Airline News

With the increase in handgun purchases comes an increase in forgotten weapons by consumers who aren't as well trained in their use as the previous generation of owners.

Some of these survey findings are self-serving on part of APEX and CEA, who want the current in-flight digital device rules to be changed for more usage. For us, only 4-in-10 passengers wanting these rules to be changed is interesting, and needs some deeper digging on consumer attitudes.

To paraphrase a certain baseball philospher, it's getting late very early for flight-search startups. For any chance of success, they'd better offer something unique, have a lot of funding, and figure out how to attract substantial revenue elsewhere.

Spirit never hides its fees -- customers know they have to pay for everything -- so why not ditch the toll-free line too. In a world where mobile minutes are more important than area codes it makes little difference.

The TSA makes it so easy for critics to point out the agency’s operational inefficiencies, which waste taxpayers’ money and overshadow its necessary security functions.

Klout hasn't broken through as a promotional tool for travel brands, even though experiments with hotels and airline lounges have been done before. This is among the highest profile such deal, and will likely bring more social media love for American.

TripIt has a loyal following, but TripIt Pro lost a some of its attractiveness when Southwest, Delta, United and American decided to play tough with loyalty program trackers. Will Concur continue to give TripIt the resources it fought for and deserves?

For those of you wondering, you can fly nonstop between the Clintons' airport and Regan-National on US Airways, as well as nonstop to Houston's George Bush aiport on United.

Cool looking, and fits in within the regular seating/waiting areas of the airport, with internet access to come. What could go wrong?

This government report found undertrained inspectors and a high ratio of work order errors, giving credence to fears surrounding FAA’s cost-cutting strategy of outsourcing plane repairs. Conversely, airline safety has never been better.