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November was a bad month for timely travel

by Jon Surmacz

November was a bad month for timely travel — U.S. airlines reported the worst on-time performance for a November since 2000, a government report issued Wednesday shows. The airlines tracked by the U.S. government operated 76.5% of flights on time. That ranks as the second-worst November for on-time arrivals since 1995. (USA Today)

Hot topic: Your thoughts on the Gulf Coast recovery, or lack thereof.

Cincinnati’s sky-high air fares are tops in U.S. — With the average round-trip ticket costing $570, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) continues to be the nation’s most expensive major airport to fly to or from. (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Wheel scare halts Fung Wah bus trip — A set of rear wheels loosened on a Boston-bound Fung Wah bus yesterday, barely hanging on the coach after it had traveled nearly 200 miles at highway speeds on an early-morning trip from New York. (The Boston Globe) (Registration required.)

Ferry survivor: ‘I never let go of my boy’ — Six-year-old Anggi cried out for his mother after being rescued. But he got no answer. She disappeared in the dark, raging waters when an Indonesian ferry sank in a violent storm, leaving more than 400 people dead or missing. On Wednesday, Anggi and his father, Suyatno, were among 12 people found on an offshore oil rig 120 miles from where the ferry went down last week. (AP)

Hawaii seeks to set up emergency tourism fund
State tourism officials are seeking to set up an emergency marketing fund to counter global events that could hurt Hawaii’s No. 1 industry such as a terrorist attack or disease outbreak. (AP)

Guerilla tourism in El Salvador — Gun fragments, photos, combat plans and mountain hideouts. These are the latest tourist attractions in formerly war-torn El Salvador. (AP)

Opera soprano sues over hotel bedbugs — An opera singer has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the Hilton Hotels Corp., complaining that bedbugs bit her over her arms, chest, neck and face when she stayed in one of its Phoenix hotels in November. (AP)

Hundreds flee Monsterrat volcano — Hundreds of people living at the base of Montserrat’s Soufriere Hills volcano evacuated as a lava dome grew to dangerous levels in the British Caribbean island. (AP)


Carrie Charney, Christopher Elliott, John Frenaye, Charles Leocha, Marge Purnell, Valerie Schneider, Mary Staley, Stephanus Surjaputra, Richard Wong.

Published on January 4, 2007 ·

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