Airline NEWZ

25. February, 2009
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport saw a crash landing by Turkish Airlines with 135 passengers on board. 9 passengers died from the accident.

27. November, 2008
Bangkok International Airport could be expected to be blocked for a long while and Thailand tourists are recommended to fly to Phuket straight, where local tourism business operators will prevent disturbances. Now also the second Bangkok Airport Don Mueanghas fallen under control of the anti government forces and the city remains cut off from any air traffic.

26. November, 2008
Bangkok Airport is blocked by demonstrators which were obviously allowed by the Thai army and police to stop all International flights.

24. September, 2008
Irish Ryanair is showing impressive marketing strength with giving away 2 million tickets for free over their website. Passengers will only have to cover taxes and fees. At the same time Airasia is taking over markets in the Far East.

22. September, 2008
Alitalia is expected to go bankrupt within a few days and Italian newspapers showed ads with a call for potential buyers.

30. August, 2008
Phuket Airport had been closed for 2 days after massive antigovernment demonstrations. Also airports in other cities except Bangkok were affected and 15.000 tourists had been stuck.

29. August, 2008
British Airways and German Lufthansa have increased their prices for luggage drastically with up to 100 Euro per kilo on long distance flights.

28. August, 2008
American Airlines has launched broadband Internet on long distance flights for $12.

August 20, 2008
Over 150 passengers died in Madrid when an SAS owned Spanair MD plane crashed during take off. Shortly before technical problems, insufficient services and financial turbulence had been reported in conjunction with low cost carrier Spanair.

August 11, 2008
Singapore Airlines has defended it`s global No.1 ranking spot followed again by Cathay Pacific and Quantas on third place.

August 04, 2008
U.S. Airways and Jetblue passengers suffer from a further decline in service quality. A cup of water will cost now $2 and a cushion $7. At least customers may keep the cushion.

July 21, 2008
In Thailand the budget airline 12go has been grounded by local aviation authorities in conjunction with fiddled documents and the crash on Phuket in 2007.

July 11, 2008
German Lufthansa has raised the fuel surcharge to 97 Euro on International flights.

July 2, 2008
German Wings and other European airlines are reducing their fleets massively to combat rapidly increasing kerosene prices.

June 24, 2008
United Airlines has fired almost 1.000 pilots in an attempt to master the impact of fast rising fuel costs.

June 21, 2008
Naomi Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours social work for her rage at Heathrow airport when BA had lost her luggage.

June 2, 2008
The U.S. Government has imposed tougher regulations on European, Japanese and Australian tourists who will now need to register online prior to their arrival.

May 10, 2008
U.S. Travelers and independent organizations are complaining about frequent inspections of computers and media devices by security staff at all American airports. In particular the intense violation of privacy is getting criticized.

April 30, 2008
Emirates is offering double miles on routes from Colombo to Europe, Africa and the Americas as part of a fierce battle with no state run Sri Lankan Airlines, which offers invites politicians and government workers with a 25% discount. Meanwhile state run Mihin Lanka is no longer operating leaving losses worth more than $1 million.

April 23, 2008
Fingerprints will be requested from all travelers leaving the U.S. after the end of 2009. Still most airlines are refusing that service for the American Homeland security office.

April 10, 2008
Alitalia is currently expected to declare bankruptcy and American Airlines had to cancel almost 1.000 flights for urgent security checks.

April 8, 2008
Boeing`s new Dreamliner 787-Jet will now start to become available in early 2009.

April 1, 2008
Heathrow Airport reports 50 flights per day being canceled and Naomi Campbell had so far been the most famous victim of lost luggage.

March 31, 2008
Heathrow Airport has been named a "national disgrace" with 450 flights canceled and over 28.000 pieces of lost luggage since the opening. Travelers are recommended to avoid the airport by any means.

March 29, 2008
Department of Homeland Security experts at JFK airport in New York took the well known British Sebastian Horsley into an 8 hours interrogation after which he was refused entry because of wrong morals.

