- Bill Seeks to Keep Families Together in Airplanes[Jul. 16, 2012]
A New York lawmaker has introduced legislation to make it easier for family members to sit together on a plane.
- United Passengers Revolt After Stranded for 3 Days in China[Jul. 16, 2012]
A United Airlines flight from Shanghai, China, to New Jersey should have taken just 13 hours, but it took some folks three days to make that trip, after a firestorm of protests, threats, even violence.
- Needles Found in Sandwiches on 4 Delta Flights[Jul. 16, 2012]
Delta Air Lines Inc. and the FBI are trying to figure out how needles got into turkey sandwiches served aboard four flights from Amsterdam. One passenger was injured.
- Air China Launches Fast Track Service on Rome and Milan Flights[Jul. 16, 2012]
Air China recently launched a Fast Track immigration service at the airports of Rome and Milan.
- Int'l Flight Booking Available on China Southern Mobile App[Jul. 16, 2012]
Recently, China Southern Airlines has upgraded its mobile app again with a new function of international flight booking. It is the first e-commerce platform on smart phones to support international ticket booking in China, which further promotes the e-commerce internationalization process of China Southern.
- Airline Passengers Take a Crack at Attire of Increasing Number of Tradesmen in Fly-In Fly-Out Jobs[Jul. 16, 2012]
The rise in the fly-in, fly-out workforce has helped make the "tradesmen's crack" the pet peeve of airline passengers.
- Firms Expected to Ease up on Trips[Jul. 16, 2012]
After a strong surge over the last two years, business travel in the U.S. is expected to grow more slowly through the end of the year, largely because of economic uncertainty in Europe.
- Plane Crazy: Ryanair Plans Flights Even If Toilets Are Broken[Jul. 14, 2012]
Ryanair passengers may want to add an unusual item to their on-board hand luggage in future... a bedpan.
- Shanghai to Be Top Air Cargo Hub[Jul. 13, 2012]
Shanghai is on course to become the world's top air cargo hub by 2015, according to the head of the city's airport authority.
- Company Special: China Airlines Dominates Market for Mainland Tourism to Taiwan[Jul. 13, 2012]
In the year that has passed since Chinese mainland residents were first allowed to tour Taiwan without a tour group, Taipei-headquartered China Airlines has become the largest shareholder in the cross-Straits air transportation market.