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Prominent economist wants fat people to pay more to fly

By Whitney Radley

03.29.13 | 11:40 am

The idea that passengers should be charged according to body weight is nothing new. The incensing suggestion has been presented for years as a way for airlines to recoup rising fuel costs and  ...


world travel

Austin Bergstrom International Airport celebrates a record-breaking year

By Shannon Murray / KVUE News

02.11.13 | 3:02 pm

KVUE -- 2012 was a record year at Austin Bergstrom International Airport, with more than 9.4 million passengers coming from all over the world. ABIA says they've seen consistent growth ...


Really?

American Airlines uses an unbelievable story to explain its loose seats — it's just spilled soda

By Whitney Radley

10.06.12 | 2:30 pm

As if American Airlines hadn't seen enough drama in recent months with bankruptcy proceedings, mass layoffs, pilot uprisings and delayed and canceled flights, passengers' seats came loose o ...


Taking Off

United gives $50 bonuses to employees for being on time: Airline sees a dramatic boost

By Whitney Radley

10.03.12 | 1:56 pm

The past several months of United Airlines' Air Travel Consumer Reports have been terribly dismal, with the carrier ranking last in on time arrivals and racking up customer complaints.&nbs ...


Flying Low

Missing Continental: United ranks dead last in on-time arrivals, mishandled bags & complaints

By Whitney Radley

09.19.12 | 11:52 am

Another month, another poor performance rating: United Airlines' rankings for July 2012 were far inferior to other carriers in the September Air Travel Consumer Report, released ...


Follow the leader

Southwest triggers an across-the-board airline price hike: Not such good guys after all?

By Whitney Radley

09.14.12 | 1:15 pm

Southwest Airlines is the current leader in the game of airfare tug o' war. As FareCompare.com first noted, the Dallas-based carrier has initiated an increase of $5 each way on 400 of its ...


Here's the skinny

United Airlines to put in skinnier seats, swears you will not notice — and besides you'll have WiFi

By Whitney Radley

09.04.12 | 4:28 pm

Just when you thought flying coach couldn't get much more cramped, United Airlines has announced plans to install slimmer seats to its Airbus narrow-bodies. Each aircraft in the  ...


Uh oh

United Airlines slammed in consumer report: 5 times as many complaints as any other airline

By Whitney Radley

08.10.12 | 4:18 pm

Tsk tsk, United Airlines. Passengers continue to be unsatisfied by your service.  According to data for June 2012,  which was released this week by the U.S. Department of Transpo ...


JetBlue No. 1

No frills, more fun? Low-cost carriers get highest marks in latest airline satisfaction survey

By Whitney Radley

06.20.12 | 10:57 am

Some aspects of air travel are inevitable: The long lines, the borderline molestation of the security checkpoints, the stale air and elbow-space-battles with strangers. Others can be controlled to ...


Flannel & Birkenstocks not enough

Leave the cleavage at home: Discovering Southwest Airlines' arbitrary, sexist policy

By Whitney Radley

06.19.12 | 2:10 pm

As if waking up for a 6 o'clock Tuesday morning flight from Las Vegas wasn't a truly miserable experience already, one passenger had to deflect an early-morning attack on her morality &mdas ...


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