Porter Airlines recently carried their 5 millionth passenger and celebrated their 5th birthday within a couple of days.  Both accomplishments are significant in the cutthroat airline industry where...

How many can you get out of 10? Answers below! * 1. Approximately how many passengers and flight attendants are injured each year by items falling from airplane overhead storage compartments? 2. Which...

WestJet is making some serious moves these days, and they don’t seem to be slowing down.  Just a few months after signing a code share agreement with low cost pioneer Southwest Airlines, they...

Some crazy stuff happened last year year in the airline industry - I came across this article on the 10 Strangest Airline Stories of 2008, and thought you might find it entertaining!

Westjet drops Fuel Surcharges In response to dropping fuel costs, WestJet has done the unthinkable and removed the the recently added fuel surcharges.  Now, that’s refreshing!  While the...

Zoom Airlines was grounded on Thursday, as the recent spike in fuel prices was too much to handle for the popular discount airline.   Operations are suspended immediately, and all flights are cancelled,...

Computer viruses are an unfortunate reality in the highly connected world we live in, and they are often spread through e-mail attachments.  The main way to combat those viruses is to simply delete...

Rising fuel costs are forcing airlines to become more efficient, to add ‘fuel surcharges’ to their flight prices, and to get very creative in cutting costs.  This means that they are eliminating...