Transportation

As companies begin to set travel budgets for 2009, buyers expect the cost of airfares to rise dramatically, though a softening hotel market and... KEEP READING

British Airways senior vice president of commercial in North America Woody Harford plans to leave the carrier in September to join Cessna-owned... KEEP READING

Carlson Wagonlit Travel in a report to clients today said international and domestic airfares would undergo double-digit percentage increases in 2009,... KEEP READING

The Federal Aviation Administration last night suspended its plan to auction slots at Newark Liberty International Airport next week amid growing uproar... KEEP READING

Domestic airfares during the second quarter reached a seven-year high, increasing 10 percent over the same period last year, according to American... KEEP READING

American Airlines today launched wireless inflight Internet access across its 15-plane Boeing 767-200 fleet, serving mostly transcontinental routes.... KEEP READING

American Airlines and British Airways, along with Oneworld alliance partner Iberia, today announced a long-anticipated plan to implement an immunized... KEEP READING

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has cleared Verified Identity Pass to resume enrollments in its Registered Traveler program, following... KEEP READING

Air Canada today said it appointed Claude Morin as vice president of global sales, effective next month, replacing Marc Rosenberg, who plans to retire... KEEP READING

The top brass at major domestic airlines all of whom detailed second-quarter losses last month acknowledged a slight slowdown in business travel... KEEP READING

The Air Transport Association today filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration for the government's plan to auction slots at Newark... KEEP READING

Softening demand and fleeting costs continued to challenge car rental companies in the second quarter. While Avis Budget Group saw gains in revenue per... KEEP READING

Even before the European Commission this month cleared the merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, the transaction was on track for... KEEP READING

Norwood, N.J.-based chauffeured transportation company EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services last month detailed an environmental sustainability... KEEP READING

Considering that a $1 increase in the cost of crude translates to $43 million a year in expenses for Continental Airlines, the carrier's planned $100... KEEP READING