The 83-year-old grandmother was on her way home to Florida when a US Airways employee wheeled her onto the wrong flight. Instead of landing in Tampa where her daughter Vera was waiting, she found herself in Puerto Rico. ...
Did Southwest Airlines pay as much, no, I worked there making $6.50/hour when Delta, American Airlines, Northwest, United, and US Airways all paid more per employee, and were all loosing money and going bankrupt (and they still are). ...
A leading provider of travel insurance is calling on air carriers to offer cover against potential collapse. Mondial Assistance has expressed its opinion.
Europe, Japan and the U.S. were particularly hard hit, according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which reported on passenger traffic in business- and first-class around the world. ...
U.S. Air Force travel for VIPs such as members of Congress is first-rate. The planes are staffed with stewards who serve meals and tend an open bar. Communications suites allow members to conduct business while traveling. ...
In addition to dumping the G5s, GM is also cutting half its air travel staff and restricting all forms of employee travel to slow the rate of cash its burning through each month, which in the third quarter reached $6.9 billion/month. ...
The rail operator’s commercial director, Peter Williams, commented: “We believe we have struck the right balance between encouraging customers to travel when there is capacity on less busy services - and the price for travel on busier ...
One Response to “A foreign transaction fee for a U.S. travel booking? Now you’re roaming alone”. On November 12th, 2008 at 10:56 am Flight Wisdom Guru said. Even without an agency, we’ve discovered CC companies charging this on charges ...
Like so many businesses, US airlines have been laying off employees in significant numbers this fall. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics put a number to the pink slips: airlines employed 4.5% fewer workers in September ...
U.S. Air Force. The next generation of drones, called Micro Aerial Vehicles, is shown in a computer-animated picture. The MAVs could be as tiny as bumblebees and capable of flying undetected into buildings, where they could photograph, ...