FAA Computer Glitch Causes Delays Across the US

The big news hitting the travel industry today is that the FAA are having computer problems that have caused communication errors which has resulted in airline delays at all the major airports in the US. The total numbers of flights affected by this problem are currently unknown but it should be in the hundreds. For [...]

Go! Airlines posts net loss but things may get better

Go! Airlines yesterday reported that last quarter they lost $7.4 million. Since the airlines first started offering interisland fares last year for locals and tourist for their Hawaii vacation packages, they have lost a total of $42.1 million. The loss that was reported included several one-time expenses (which includes Hawaiian Airlines lawsuit) which wiped out [...]

Hawaii Vacation

On my last trip to Kona last week we got a chance to have our first all inclusive Hawaii vacation. We stayed at the Hilton like you already know but we also got a chance to do a whole bunch of other activities such as golfing, eating at some really nice restaurants and boating excursions.  [...]

Hilton Waikoloa Village

This past week my wife and I took a trip to Kona and enjoyed a wonder Hawaii vacation at the Hilton Waikoloa. If you ever get to Kona you should check it out. The hotel has a monorail or boat that can take you to your room, they have a salt water pool with all [...]

Delta Airlines to Offer Wi-fi on Domestic Flights

With all the bad news going around in the travel industry we finally get some news that will make travelers happy. Just recently Delta announced that they will be using Aircell’s GoGo Wi-fi service and begin adding them to their planes starting in 2009 and hope to have at least 300 of their planes equipped [...]

JetBlue to charge a fee for Blanket and Pillow

In a move that I would never see happen JetBlue announced today that they will be charging a $7 fee to it’s passengars if they want to use a blanket or pillow on their flights. JetBlue’s reasoning for this is that they want to become more eco friendly and want to stop throwing away pillows [...]