Travel sites like Travelocity, Expedia, and Orbitz are suffering from some extreme losses in web traffic, as people look to travel less and less during this continuing economic downturn.
Traditionally consumers will start to plan winter getaways in October - making it a huge traffic spike for online booking sites, but this year that [...]

Delta Air Lines is cutting back operations as much as 8% for 2009 according to reports, due to low demand for travel.
The cuts will affect Delta and its subsidiary Northwest Airlines. Delta has reported that the decrease could be as much as 10% in the US, and 5% internationally. This decline [...]

Orbitz.com has ranked the Top 10 Busiest Airports for Thanksgiving Travel 2008. This list is based on their own bookings. I’m actually surprised that Las Vegas has ranked #1 - it seems like some people are choosing to get away from their families this holiday season, instead of going home for the holiday. [...]

Jet fuel prices are dropping thanks to falling gas prices, and the results are cheaper air fair according to the San Jose Mercury News.
While the prices are dropping slightly now as a result of the fuel pricing - many analysts are predicting that the airlines will be putting a cap on the downward trend [...]

Let me start by saying that at 265 lbs of not all that much muscle - I qualify as an obese person. I’m not so big that I have to sit in two seats on a plane - but even if I was, I would expect to have to pay for two seats.
This [...]

President Bush’s administration is attempting to ease air travel congestion by allowing commercial planes to fly through military air space. The accociated press has the full video report below:

Travelers who have not been on a plane since last year’s holiday season will be facing the airline’s “new math” for the first time this Thanksgiving according to the Arizona Republic.
That means carrier fees for bag checking, prime seats, and even a soda. The fees aren’t hidden, but they’re certainly not over-promoted either. [...]

You may think that with times being a bit tougher recently due to the global economic downturn, that it might be hard to find a weekend getaway, or a cruise that you can fit in your budget.
In actuality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. As thing on Wall Street continue to be [...]

The Guardian is reporting that business travel is likely to slow down in 2009 - and that makes a lot of sense. The global economic down turn is causing companies to tighten their belts more than they have in the past, and it’s only logical that that would result in less business travel.
“This year [...]