With the Fourth of July here again, things are looking a little bit different on the travel scene if you compare it to the same holiday season in other years: and our ol’ friend, rising gas prices, can take most of the blame for that. Since the Fourth of July in 2007, the average price [...]

Airlines across the United States are announcing cuts to flight schedules and redundancies for staff as the rising cost of fuel really throws a spanner in the works of the industry.
Everyone’s already been concerned that fewer people are flying to their vacation this summer – not that driving is much cheaper – and airlines have [...]

Although it’s almost the middle of the year, it’s around this time that a whole lot of official statistics from travel and tourism during the year 2007 seem to be released. Amongst all the figures are a few surprises that don’t necessarily seem to match up with the rising cost of travel, especially of flying. [...]

Last week’s news that American Airlines would be adding a US$15 charge for the first checked piece of baggage was bad enough. But it turns out that this was just the tip of the iceberg. Numerous airlines have just announced increases in various fees and charges, and without exception, the airlines are blaming the rising [...]

A fair few budget airlines over in Europe have been doing it, but there’s been a shocked reaction this week in the US after American Airlines announced that they will start charging passengers a $15 fee for checked baggage.
The charge starts from June 15, and will apply to all American Airlines passengers who buy a [...]