OCTOBER 2009

Airport Business - October 30, 2009
Airport liquids ban to be in force until 2011
The ban on air passengers carrying liquids in their hand luggage is unlikely to be lifted for at least another 18 months and possibly considerably later, according to aviation security experts.

USA Today - October 30, 2009
Average airfare fell in 2nd quarter nearly to '98 levels
The average domestic fare in the second quarter was nearly identical to ticket prices during that period in 1998, according to statistics released Wednesday.

USA Today - October 30, 2009
Reeling Mexico hopes travel deals bring back the tourists
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — During a visit to San Diego in April, Pratik and Priti Chavda thought they'd slip over the border into Tijuana just to do a little shopping, have a quick meal and say they had made it to Mexico. But upon hearing the plan, staffers at their hotel sounded the alarm.

Telegraph - October 30, 2009
British Air Passenger Duty: What you can do to scrap travel tax
Increases in Air Passenger Duty take effect on November 1. Charles Starmer-Smith reports on the likely impact it will have on travel and outlines why Britons must oppose it.

TravelDailyNews.com - October 30, 2009
U.S. Online Travel Market to decline in 2009
The U.S. online leisure/unmanaged business travel market is significantly outperforming every other distribution channel in 2009, according to travel industry research authority, PhoCusWright Inc., in its soon-to-be-released report, PhoCusWright's U.S. Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition.

Reuters - October 29, 2009
Air travel, freight improving but fragile -IATA
GENEVA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Airline passenger demand ticked up slightly in September but freight demand continued to fall, the International Air Transport Association said on Thursday.

USA Today - October 29, 2009
US Airways cutting 1,000 jobs, reducing flying
Struggling US Airways said Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes.

USA Today - October 26, 2009
Rethinking Flight Safety With Air Bags In Planes
There was a time — maybe 25 years ago — when the idea of putting air bags in planes would have been seen as pointless. For decades, aviation safety focused mainly on avoiding accidents on the theory that if a crash occurred, nobody could survive anyway.

- Delta reports $161 million 3Q loss
- JetBlue makes money in 3Q on lower costs
- US Airways posts 3Q loss, says economy improving

msnbc - October 23, 2009
Mom gives birth on airplane over Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian woman who gave premature birth to a boy on board an airplane minutes before it landed will get free flights for life along with her child, an airline official said Friday.

Reuters - October 23, 2009
Air fare hike shows new pricing power
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines have launched a $10 round-trip domestic fare increase, marking the fifth industrywide fare hike in 2009 and possibly signaling new pricing power for airlines as they claw their way out of an economic downturn.

USA Today - October 23, 2009
Minneapolis-bound flight overshoots airport by 150 miles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Controllers on the ground, pilots of other planes, even a flight attendant back in the cabin tried to alert the crew as the U.S. passenger airliner flew past Minneapolis at 37,000 feet (11,000 meters). Worried about who was actually at the controls, officials asked the pilots to prove who they were by executing turns after they finally were contacted.

Reuters - October 22, 2009
Mexico airport operator Asur's net drops 27 pct
MEXICO CITY, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste posted a 27 percent year-on- year drop in net profit in the third quarter, as the H1N1 flu outbreak and economic slump led fewer people to travel.

UK Mail On-Line - October 20, 2009
Mexico set to open the world's largest underwater museum in Cancun
Visitors to Cancun will have to don snorkel gear if they want to check out its latest museum.

Economist - October 18, 2009
Capacity cuts hit home
DON'T SAY we didn't warn you. Back in June, Gulliver warned of impending capacity cuts. Last month, Gulliver told you they had arrived. Now they're taking big wads of money out of people's wallets everywhere you look.

TravelDailyNews.com - October 13, 2009
USA; International visitation down six percent in July 2009 spending
The U.S. Department of Commerce announces that 5.1 million international visitors traveled to the United States in July 2009, a decrease of six percent compared to July 2008.

TravelDailyNews.com - October 13, 2009
DOT warns airlines on improperly limiting reimbursements for mishandled baggage
Airlines may not arbitrarily limit compensation for passengers who purchase necessities because their baggage is lost or delayed, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said in a notice.

TravelDailyNews.com - October 13, 2009
Global airline capacity up 1.04% but growth slowing reports OAG
Global airline capacity for October 2009 is showing positive growth of 1.04% compared to October 2008, down slightly from September’s growth of 1.4%, reports OAG, the world’s leading aviation data business, as it releases its monthly report on trends in the supply of airline flights and seats.

USA-Today - October 12, 2009
Non-radar air-traffic system debuts
Airline flights are being closely tracked and directed without radar for the first time in the nation's history as part of a new system monitoring the skies above the Colorado Rockies.

CNN.com - October 12, 2009
Bright spot for fliers: Holiday fares lower than last year
Domestic holiday fares last week were running up to 15 percent lower than last year, according to Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com, a consumer airline ticket research Web site.

Aviation Today - October 12, 2009
Cancun's International Airport Adds a 2nd Runway
CANCUN, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 10th the Cancun Airport will unveil its $67 million dollar investment, a Second-Runway infrastructure project including the construction of an additional runway, entirely new control tower and taxiway bridge. The airport's capacity will increase to be able to serve some 28 million passengers per year.

msn - October 6, 2009
BA will slash 1,700 cabin crew jobs
British Airways has announced it is to cut 1,700 cabin crew jobs and freeze pay as it continues to slash costs, warning of mounting losses if action is not taken.

TravelDailyNews.com - October 2, 2009
UK holidaymakers hoard nearly £1billion in forgotten currency
UK holidaymakers could be sitting on a pot of cash of over £800 million in forgotten foreign currency, the equivalent of over 350,000 return flights to New York or 1.5 million family holidays to Spain. According to a study, each UK traveller has on average the equivalent of more than £40 in unspent holiday money left over from previous trips.

USA-Today - October 1, 2009
Passenger rights debate on glide path to Congress
You may not have read much about airline passenger rights recently, but there's little doubt the topic will be garnering more attention. Despite its busy legislative calendar, Congress may soon end years of debate by making an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights into law.

USA-Today - October 1, 2009
TSA to expand use of body scanners
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration plans to install 150 security machines at airport checkpoints that enable screeners to see under passengers' clothes.

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