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A helpful DOT pamphlet titled “Fly Rights” has been updated. Does it make sense of the crazy airline world that has emerged during the last decade in terms of security and during the last three years in terms of airline fees? Sometimes yes, and sometimes no.
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Let’s treat airlines like profit-making entities instead of like wards of the state. If the last decade was a disaster for major airlines, the next decade is shaping up to be nirvana unless we are faced with an unexpected oil shock and a series of volcanoes.
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Airlines look upon landing and take-off slots as personal property. However, the airlines have not paid for these slots. They were distributed by the FAA back when the airspace was wide-open and air-traffic problems were not even envisioned. They belong to the public, not the airlines.
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The best chance of stopping the merger of giants Continental and United Airlines is gone. The same department that two years ago recommended against allowing these two airlines to for an airline alliance with antitrust immunity, just approved a full merger. Go figure.
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The rumored massive FAA fine against American Airlines for maintenance violations back in April of 2008 has been announced — try on $24.2 million on for size.
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This peak travel fee is a fee that most people don’t even know they are paying. It is really hidden and included right in the airfare, like the transportation excise tax. But, travelers will notice it when prices vary by $30 to $60 from day to day. It could be the peak travel fee.
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Sion, the capital city of the Valais Region of Switzerland has won international safety standards for its local airport. This means planes carrying up to 120 passengers can now land within a short drive of some of Switzerland’s major ski and snowboard resorts and the country’s top wine-growing region.
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If the airlines honestly believe that airline fees are about providing the flying public the services they want at a fair price, they will join us in urging DOT to mandate full disclosure of airline fees and work proactively with travel agents and GDSs to make all fees transparent and allow transactions for these fees to be made at any place that sells airfares.
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The Consumer Travel Alliance is in the midst of conducting a survey about hidden airline fees. As part of the study, we need stories about the effect on travelers of these hidden airline fees. Please add them to our comments.
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