March 28, 2008
Heathrow Airport saw thousands of unhappy passengers at a chaotic opening of it`s new Terminal 5 with capacities for up to 100 million passengers and direct trains to Picadilly Circus.

Travelers in the U.S. with breast piercing have to fear that security experts at airports will insist on removing and examining any metallic decorations. In Lubbock, Texas graphic artist Mandi Hamlin had to accept some painful and humiliating moments.

March 09, 2008
United Airlines has introduced a fuel surcharge.

Sri Lanka`s Mihin Air has reduced it`s flights after 2 of their 3 planes were taken back by the owners. Also Emirates will pull out of Sri Lankan Airlines by the end of march whilst several Indian airlines are trying to take over most staff.

February 29, 2008
Beijing has now the biggest Airport in the world with a main hall as long as 3 kilometers and built by the British architect Norman Foster.

February 23, 2008
Ryanair celebrates the return of their website with dumping 1 million tickets for only 1 cent. All taxes and fees are included.

February 07, 2008
Visiting the US becomes more and more annoying for travelers with notebooks since security forces are now scanning hard drives as well as files are getting confiscated.

January 07, 2008
Emirates has terminated it`s management contract at Sri Lankan Airlines despite some 41% shares. Rumors say, that Qatar Airways will jump in.

The Spanish Airline Air Madrid went broke and more than 100.000 passengers had suffered from canceled flights.

In 2006 the travel industry had increased online sales and bookings by 26% to a new record high of $24,6 billion.

Analysts believe that worldwide passenger will double until 2020.

Northwest Airlines and Delta Air are expected to file for bankruptcy within the next few days so that around 50% of all airline seats in the U.S. will be offered by bankrupt carriers such as U.S. Airways and United Airlines. Meanwhile JetBlue and Southwest have become the market leaders. Also Olympic Airlines seems to be in turbulence.

airlinemeals.net has emerged as the leading website on catering with many reports, pictures and other information on airlines and their approach to customer services.

The Dutch KLM is reported to be the airline, that is losing the most luggage whilst Turkish Airlines has been named as most reliable.

China and India have become the worldwide hottest tourist markets with rapidly expanding Airlines. Now Boeing and Airbus Industries are in for a drastic competition, but with huge business for both of them.

In Germany the DBA has sold 0,5 million one tickets in supermarkets at €50 to all their European destinations. The demand had been huge and additional revenues worth €30 are expected.

A court near London had demanded from fast growing Ryan Air that all prices introduced on the Internet should be complete.

British Airways now only offers E tickets.

more inside the 2007 News blog

Ryanair

Michael O'Leary, Chief @ Europe`s perhaps most innovative Ryanair aims to give away airline tickets for free. Right now he is selling cheap flights from England to the Netherlands for $3 and his airline is profitable. Northern Spain and Latvia will be among 17 new destinations in September.

He says, that Hotels, rental car operators and other industries will cover the fairly low airfares to attract visitors and business.

skyeurope has advertised all flights for 17£

Hapag-Lloyd-Express is another competitive airline offering cheap flights around Europe that start at 5,41 £.

The Thomas Cook owned Condor Airline is offering long distance tickets as low as 99 Euro / $120 between some Caribbean Islands and Europe. Also for some Asian destinations and between the U.S. and Europe. Shame, that the website is poorly programmed and that even finding a date is utterly messy.

The most pleasant and even very affordable connection between Frankfurt and New York is offered by Singapore Airlines. The Deluxe Service on board makes you even forget about the ground crew experience at JFK, which can be kind of bizarre depending who is on. Meanwhile the Airline has extended the long distance record with direct cheap flights from New York to Singapore. 18 hours with total comfort as demonstrated here.

Travel communication

Communication is a prime concern for travelers and travelnotes.org has established a superb background.

Travel destination tips

mytravellite.com has emerged as a leading source of travel information about prime destinations when traveling from Great Britain to Spain and Portugal.

Travel sites

aetv.com has created a special airline show.

Travel Facts

Chicago Airport has the highest amount of traffic in the world, followed by Atlanta. In Europe Heathrow and Paris lead.