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August 21st, 2008 at 11:02am
Under Air travel tickets+ Travel tips
Many flights are being cancelled by airlines as they fight to stay in profit. These cancellations are not overnight decisions, even though you may not find out about them until it’s too late to book anything else at a similar price.
The Terms and Conditions of your contract with the airline may not protect you as much as you would expect, so it’s worth your while to read them and make sure you understand exactly what you are entitled to in the event of your flight being canceled.
In any case, if you have booked a flight some time before you actually intend to fly, you should take the precaution of phoning the airline (not the estate agent or other person through whom you did the booking) to check that the flight is still scheduled. Don’t rely on the airline to do this for you. Increasing numbers of people are being offered nothing but a refund of their ticket price.
To avoid disappointment, ring the airline far enough ahead so that you have at least a chance of finding another flight at the lower “book ahead” price, if your original flight is canceled.
Technorati Tags: Air travel tickets, flight cancellations
By frann
August 14th, 2008 at 11:19pm
Under Air travel tickets+ Travel tips+ travel news
The latest twist in the story of Qantas Airways came after the announcement last Tuesday that six B737-400s would be removed from service while the airline cross-checks maintenance records, resulting in three flights being canceled.
Following this, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority announced on Wednesday that it would be expanding its investigation of Qantas maintenance records which it undertook after three separate incidents. The first, which was widely reported, occurred when an explosion tore a hole in the side of one of its planes, forcing an emergency landing at Manila. That was on July 25th. Two other flights have been forced to return to their departure airports, one because of a problem with the landing gear, and the other after traffic controllers witnessed fluid “streaming from a wing.”
Bearing all these things in mind, it would be wise to double check that your flight has not been canceled before you leave for the airport.
Technorati Tags: air safety, qantas airways
By frann
August 11th, 2008 at 11:01pm
Under Air travel tickets+ travel news
Despite falling oil prices, at $113 a barrel, fuel is still contributing to a rise in air fares which doesn’t look likely to fall any time soon. British Airways and American Airlines have been in talks and expect to file an application for exemption from US competition laws within 2-3 weeks.
BA already have a similar deal with Iberia, so this would inevitably mean higher prices for passengers, argues Richard Branson, founder and president of rival, Virgin Atlantic Airways. Mr Branson views this potential deal as being so serious that he has made a public appeal to both presidential candidates not to support the deal. “Just because life is tough out there, you shouldn’t rid yourself of competition,” Branson told BBC radio, adding that it was “very dangerous” to believe that consolidation was the best response to the current difficult economic conditions.
Market analysts appear to believe that the deal is likely to go through, despite protests from many quarters. If it does, expect fares to remain the same, or even rise, shortly thereafter.
Technorati Tags: air ticket prices, American Airlines, british airways, BS-AA deal, Virgin Atlantic Airways
By frann
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