by Janice Hough | Feb 2, 2010
Southwest has made the decision to install what is, for now, a rather high-tech frill — on-board Wi-Fi. According to swabiz.com, the airlines business travel website, the system is being installed on some flights this year and by 2012, all of Southwest’s 540...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 1, 2010
The final figures are in for airline profits (and losses) for 2009 for the nine largest airlines in the U.S. Here is the final line-up. The big legacy carriers didn’t do so well as they continue losing money and marketshare. But they did better than in 2008. Low...
by Hilary Nangle | Feb 1, 2010
Ahhh, winter. Or maybe that should be Ugh, winter. Even those who embrace winter are pining for a bit of sunshine and warmth about now. Here are four U.S. destinations that provide relief for those weary of ice and snow. Sunbathing and snorkeling in St. John, U.S.V.I....
by Janice Hough | Feb 1, 2010
In the last two weekends, two major reservations systems updates have happened with major airlines. JetBlue changed over from their own reservations system to participating in Sabre, a major GDS system, and joined the Airline Report Corporation (ARC), which means...
by Ned S. Levi | Feb 1, 2010
Air travel seems more difficult everyday. Like many business travelers, I’ve been looking for a small, lightweight, but high functioning combination electronic travel entertainment and computing device. For me, netbooks are definitely not the answer. Last week I...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 30, 2010
Our own Jason Barger says Step Back from the Baggage Carousel, but these guys are dancing on the carousel. All in all, its great fun. Thanks to Karen Cummings for sending this our way from Thursday’s Jay Leno Show. This is one of the original demo videos for...
by Janice Hough | Jan 29, 2010
In this economy, airlines are continually coming up with airfare specials and mileage promotions to increase business. Some of them are truly good deals, some of them have so much fine print as to be unusable, and some of them just seem designed to make as many people...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 29, 2010
If you ask anyone with any experience in railroad administration, railcar construction or laying railroad tracks, the current administration hoopla about starting to move toward constructing high-speed rail and putting people to work, is just that — hoopla. The total,...
