Here’s an odd one:  A passenger on Ryanair has accused the airline of making an error that lead (somehow) to Italian police arresting her as a baby smuggler.  The short version:  a British woman was bringing her newborn to Italy to be christened.  Ryanair told her the baby did not need a passport.  Not true, [...]

The Ryan family, which founded Ryanair, announced that is has joined forces with one of Mexico’s largest bus companies to launch a low cost carrier aimed at Mexicans with family in the US.  The new carrier, reportedly named AeroBus, will launch in September and will likely target US cities with large Mexican populations, such as [...]

Are you an out of work pilot looking for a new airline to join?  I may have something for you.  SriLankan Airlines has lost 30 of its 200 pilots since late 2005, a situation that has gotten so dire that it actually cancelled 2 London-bound flights last week because of a pilot shortage.  You should [...]

Last week I noted that airlines are looking to squeeze an extra seat in every coach row of the new Boeing 787 aircraft.  This week I thought I’d pass along some good news about seating:  Singapore Airlines has announced that it will only put 475 seats in the new A380, an airplane that can hold [...]

Legacy airlines are pushing a proposal that would make it more difficult to compare fares.  I know you’ll be shocked by this, but a number of airlines (United, American, Delta, Continental and Northwest) want to be able to exclude fuel surcharges from the fares that they advertise.  Currently, the fares they advertise must include all [...]

Royal Air Maroc is putting Morocco on sale at incredibly low prices.  Flights from New York to Casablanca are available for $499 round trip for travel between May 17 and June 12th.  Tickets must be purchased by May 1 and this fare does not include taxes and other evil charges.

Spirit Airlines is having a sale that features $9 fares between Fort Lauderdale and Kingston, Jamaica, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.  Before you get too excited, you should know that these fares are only available on a handful of days.  I do give them credit for telling you which days (see the link above) rather [...]

Venezuela’s government has announced (sorry, Spanish only…too lazy to translate) that they have cancelled all of Delta’s and Continental’s flights from the US to Caracas beginning March 1.  Most of American Airlines’ flights are affected as well (though not the flights from Puerto Rico).  As you may know, the US is in a bit of [...]

If you find yourself at Singapore’s Changi Airport, do not (repeat, do not) swear at customs officials.  A man was arrested at the airport after he swore at customs officers who asked him to place his baggage through an x-ray machine for a routine check.  He was fined S$2000.
In other idiot news, a British man [...]

Good news for travelers in Portland, Maine:  With Independence Air going the way of the dodo bird, you’ve been left without low fare service.  Those days are numbered.  JetBlue announced 4 times daily service to JFK beginning in May.  The good news?  Fares start at $59 each way, rather than the current $149 each way, [...]