Delta cuts prices, rules
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Delta cuts prices, rules — Delta Air Lines, the nation’s second largest carrier, is expected to become the first of the so-called Big Six to radically change its pricing policy nationwide, removing irritating ticketing rules like required Saturday-night stays, halving ticket-change fees to $50 from $100 and slashing fares on everything from first class to last-minute tickets.
US Airways avoids another meltdown — US Airways managers skipped family gatherings and holiday football games yesterday to try to save their reeling company. About 50 managers from around the country descended on Philadelphia International Airport, site of a poor performance by the airline during the Christmas weekend that infuriated countless passengers. The worst of the trouble centered on Philadelphia International, where holiday travelers languished and up to 10,000 pieces of luggage accumulated, the owners nowhere in sight.
Web doesn’t lead to better trip — When we began planning a recent four-week road trip, our natural inclination was to turn to the Internet. Mouse here, click there, and in a few Web hits we’d be done  having saved ourselves a bundle in the process. In reality, things didn’t go quite so predictably.
Nor walk virus returns to UK hotel — Guests at a Scarborough hotel have been hit by a sickness bug just days after a previous outbreak forced the hotel to close in the run-up to Christmas. The Grand Hotel reopened on 23 December after a three-day shutdown caused by a viral infection affecting 14 guests.
Mini-tornado forces Aer Lingus cancellations — Several hundred Aer Lingus passengers were left stranded today after a seventh transatlantic flight was cancelled due to damage caused by a mini-tornado at Dublin airport. The State airline was forced to call off this afternoon’s EI125 service to Chicago with 300 travellers facing delays of up to 24 hours.
Surfer rides tsunami to safety — A veteran surfer has told how he was forced to ride a towering tsunami to save his life as it engulfed an idyllic Sri Lankan village. Martin Hambrook, 40, from Porthcawl, south Wales, was in the sea off the island’s southern coast waiting for what he hoped would be a perfect wave. Partner Vicky Maxwell, 42, and son Jai, seven, were watching from the beach as the horrific form of the tsunami appeared on the horizon.