Posts Tagged ‘Airline Industry’

Thanksgiving Travel – 5 Tips

Jed C. Jones Ph.D. asked: Think it is too early to plan Thanksgiving travel? Think again. Start planning now for the busiest travel season of the year and find yourself having a more hassle-free trip that also costs considerably less.Here are 5 tips for a better, less-expensive trip:Tip #1: Research the best travel deals now: [...]

Travel Warning – Airline Travel in 2009

Richard Chapo asked: If ever there was an industry that lives in a highly volatile world, it is the airline industry in the United States. The conditions move fast and the sight of airlines going in and out of bankruptcy is so common most people don’t even bat an eye any more. That being said, [...]

Airline Travel – It’s Just Not What it Use to Be

Bruce A. Tucker asked: Gas prices affect everything and everyone. All you have to do is walk into any store and see the prices of products and how they have increased recently. The same holds true for the cost of your airline tickets. On average they have increased by ten percent and some airlines even [...]

Are Discount Travel Web Sites Really the Best Deal?

Stuart S. Travel asked:  The Internet gives you easy access to so much information that you can become overloaded. When traveling this is definitely the case. Friends and fellow travelers tell you to book your trip on line yourself – you’ll save hundreds of dollars. But is that really the case? Will you be able [...]

"secrets of Airline Travel" Book Review

Robert Reid asked: Tony Morrison was a hard working travel agent that may or may not of gotten what he deserved, but one thing about it he knew a lot more than the airlines had expected. He was FIRED! But He knew every secret of the industry! We all Know how big business works, if [...]

Is there an effort under way to introduce eco-friendly fuels to the ultra-competitive airline industry?

sja2891 asked: Currently, the fastest commercial jetliners travel at speeds in the 500 to 600 miles per hour range, notwithstanding tail winds. I think it’s safe to assume that once airliners start using eco-friendly fuel, we might see flight times slashed in half or more.airline travel