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WITH Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) due to investigate whether TripAdvisor has breached the national advertising code, it's interesting to read this piece on Tnooz suggesting the site may have made some pre-emptive alterations. 

Shares in Southwest Airlines and US Airways Group both hit 52-week lows on Monday, and AMR came close.

HERE was a lot of fuss from Washington- and New York-based media figures last week when Hurricane Irene failed to do massive damage to either city. 

A SCIENTIST has proven what veteran business travellers long suspected: boarding planes by row is a terrible idea (PDF). Jason Steffen, who works at the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics, conducted an experiment in which he asked 72 "passengers"—luggage and all—to board a Boeing 757 using several different methods.

Here’s what happens when you annoy an astrophysicist as he waits to get to his airplane seat: First, he fumes for a year, viewing the process as an inefficiency that could be rectified with statistical mechanics. 

American Airlines has issued a Friday afternoon update on its part in the search for Jack the Cat, the missing tabby who disappeared Aug. 25 while in American's possession at New York Kennedy:

Boeing has named its re-engined variant of the Boeing 737 as the "737 Max."

Sabre will continue to distribute American Airlines' airfares to travel agents as long as the two firms are battling it out in court.

Boeing received Federal Aviation Administration and EASA certifications Friday declaring the 787 Dreamliner safe and suitable for delivery to and use by commercial airplines.

French actor Gerard Depardieu reportedly was on a CityJet flight preparing to take off Tuesday evening from Paris to Dublin when he felt the imperative to relieve himself. Flight attendants told him the toilets were locked because the airplane was on the ground.

For six years, Paul Lovine and his girlfriend, Kat, have been flying between Burbank and Oakland to see each other as much as possible despite the distance. In the process, the couple has accumulated literally thousands of miles traveling the popular route, proving their loyalty to Southwest, and their love for one another.