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Continental offers more legroom for a fee
Airlines have found plenty of ways to add fees in the last year – charging for everything from blankets to baggage. Now, Continental has created another way to add revenue through options by way of legroom.
03.04.2010 | read more
United Airlines Announces Schedule for First-Ever Service to Africa
CHICAGO, Mar 02, 2010 -- United Airlines announced the schedule for the airline's first-ever nonstop service to the African continent, with once-daily service linking Washington with Accra, the capital of Ghana, beginning June 20.
03.02.2010 | read more
Small airline seats becoming big problem
A little-noticed but worsening problem for the airlines: squeezing passengers into those small seats.
03.02.2010 | read more
JFK closes its biggest runway to rebuild
On March 1, JFK is closing down its busiest runway, a nearly three-mile long strip of asphalt that handles roughly a third of the airport's traffic. The runway will be closed for about four months, during which the asphalt will be replaced by concrete, and the strip will be widened by 50 feet. The concrete surface is expected to extend the runway's lifespan by 40 years, and airport officials tell the New York Times that the project should eventually save about 10,000 hours in delays per year.
02.27.2010 | read more
New Wave of Body Scanners Coming Soon
Boston's Logan International Airport and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport are set to receive the first of 150 new whole-body imaging machines that will roll out nationwide this year
02.24.2010 | read more
British Airways Cabin crew strike ballot
Unite, the trade union that represents the majority of British Airways (BA) cabin crew, has announced that its strike ballot has closed with a vote in favour of industrial action.
02.24.2010 | read more
Statement regarding Lufthansa pilots' strike settlement
Lufthansa confirms that it has reached a settlement with its pilots' union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), to suspend strike activity as of 6:00 pm eastern standard time, Feb. 22, 2010 until March 8, 2010.
02.23.2010 | read more
Pilots' strike for Lufthansa passengers
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union has called on Lufthansa pilots to participate in a four-day strike from February 22 to 25.
02.17.2010 | read more
Canceled Flights
East coast snow storm closed airports in Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, and canceled flights into, and out of, Boston's Logan Airport and Providence's TF Green Airport in Rhode Island.
02.06.2010 | read more
Snow, Cold Disrupt European Travel as Airlines Cancel Flights
Jan. 10 -- Cold weather and snow snarled transport in many parts of Western Europe as airlines in the U.K., France and Germany canceled flights and trains were cut back.
01.10.2010 | read more
UK Airline Offers New Year's Fares to Europe
UK airline bmi is offering special New Year's rates between January 5-18 from gateways such as Boston, Newark, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Miami, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
01.05.2010 | read more
Plan would make airlines clearly show add-on fees
The season of giving has become the season of taking for some airlines, who have added a $20 "holiday surcharge" per trip on certain days between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
12.10.2009 | read more
Flight Deals
updated on: 26/02/2010
- $456 round tripBoston - Sofia
- $250 one wayNew York - Istanbul
- $644 round tripChicago - Sofia
- $688 round tripNew York - Sofia
- $250 one wayMiami - Madrid
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Continental offers more legroom for a fee
Airlines have found plenty of ways to add fees in the last year – charging for everything from blankets to baggage. Now, Continental has created another way to add revenue through options by way of legroom.
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