Big mess for fliers heading to or from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a result of a power outage at the airport on Sunday. Airlines issuing refunds and change fee waivers.
Airlines, including American, Delta, United and Air France, continue to offer change fee waivers to passengers anxious about traveling to Paris and other destinations in France through the weekend.
Updated: February 7, 2013 Another winter storm – named Nemo – is on the way and airlines are getting ready for it by issuing weather-related fee waivers and encouraging travelers to change their flight dates, postpone travel or re-route their trips to and from a long list of cities in the northeast. Here’s are links […]
If I could fly somewhere this weekend, I’d choose Iceland for the chance to see for myself what that volcano is doing. But since the ash has caused the worst disruption in air travel since 9/11, that’s not going to happen. Photo courtesy Craig Murphy, via Flickr OK, so Iceland, and pretty much everyplace else […]
If you’re still trying to figure out whether or not you’re going to take that scheduled trip to Mexico, one of the variables is certainly the policy set forth by your airline. Will they refund your ticket price? Waive the change fee? Allow you to go Montreal instead of Mexico City?During the initial flu-frenzy, many […]
So many people are canceling trips to Mexico because of worries over swine flu that United Airlines and Continental Airlines are significantly cutting out flights to that country. No doubt other airlines will also cut flights, so if you’ve postponed your Mexico trip, check back with the airline to see if you need to change […]
Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt just won’t settle down. Here’s a Twitter-ed update Alaska Airlines sent out Tuesday about the impact of volcano eruptions on flights: Nighttime flts in/out of ANC canceled due to Mt. Redoubt. Check flt status in a.m. b/4 leaving home… This is getting sort of old. Flights into and out of ANC has […]
Due to a mid-morning eruption (re-eruption?) of Mt. Redoubt, Alaska Airlines has suspended all flights into and out of Anchorage, at least until early Friday morning. Volcano ash is serious stuff; it can limit visibility and ruin engines. So the airline is taking no chances: 45 flights were canceled earlier this week due to previous […]
Due to all the volcanic ash in the air caused by the eruption of Mt. Redoubt, Alaska Airlines today canceled flights in and out of the Alaska cities of Fairbanks, Bethel, Prudhoe Bay, Nome, Kotzebue and Barrow. The airline is still operating flights south of Anchorage and throughout Southeast Alaska, but says that may change […]