Articles tagged “flight delays”

If venture-backed startup Lumo has its way, more travelers will avoid flight cancellations thanks to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. No wonder that JetBlue, EasyJet, and other companies are interested.

Travelers often think their airlines lie to them about flight delays. While that could be true sometimes, it's almost certainly not the norm.

Travelers can probably get bits and pieces of Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection's flight delay and missed-connection coverage elsewhere, but the array of coverage for these flight hassles is unique in North America. However, don't be surprised if the $25 per domestic trip rate gets increased after awhile.

Although it might make long delays slightly more bearable for the average travelers, frequent flyers will still be laughing at them all the way to their lounge.

Airlines often anticipate delays by dropping change fees, but insurance can be a lifesaver for flyers already at the airport. However, our findings were not conclusive enough to suggest the weather will result in a long-term benefit for insurance companies.

Flight delays in the age of social media mean that the traveler never feels alone, even in a crowded powerless terminal.

The unusual weather at Dallas Airport is just the first of several weather-impacted delays to sweep the country in the coming months.

IATA's message is straightforward: Regulations are bad, airlines want less of it. His faith in airline goodwill, market forces and social media to replace regulation ignores a track record when such influences were inadequate.

This list of airports with the most flight delays is from Refund.me, and may be skewed toward Europe, where passengers are entitled to compensation.

Did flyers complain to the Transport Department a whole 16 percent less because the delays were shorter or because flyers have grown accustomed to them?