Arlene's Air Travel Blog April 2008 Archive

Could it be a domino effect? The recently announced intention of Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines to merge may be prompting other airlines in the US to get together and ... Read More

And to round out a pretty terrible month for air travel, the all-business airline EOS is done. EOS started its flights between London and New York a few years ago, ... Read More

Volunteering and travel, or voluntourism, is on the rise. There are so many options when we travel, and the idea of working on projects that help others on the planet ... Read More

With the way the news in the air travel industry has skydived into financial losses and other unhappy forecasts, sometimes it seems like the airfare specials are the only highlight ... Read More

Tuesday, April 22 is Earth Day. Some parts of the world look to the vernal equinox in March as Earth Day as well. Regardless, Earth Day is a time to ... Read More

In the United States, there aren't that many airlines that offer carbon offsets or carbon neutral flights. Europe is doing a bit better that way, but not by leaps and ... Read More

So you may be thinking that it is too late to book anything for the Summer Olympic Games in China. Granted, you aren't going to get rock-bottom, bargain-priced airfare. However, ... Read More

A slight delay on the airfare specials this week, what with covering some of the goings on with the impending Delta-Northwest merger. The airfare specials are great, good, good and ... Read More

An agreement has been reached, and barring any roadblocks from antitrust authorities Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines are merging and will operate under the Delta Airlines name. Richard Anderson, Delta CEO, ... Read More

Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines are set to merge and become the world's biggest airline. The talks have been on for quite some time now, and it looked like pilot ... Read More

I would love to share some good news about the airlines, but there have been a lot of April showers for the industry in the form of airlines going out ... Read More

You may wonder if it is only US airlines that are suffering the crunch of high fuel prices and a lacklustre economy. In fact, airlines are being affected on a ... Read More

Just trying to keep a running brief on airlines experiencing delays and cancellations from MD 80 inspections - including American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Midwest Airlines. Details in the Air Travel ... Read More

With the amount of failed airlines in the past two weeks, perhaps good airfare deals may get a bit scarce for the next little while. Anyhow, this is what I ... Read More

Cancellations and delays continue this week as several US carriers are carrying out inspections in the wake of the Southwest Airlines / FDA inspections controversy. This time, it's American Airlines taking ... Read More

That is three airlines in one week! Even during the turbulent times after 9/11, airlines were not dropping like flies as they seem to be now. The problem with some ... Read More

Deplorable, abusive, vile - the words that popped into mind when I read the article Drugs 'tied to children's legs' . In it, allegedly a woman used two children to ... Read More

Aloha Airlines said goodbye on Monday. Now, ATA has completely shut down. Partly citing loss of contracts, and the sky high price of fuel, no advance notice was given of ... Read More

Took a while to track down decent airfare specials for this week, but there is a variety here - from Asia to Florida, in this week's airfare deals. $47 Fares Up ... Read More

Unfortunately, there are times when passengers behave wildly inappropriately on flights. I am not just talking about a snide remark, or someone who keeps their chair back all the way ... Read More