Air Travel

Midway Airport Privatized In $2.5 Billion Deal

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 09.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Privatization, Air Travel, Midway Airport Privatization, Chicago Airports, Midway Aiport Deal, Midway Airport, Daley Midway Lease, Mayor Daley, Midway Investment and Development Corporation, Midway Privatized, Midway Leased, Privatized Airports, Chicago News

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...

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World Air Traffic Visualization Pretty Damning For US, Europe (VIDEO)

Gizmodo | Jesus Diaz | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Air Travel, World Air Traffic Video, Pollution, Air Traffic, Airlines, Green News

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 ...

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"Flight 2008, Your Plane Is Now Boarding"

Fred Goldring | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Rock the Vote, Commercial Air Travel, Airplanes, Pilots, 2008 Election, Air Travel, Politics News
Fred Goldring

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.

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Jazz Airline Removes Life Vests To Save Weight, Fuel

Clusterstock, AP | Jonathan Kennedy | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Air Travel, Life Vests, Air Canada, Airline Ditches Life Vests, Oil Prices, Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Fuel Prices, Airline, Business News

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...

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Flying And Food: A Bumpy Marriage At Best

Louise McCready | Posted 08.24.2008 | Style

Read More: Bad Airplane Food, Airplane Food, Airline Food, Airline Industry, Airlines, Food, Travel, Air Travel, Style News
Louise McCready

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.

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Save Time and Money: Learn to Live out of a Carry-On

Perry Yeatman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, Vacation Travel, Kraft Foods, Luggage, Working Women, Travel, Business, Perry Yeatman, Packing, Living News
Perry Yeatman

Combining an impatient nature with chronic back aches and frequent travel made me a "carry-on only" girl nearly two decades ago.

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What Friendly Skies?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Cancelled Flights, Air Travel, Airports, Airport Security, Airlines, Customer Service, Home News
Lloyd Garver

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...

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JFK Baggage Malfunction Reminds Us: Aren't Baggage Fees Fun?

WallStreetFighter | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Air Travel, Delta, Luggage Fees, Baggage Fees, Airlines, Travel Costs, Delta Airlines, Business News

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...

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52,000 Lufthansa Workers To Go On Strike

Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Lufthansa, Air Travel, Lufthansa Strike, Business News

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...

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Gordon Brown Blasts Polluting 'Ghost' Flights

AFP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Gordon Brown, Bmi British Midland, British Midland, Air Travel, Airlines, Global Warming, Green News

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that airlines flying empty planes simply to maintain valuable airport slots were "unacceptable" due...

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Will America Wake Up to Rail Travel?

Jim Robbins | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Train Travel, Trains, Green Travel, Travel, Amtrak Passenger Train, Air Travel, Amtrak, Living News
Jim Robbins

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.

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A Penny Saved

Brent Kessel | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Hotels, Belt Tightening, Economy, Saving Money, Cheap Hotel Fare, Cutting Back, Air Travel, Recession, Financial Advice, Business News
Brent Kessel

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?

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Does Terrorism Make us Travel Greener?

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Terrorism, 9/11, Gas Prices, Travel, Germany, Air Travel, Xanax, Environment, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

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.

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Greening Our Airports

Laurie David | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Summer Travel, Air Travel, Airports, Environmentalism, Travel, Green Living, Summer, Green News
Laurie David

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.

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"Open Skies" Air Travel Treaty So Far Little Help To Flyers

The Wall Street Journal | SCOTT MCCARTNEY | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Open Skies, Heathrow Airport, Air Travel, Airlines, Gatwick Airport, Business News

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...

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Gratitude

Lee Woodruff | Posted 06.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, Kindness, Airplanes, Airlines, Living News
Lee Woodruff

Being in the air, I don't care if its first class, business or economy, is now a half step up from traveling in the back of a Greyhound bus. Only Greyhound buses are more punctual.

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Should Airlines Give Bottled Water to Flyers?

Graham Hill | Posted 06.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Air Travel, Airlines, Bottled Water, Recycling, Delta Airlines, Green News
Graham Hill

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!

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Air Travelers Hit With Higher Prices And Fewer Options

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 06.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Air Travel Woes, Air Travel Delays, Airline Delays, Airport Delays, Airlines, Air Travel, Air Travel Headaches, Airports, Business News

CHICAGO — First it was soaring ticket prices and vanishing bargain fares, then new baggage fees. Now air travelers are facing dwindling choices ...

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New Planet Green Lifestyle Network Makes Green Mainstream

Graham Hill | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Air Travel, Arianna Huffington, Aircraft, Hybrid Cars, Alternative Energy, Planet Green, Alternative Fuels, Green News
Graham Hill

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.

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Attention Jet Setters Who Snore

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Snoring, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Air travel just got more dangerous. A new report just came out indicating that flying strains the hearts of people with sleep apnea.

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Air Travel Hassles Cost The Economy $26B

CNN Money | Ben Rooney | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Air Travel, US Economy, Air Travel Hassles, Airlines, Business News

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...

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Silverjet Folds, Mass Luxury Finished?

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Wealthy, Wealth, Air Travel, Price of Oil, Silverjet, Silverjet Folds, Business News
Alison Stein Wellner

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.

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Paper Airline Tickets Finished: Airlines To Go All Electronic June 1st

Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Air Travel, Electronic Airline Tickets, Paper Airline Tickets, Airline Tickets, International Air Transport Association, Airlines, Business News

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...

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Delta, Northwest: No Layoffs, Hub Closings For Now

Atlanta Journal-Constitution | RUSSELL GRANTHAM, JIM THARPE | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Delta Northwest Merger, Mega-Airlines, United Continental Deal, Air Travel, Northwest, Northwest Delta Merger, Delta, Business News

Delta and Northwest airlines announced a $17.7 billion merger Monday night that will create the world's largest carrier -- headquartered in Atlanta wi...

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Airlines Kill "The Quickie"

Perry Yeatman | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Flight Delays, Cancelled Flights, Airport Clsoures, Quickies, Air Travel, Flight Cancellations, Business News
Perry Yeatman

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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