Apparently JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines want to be the exception to the rule when it comes to the government’s new rule that limits the amount of time passengers can be held on the tarmac. They say that delays caused by the closure of the main runway at New York’s JFK airport could cost [...]

It now appears that security has been tightened at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. This tightening up of security comes after a team of investigative journalists smuggled bottles of liquids onto passenger jets bound for London and Washington D.C.
The security at Schiphol Airport has been under scrutiny ever since Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was able to fly [...]

Continental Airlines says that it plans to cancel its flights rather than risk stiff fines under brand new federal rules. These new rules are being designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers. The CEO of Continental Airlines, Jeff Smisek, said Tuesday that the results will be that passengers will have more trouble getting to their [...]

There are some major traffic delays in western Colorado that travelers are having to deal with. These delays follow a rockslide that punched huge holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70. This rockslide has caused almost 17 miles of highway to have to be closed down.
The rockslide itself happened around midnight [...]

A new proposed federal law may actually hurt local hotels. It seems that hotels are caught up in the middle of a dispute between the government and online travel agencies. The new proposed law, the Internet Travel Tax Fairness Act, is meant to solve tax issues for online travel agents such as Expedia and Orbitz. [...]

A Canadair Regional jet, with 74 people on board, was forced to make an emergency landing at the Aspen Colorado Airport after smoke entered the pilot’s cabin. The jet, which was being operated by SkyWest Airlines, was able to make a safe landing Sunday afternoon. Reports show that there were no injuries in the landing.
A [...]

As many have already heard, President Barack Obama has just recently approved the Travel Promotion Act. However, it now seems that many airline industry officials are worried that this bid to lure tourists to the country could actually backfire.
The United States travel industry is hoping that this new tourism law will reverse a decline in [...]