Travel season is here, and it's not just humans that will be flying, pets will be roaming the skies, too! To find out which airline will best suit your pet travel budget, read on for a short list below that states the airline, and the fee for cabin and checked pets. Read on to see how the prices compare. Read more

The suggestive taglines for travel ads are apparently making a comeback, notes a WSJ blog. One of Air France's latest print ads shows a model with an Air France logo pulling on her corset string, which was already unraveling. Another example is Cathay Pacific — some of the Hong Kong airline's real-life stewardesses were featured on the ads and were outfitted in revealing outfits in several Read more

Conveniently generating a ton of publicity right before its IPO (when a firm starts selling shares of its company to the public), Cebu Air pulls a promotional stunt, in which the YouTube videos of the event went viral. The airline's flight attendants turned a boring safety instruction session into something from an MTV music video (or maybe even better). Before you start judging the sexist Read more

What's the big deal about Southwest's $1.4 billion buyout of fellow budget airline AirTran? Well, there are several outcomes that may affect consumers. On one hand, there will be less competition in the market if airlines keep consolidating (Continental and United are to merge by the end of this year). Fewer players in the field means less incentive for airlines to keep ticket prices low to Read more

I’ve had some pretty rough air travel experiences — massive delays, inconsiderate seatmates, mechanical failures mid-flight — but the passengers of a recent US Airways flight out of Atlanta have definitely got me beat. The Charlotte, NC-bound flight hadn’t even lifted off yet when passengers started being pelted . . . by falling maggots. The squirmy larvae had been brought on the plane Read more

In a new move to up their retail, airlines may soon be offering more in-flight opportunities to purchase anything from limousine services to Broadway theater tickets. Though The New York Times reports that only American Airlines has begun limited testing of the retail concept, nearly all airline carriers have confirmed that they are planning to unveil similar expanded retail offerings on Read more

Two more airlines have joined the ring in the fight for Fall and Winter travel business. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air (both subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group Inc.) announced a fare sale that in most cases covers trips over the next five months — pretty generous. The cheapest flights are those between West Coast cities, which are selling for as low as $29 one way. Tickets must be purchased by Read more