United has increased the change and cancelation fees for most non-refundable tickets issued on or after May 15, 2013 for the markets indicated below: From Carribbean / Central America / Mexico to US / Canada -  $200 (new) , $150 (previous) From South America to US / Canada – $300 (new) , $250 (previous) From US […]

Frontier Airlines has announced new policy & fee changes that go into effect this summer (noted below; Ascent & Summit elite status members are not affected by such) for tickets not purchased at flyfrontier.com. However, through Cain’s relationship with Frontier, our non-Ascent or Summit customers will not be impacted by these changes with the exception of the […]

Southwest Airlines on Sept. 13 will add a no-show policy for nonrefundable fares not canceled or changed before departure. In those scenarios, “all unused funds on the full itinerary will be lost,” according to the airline. If a customer holding a nonrefundable fare does not use or cancel any portion of a ticketed itinerary, “the […]

United Airlines confirmed that it raised by $50 to $200 the change fee on domestic U.S. tickets.   In some South American markets, the fee has increased to $300 from $250. At this point no other airlines have matched this change fee increase, but many analysts anticipate such as airlines continue to look for ways to increase their revenues.

Verdi – which represents 33,000 Lufthansa employees - has announced strike actions for Monday, 22 April 2013 at the Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart airports.  Due to the strike actions massive flight cancellations and delays are expected. Some airlines are offering change fee waivers to accommodate those that are scheduled to fly into […]

United Airlines Alert, April 19 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has informed that, beginning this Sunday, it intends to furlough air traffic controllers and related FAA employees as part of the federal government’s budget sequestration. Further, the FAA has advised these sequestration-related furloughs will likely have a significant impact on operations at all airlines, resulting […]

Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY The Boston Logan airport is operating under heightened security and customers are  advised to check with their airlines for the status of their flights today before going to the airport both if the traveler originates in Boston or has a connecting flight through Boston. Many in Boston, of course, might be unable to head […]

American Airlines grounded all its flights Tuesday afternoon after experiencing nationwide outages in its reservation system. The carrier-instituted ground delay is scheduled to be lifted at 5pm Eastern. “American’s reservation system is experiencing intermittent outages,” American Airlines spokesperson Andrea Huguely told NBC News. “We’re working to resolve the issue as quickly as we can.”  

by Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast Law-enforcement officials say they have no doubt that the explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon this afternoon were bombs, possibly placed in mailboxes, garbage cans or hidden in some other fashion. Officials at the scene say two people are dead and 22 injured. As rescue workers, […]

FRANKFURT, March 20 (Reuters) – German union Verdi has called on 33,000 workers at Deutsche Lufthansa to go on strike on Thursday to increase pressure on the airline in a dispute over wages and job security. The strike is expected to last for about five hours from 0400GMT – 0900GMT, the union said on Wednesday, […]