Southwest bucks trend of falling traffic and loads

It is interesting that the only airline not charging for luggage these days and airlines focused on customer service are increasing load factors and traffic. What is Southwest’s special elixir to have a load factor jump by five times any of its competitors?...

How long will your airline be around?

Forbes had an interesting diagnosis the other day of what ails the airline industry based on financial disclosures. The article featured an insightful prognostication by independent airline analysis Robert Herbst of airlinefinancials.com of which airlines might be...

The frill is gone flying BMI

I just had a totally “no frill” airline experience. I am not exactly a fan of US Airlines, their customer service and their surcharges, but I just discovered an airline that charges even more fees and gives less service. It is not an unknown third-world...