Posted by admin on April 17th, 2011
What airlines will soon or is planning to launch flights to Manila this 2011? thanks.
Posted by admin on March 23rd, 2011
Be flexible. That’s the word from travel agents and experts when it comes to planning for trips, especially where airfare is concerned. The cost of a barrel of oil, which was about $102 Monday morning, has impacted fees and surcharges applied by airlines. In fact, the average cost of a ticket has risen six times since the start of the year and could rise again, said Rick Seaney, CEO and co-founder of FareCompare.com. By comparison, there were only about four such increases in 2010. The fuel surcharges can be $10 to $20 per person each way. What’s interesting, though, is that flights, as well as cruise lines and even bus tours, are booked solid. “It’s certainly a reflection of demand,” Seaney said. “I think after a couple years of people saying they can’t afford it or they’re not willing to buy, they’ve said ‘I’m going to fly.’” Airlines cut back significantly the last time gas prices went through the roof in 2008. Since that time, they’ve not added back the seats they lost, Seaney said. “there are more people chasing fewer seats,” he said. Locally, travel agents report high demand. Charles Gesumaria, manager of AAA Travel Agency in Sunbury, said he has seen heavy bookings. “At this time, I don’t think it’s a hinder to traveling and bookings,” he said. “People are still traveling.” Amy Miller, of Miller Travel Agency in Selinsgrove, agreed. her operation has been busy, with about a dozen calls in the first few hours of Monday alone. “I think people are just tired of waiting and ready to go,” she said. so what’s the secret to getting a flight — or cruise or bus trip, for that matter — at the best price. Miller said the best thing is to be open to any idea. “For example, flights might be full running to Punta Canna, but there are great deals going to Aruba,” she said. Also, try to be flexible when it comes to the actual days of the vacation. Traveling midweek is cheaper than going Friday or Sunday. Seaney said consumers should accept that prices are high and do what they can to seek out deals wherever they might be. “The consumer shouldn’t turn themselves into day traders for oil to decide on a ticket price,” he said. “When oil gets like this and demand is high, it’s really about getting a better bad deal.” For that reason, Gesumaria said he’s been advising customers not to wait to book travel plans. “Book when you can. Ticket when you can,” he said.
Posted by admin on March 20th, 2011
Air new Zealand is to increase fares for all flights from March 18 because of rising fuel costs.
Posted by admin on March 20th, 2011
Montreal-based Air Canada announced Wednesday it is cutting six of its domestic and international routes because of rising fuel costs.
Posted by admin on March 18th, 2011
American Airlines has not made any changes in its flight schedules from the U.S. to Tokyo in the wake of last week’s earthquake and the resulting radiation fears from damaged nuclear power plants.”We’ve flown our normal schedule every day since Saturday,” American spokesman Tim Smith said Thursday.American operates two flights daily from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Tokyo’s Narita Airport, one each from Chicago and Los Angeles, and one flight from New York’s JFK Airport to Narita and another to Tokyo Haneda.”We’re seeing our busiest traffic, not surprisingly, coming out” of Japan, Smith said, with few empty seats aboard American’s Boeing 247-seat 777-200ER jets.Flights from the U.S. to Tokyo “are by no means empty,” Smith said, although he declined to give any load factors. “More than 75 percent of our scheduled customers have been flying as usual.”The Tokyo airports are in good shape and operating near normal, Smith said, and transportation in the city to get people to and from the airports is functioning well.American has no plans to alter its current level of Tokyo service because of the earthquake, Smith said.but other airlines are adjusting their Tokyo flight plans.Delta Air Lines said Thursday that it will suspend new flights to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport beginning next week. and Singapore Airlines had planned to put the massive Airbus A380 on a flight from Singapore to Tokyo to Los Angeles later this month, but instead will keep using a Boeing 747 until further notice.United Continental Holdings, the biggest U.S. carrier to Asia, isn’t cutting flights but is monitoring the situation. Both United and Delta use Tokyo’s Narita Airport as a hub for Asian flights.Germany’s Lufthansa rerouted all its Tokyo flights to Osaka and Nagoya instead. “The natural disaster in Japan has left us all in deep shock,” Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz said Thursday, when the carrier also announced financial results.Airlines had planned to increase U.S.-Japan flying by 10.2 percent next month compared with April 2010, according to Barclays Capital. Instead, Delta said it would “temporarily suspend” its daily flight to Haneda from Los Angeles beginning March 23, and one from Detroit beginning March 24.in the short run, however, more planes are going to Japan. several Asian carriers added flights as more governments urged their citizens to leave.Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong’s biggest airline, usually operates seven flights a day to Japan; it added an extra flight to Tokyo for Thursday, after adding two Wednesday.”We are experiencing rapidly increasing demand from people wishing to return home to Hong Kong and elsewhere, and as Hong Kong’s home carrier we will do everything possible to meet this demand,” Cathay Pacific Chief Operating Officer John Slosar said in a statement Wednesday.A Cathay spokeswoman who declined to be identified because of company policy, said the airline has seen more empty seats on flights from Hong Kong to Tokyo.Air China, the country’s biggest airline, said it’s using bigger planes for flights to Japan this week. Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines added an extra flight Wednesday to Niigata Airport in western Japan, where 1,500 Chinese nationals were waiting to get back home, according to a Xinhua News Agency report. and China Southern Airlines is adding an extra flight on its Dalian-Nagoya route until March 21, with a bigger jet “to meet the surging evacuation demands,” Xinhua said, citing a statement from the airline.Staff writer Bob Cox contributed to this report.
Posted by admin on March 16th, 2011
From 1 January next year, around 4,000 aircraft operators will be included in the EU's emissions trading scheme (EU ETS). most flights landing and taking off from EU airports will be covered, regardless of the operator's nationality.
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2011
Updated: March 13, 2011, 6:45 AM
Q: I have a credit from an unused Delta flight that expires at the end of May and I don’t think I will be able to use it before then. are there any other options for applying that credit to something else, such as a membership to the airline’s club lounge or buying duty free on board?
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2011
Landing deals on airfare
Q Is there a website, or websites, that lists the best flight deals departing specifically from the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport? Seems like the discount sites all require you to list dates and destinations. Isn’t there someplace to simply see a list of discounted flights departing from here?
Posted by admin on March 9th, 2011
CHICAGO — the days of United and American Airlines running the show at O'Hare Airport in Chicago might be numbered. Virgin America, inc is finally entering the Chicago airline market after numerous past attempts failed to come to an agreement. Virgin Group announced today that its airline Virgin American would be officially launching its service that would include flights between Chicago and both Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport.
Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2011
Published: 01 Mar 2011
Bing has introduced “Autosuggest Flight Prices”, an offering that displays flight prices and the Price Predictor directly in the search box.
