Midway Airport Privatized In $2.5 Billion Deal
Mayor Richard Daley says the city has reached a landmark agreement to privatize Midway Airport for $2.521 billion. The deal will net the city more th...
Mayor Richard Daley says the city has reached a landmark agreement to privatize Midway Airport for $2.521 billion. The deal will net the city more th...
Gizmodo | Jesus Diaz | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green
Here's a video displaying all commercial air traffic in the world during a 24-hour period. Seriously, I'm moving to New York City tomorrow and seeing ...
Fred Goldring | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
Why are commercial pilots grounded at the age of 65? Because maybe their judgment starts to get a little fuzzy at 72 when they're dealing with life-or-death decisions that affect many other people.
Clusterstock, AP | Jonathan Kennedy | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business
An official with Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz says the airline is removing life vests from all its planes to save weight and fuel. Jazz spokesw...
Louise McCready | Posted 08.24.2008 | Style
Parisian chef Raymond Olivier designed a flight-friendly meal for the French airline UTA in 1973. Dryness was overcome with his sauce-drenched French classics — coq au vin, veal in cream sauce and beef bourguignon. Today, you'll have to leave the land of pretzels and hot dogs to find a gourmet (read: edible) in-flight meal.
Perry Yeatman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Living
Combining an impatient nature with chronic back aches and frequent travel made me a "carry-on only" girl nearly two decades ago.
Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home
Here I go again, complaining about airline travel. But I'm not writing about my most recent experience because it was so horrible and unlike what hap...
WallStreetFighter | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business
That second checked bag better be full of $100 bills or at least cocaine, because you're gonna need it with these new extra fees announced today. Les...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business
Frankfurt and Hamburg airports will be the hardest hit today when 52,000 employees of Lufthansa go on strike, a union official said Sunday. All other...
AFP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that airlines flying empty planes simply to maintain valuable airport slots were "unacceptable" due...
Jim Robbins | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living
I had forgotten what travel by rail was like, and after decades of flying around the country and the world, I found it an immense pleasure even though our passenger trains lag behind those of much of the world.
Brent Kessel | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business
Trimming my expenditures while still buying the things and experiences I most enjoy in life is filling me with spaciousness and freedom. What can you trim with no loss of enjoyment today?
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green
The other day a friend mentioned his drug of choice for an upcoming flight: Anxiety pill Xanax. When I asked if he was afraid of flying, he said no, he was afraid of checking in.
Laurie David | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green
Tens of millions of people will spend a portion of their summer vacation traveling through an airport. Airports are essentially like small cities, and greening them will make a big impact.
The Wall Street Journal | SCOTT MCCARTNEY | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business
Ending government limits on flights between the U.S. and Europe was supposed to ignite lots of new competition and offer consumers cheaper fares acros...
Graham Hill | Posted 06.19.2008 | Green
I don't promote bottled water, but the plane is a place where it actually might make sense. At the end of one long-haul flight you can easily find yourself with five one-time use plastic cups on your hands. Five!
AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 06.04.2008 | Business
CHICAGO — First it was soaring ticket prices and vanishing bargain fares, then new baggage fees. Now air travelers are facing dwindling choices ...
Graham Hill | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green
When I saw the first cuts of Discovery Channel's new 24-hour eco-network Planet Green, I was really blown away. They took what could be boring andmade it really entertaining to watch.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living
Air travel just got more dangerous. A new report just came out indicating that flying strains the hearts of people with sleep apnea.
CNN Money | Ben Rooney | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business
The dysfunctional air travel system is causing many Americans to avoid air travel and the economy is suffering as a result, according to a survey rele...
Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business
Silverjet, the last all-business class airline flying from the U.S. to London, suspended service today. The proximate cause is the staggering cost of oil --$125 a barrel, as opposed to $55 when Silverjet started flying in 2007.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business
Major U.S. airlines recently announced that they were raising their prices. Now the the whole industry is throwing a curveball at travelers: as of Ju...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | RUSSELL GRANTHAM, JIM THARPE | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business
Delta and Northwest airlines announced a $17.7 billion merger Monday night that will create the world's largest carrier -- headquartered in Atlanta wi...
Perry Yeatman | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business
As a plea from one hard working, frequent traveling American, could everybody please just get together and sort out this mess!
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Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 09.30.2008 | Chicago