I recently returned from a trip to Australia and New Zealand, and am currently in the process of posting trip reports from my journey.  Most recently, V Australia Business Class from LAX to Sydney. 

Until now, there have been various names for the airlines owned by the Australian version of Virgin, depending on their destination.  Domestic Australia flights used to be known as Virgin Blue, have been renamed Virgin Australia for a few months, and their planes are in the ...

AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning. Bankruptcy does not mean going out of business. Far from it, the move will allow the company to restructure and emerge as a more competitive airlines. Travelers will not notice anything different today when flying American and the carrier has pledged the following during their restructuring:

Provide safe and reliable service  Fly normal schedules Honor tickets and reservations, and ...

The issue of how to approach a POS (passenger of size) is always a delicate one. As the debate rages over how much personal control some obese people really have over their weight, it is important to approach this topic in a respectful tone. How an airline should deal with an obese person is not easy ascertainable--especially when the plane is full. One thing is clear, though: by ignoring the problem it does not go away. US Airways should keep that in mind.

Arthur Berkowitz, 57, was ...

I have seen dozens of petty airline-related lawsuits over the years, but this one takes the cake. An Oregon man is suing Delta Air Lines for $2MN, claiming he suffered permanent hearing loss on a fight from Minneapolis to Portland because the cabin was too loud.

Kent J. Neilson claims the area around his exit row seat (10B) was particularly loud, leading to partial-but-permanent hearing loss in both ears. He also allegedly suffers from "disabling and severely aggravating" tinnitus in ...

Sort of like the composition of hot dogs, some thing things are better left unknown and we really do not want know what is creeping about behind air vents, walls, and floors on the aircraft we fly. But once in a while the critters find a way out, like on a recent AirTran flight that was allegedly invaded by (ugh) cockroaches. For a cunning lawyer, that may be a golden opportunity for a little cash:

Attorney Harry Marsh and his fiancee, Kaitlin Rush, allege negligence and ...

Sometimes, to catch a criminal you have to think like one. That is exactly what Ambre Boroughs did after finding her laptop stolen from her checked bag on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Charleston, South Carolina--and it paid off. She has been reunited with her laptop and helped Chicago detectives dismantle a theft ring.

Boroughs made her first mistake when she opted to take advantage of Southwest's free checked baggage policy and check in her new HP laptop at Chicago's ...