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Airlines Offer Travel Discounts after Raising $10 to Airfare

Airlines Offer Travel Discounts after Raising $10 to Airfare

Various airlines are now offering limited-time discounts after raising the airfare last week by ten dollars for most of its domestic round-trip tickets. According to reports, it was the tenth time these airlines attempted to increase the price of airline tickets this year. This is to meet the likewise increase in jet-fuel prices. Last month, [...]

2 US Jetliners Make Landings in Separate Incidents

US Jetliners

Two jetliners of the United States made emergency landings at impromptu airports Friday in separate occurrences. The landings are due to some travelers seemingly become lightheaded and fading because of lack of oxygen. The not related happenings, involving American Airlines and Southwest Airlines jetliners, ended without any severe damages. However, safety specialists explain that inappropriate [...]

UNWTO says international tourism jumps 6.7% last year

UNWTO

According to U.N. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), international tourism jumped 6.7 percent in 2010. UNWTO also said Monday that the recovery of global tourism was very strong last year. It was urged by rising economy in the United States, Middle East and Asia. The organization also recorded 935 million international tourist arrivals all over the [...]

Vision Airlines to Offer Low-Fare Service to Northwest Florida

Vision Airlines

Reports said Monday that Vision Airlines will offer a nonstop low-fare service between Savannah and Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida starting March 25. According to David Meers, chief operating officer of Vision Airlines, the company aims to expand their service and route structure and offer tremendous value to leisure travelers. Meers said that the flight rates [...]

Indigo Airlines to order 180 A320 planes in Airbus

Indigo Airlines

IndiGo Airlines, the low-fare carrier in India, agreed to order 180 A320 planes in Airbus SAS, which was the largest order in the history of commercial aviation. This heightens the decision of the company to improve its A320 planes with latest engines. One hundred and fifty of the airplanes will include an updated A320 planes. [...]

Snow Storm Continues to Halt Air Travel

Snow Storm

Reports said Tuesday that a snow storm continues to disrupt air travel, which resulted in a cancellation of about 2,000 flights around the Southeast. According to the National Weather Service, the snow storm surging over the Plains and into the Ohio Valley promises to merge with the Southeast storm Tuesday night and slam into the [...]

East Coast Blizzard May Continue to Maroon Travelers, Report Says

East Coast Blizzard

Report said Monday that many travelers may be kept stranded through the end of the week due to a strong East Coast blizzard. According to the report, more than six thousand flights were cancelled as snowfall totals as much as 29 inches in parts of northern New Jersey, two feet north of New York City, [...]

Air Passengers Stage Protests Due to Delayed Flights

Air Passengers

Frustrated air passengers staged protests inside Moscow airport after they being stranded due to freezing rains. The air passengers were really disappointed when the flights were disrupted because of freezing rain. According to media reports, the air passengers staged protests because of disrupted flights. The passengers occupied the baggage inspection areas at Sheremeyevo, the northwest [...]

Snowstorm Grounds Holiday Travelers

Snowstorm

Reports said Sunday that a winter snowstorm caused cancellations of flights and grounding of several holiday travelers. The National Weather Service already issued a blizzard warning on Sunday, saying that this is one of the snowiest Decembers of all time in the history of New York. According to the news, New York and Boston will [...]

Boeing restarts 787 Dreamliner test

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing has announced on Thursday that it was restarting its 787 Dreamliner flight test plan. The plan was actually six week following an onboard fire stopped the program evaluation and pressured an aircraft testing to land in Texas. According to the statement released by Boeing that it restarted the testing of aircraft ZA004 to flight [...]