Beginning on January 17, Ryanair will charge a €0.25 fee on every seat to cover what the company says will be a €15 to 20 million bill. And the airline is complaining loud and clear.
Southwest Airlines is one of American business’ great success stories of the past twenty years. From its origins as a dinky carrier (whose flight attendants wore fabulously groovy hot pants, by the way) that served a few Texas cities in the 1970s, Southwest is now the largest airline in the US based on domestic passengers [...]
PwC has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions this year by 20% from its 2007 levels. That reduction is impressive when one considers that PwC had worked to achieve that goal by 2012. It’s no surprise-the firm has focused on sustainability for 15 years.
Sorry, I stay away from top 10 lists–but I thought I’d share some tips for how you can be more eco-friendly while you are on the road. You probably already have them in your home or office!
This Icelandic surprise has been the largest disruption to hit international travel since World War II. Yes, 9/11 was traumatic, but by the end of that awful week, air flights had resumed across the United States.
We’ve run our first annual trillion dollar deficit, renewable energy firms are withering because they cannot get promised stimulus tax credits fast enough, and our country needs an infrastructure and energy makeover. Nevertheless, on Monday Congress proposed increasing the Essential Air Service program by 40%. (more…)
I love to travel. Well, not air travel–American carriers are atrocious, from their fight against security measures, horrific service, and filthy planes. Southwest and Virgin America have become our luxury airlines, while the legacy carriers have become Greyhound with wings. Sorry, that’s unfair to Greyhound. But I’m not taking the Queen Mary to Asia [...]
Well, I’ve got an amusing story. There is much discussion about air travel and how it may be very harmful to the atmosphere. In a snapshot, the amount of fuel discharged by airliners is obscene, and may even be more harmful that auto emissions because the air up high is thinner. (more…)