The airlines have been imposing extra nuisance fees for some time now. First it was to make up for the high price of jet fuel, now it is to add to their bottom line, which will impress investors and hike their stock prices. It began with baggage charges and one airline has come up with a novel idea that might be implemented by all airlines. Ryanair, based in Ireland has introduced a “toilet tax”... 

A security breach led to at least fourteen flights being delayed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) early in the morning of Thursday, April 8. Three terminals were shut down, stranding some passengers on the airport’s sidewalks for almost two hours. Airport security and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported that the cause of the delay was a passenger who was selected... 

The airlines are not doing well financially and are looking for ways to cut costs. U.S. Airways is having discussions with the parent company of United Airlines in terms of merging, which would make the entity the nations’s second largest airline. United Airlines is stronger in international routes, while U.S. Airways brings domestic routes to the table. News of the proposed merger raised the... 

Airlines like the government need money and are always exploring ways to increase revenue. This can be by charging for food and baggage charges. A new idea is being brought up, which will cause passengers to make an extra trip to the bathroom prior to boarding a flight. Ryanair, which is based in Dublin Ireland has brought up the idea of paying for using the plane’s rest rooms. The plan is to... 

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Disney bus driver Fredrick Cassenas has been ticketed after an accident Saturday at the Walt Disney World theme park. There were 19 passengers aboard the Walt Disney World bus when it rear ended a car that was stopped at a stop light. The force thrust the car forward causing it to strike the back of a van which is also owned by Disney. There were no injuries reported. The accident... 

When you go out on Cruise, you would think it would be peaceful get away, right? Well, it normal is but not for the 3,470 crew and passengers aboard, The Carnival Sensation, early Sunday morning. The Carnival Sensation received a bomb threat on its return to the Port Canaveral (located in the Florida) from being at the Bahamas for three days. The officials of the The Carnival Sensation notified the... 

Passengers on a Carnival Cruise Ship experienced an unexpected detour when the United States Coast Guard needed to search the top decks of the ship for a bomb. Passengers board the ship heard Ibrahim Khalil Zarou, 31, threaten to blow up the Carnival Sensation Zarou was overhead saying, “We are jihad. Come to the top deck and watch the bomb. The bomb is going to blow.” Members of the United... 

While millions of people each year depart on enormous cruise ships for a fun filled vacation, it appears that one notorious ship should be avoided all together. The Celebrity Mercury, which is owned and managed by Celebrity Cruises, had to return to port a day early on Thursday because of rampant sickness that occurred on the ship. According to the cruise company, 406 of the 1,800 passengers aboard... 

A rouge wave nearly 30 feet high slammed into the cruise ship Louis Majesty Wednesday sweeping two (one German and one Italian) passengers to their deaths. Two other abnormally large waves also hit the ship causing additional damage to the six hundred and eighty foot cruise ship that features ten passenger decks and seven hundred and thirty-two staterooms. The coastguard out of Marseilles stated... 

Yesterday, Kevin Smith began tweeting about a very unpleasant experience he had while on a Southwest flight—namely, that he was thrown off of the plane for being “way fat.” Apparently Smith was asked to leave the flight after he’d already boarded (and been recognized by several other passengers) as he was considered a “safety risk” by the plane’s captain. This...