05/12/2008 11:22 AM
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 You’d assume airlines would just want to get us on the plane as quickly as possible. But nothing could be further from the truth. Generally speaking, airline boarding procedures are as short on logic as they are long.
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05/08/2008 01:16 PM
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 "It's an invasion! Let us alone!" That was Pierre Rondot's reaction to a flight attendant's announcement that passengers were free to use their cell phones to make voice calls during Air France flight #2142 between Paris and Geneva.
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05/06/2008 11:23 AM
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 Sometimes the last resort should be your first choice. That’s what Linda Sesa learned when she found herself stranded in St. Lucia recently.
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05/07/2008 01:15 PM
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 So you're in New York, and you need to get to Milwaukee. Your search reveals there are two nonstop services for about the same price. Both of them are out of LaGuardia. AirTran can do it for $202; Midwest Airlines can do it for $214.
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05/06/2008 04:00 PM
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The airline industry is a bit chaotic these days with oil selling for well over $100 a barrel, big mergers in the works, and airlines like ATA and Skybus folding. Who’s next — and how do you protect yourself? James Wysong has the answers.
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05/06/2008 03:11 PM
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On a nonstop flight to Las Vegas, Spirit Airlines loses Michael Germano’s checked luggage. He files a missing luggage report and a lost luggage claim, but the airline is ignoring his requests for compensation. What’s going on, and how can Germano get Spirit to respond?
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05/05/2008 12:15 PM
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 For a brief period of time, thousands of passengers were flying in relative luxury over the North Atlantic, and paying significantly less to do so. MaxJet, Eos, L'Avion, to name a few, were the all-business-class airlines that were hopping across the pond.
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05/01/2008 12:05 PM
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 When will we be able to surf the Web, send text messages and answer e-mail from an airplane flying over the United States? Any day now.
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05/02/2008 03:19 PM
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 Recently, I flew from JFK to Burbank on JetBlue Airways. I paid $40 more than I'm accustomed to paying for a ticket to Los Angeles. This time, however, I couldn't blame the rising cost on fuel surcharges. This was my own fault. After all, who doesn't prefer an exit-row seat, with more room (up to 8 inches more) to stretch the legs?
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04/28/2008 11:51 AM
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 Shorts. High heels. Cologne. Even if you’re just an occasional air traveler, you probably know better than to wear any of those on board.
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