eat up fuel.
2 years ago
Joao Lima, Bloomberg
Sales of Rimowa's grooved aluminum suitcases are growing by an estimated 30 percent a year. But brand extensions beyond luggage could turn out to be a case study in dreams that go undelivered.
3 years ago
Justin Bachman, Bloomberg
American and United go so far as to claim that there are no “quantifiable, or even unquantifiable, public benefits” of the government reporting on how many bags U.S. airlines lose and mishandle. Well, those reports help consumers make informed decisions.
3 years ago
Mary Schlangenstein and Alan Levin, Bloomberg
Maybe the adversarial relationship between flyers and airlines doesn't help here. Flyers assume airlines enjoy screwing them on everything from fare to legroom. But everyone wants to live, including pilots and crew, so in an emergency passengers need to put down the bag and flee.
3 years ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
At this year's annual travel goods industry conference, it's obvious that the hot trend among manufacturers is to add USB ports, battery packs, and location-aware beacons to their luggage.
4 years ago
Steven T. Dennis, Bloomberg
This would appear to be a no-brainer, especially from a passenger experience angle. What better way to make people less mad about you losing their bag than refunding them the $50 or so they spent for you to take care of it?
5 years ago
Grant Martin, Skift
IATA had a good idea, it just didn't implement it with any authority.
5 years ago
Marisa Garcia, Skift
You won! Your larger bags are just as OK to fly with as they were all along. And for the dozen of you forced to check yours because someone else brought a too big bag? Well, nothing's changed here either.
5 years ago
Marisa Garcia, Skift
Considering the low margins they make flying us where we're headed, airlines are smart to seek other sources of revenue through travel-related merchandise.
5 years ago
Grant Martin, Skift
This short-term promotion has half-baked written all over it.
6 years ago
Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune
It's only a matter a time before DIY bag-tagging is an option for all airlines as it generally speeds up the check-in process for flyers and airline staff.
6 years ago