I had a chance to fly the famously cheap European discount airline EasyJet last month. I have a little better idea why so many people have a love / hate relationship with this budget airline.
6 reasons to love EasyJet

Good fares – Let’s face it, EasyJet has good fares. Even when you factor in [...]

For a good discussion of this week’s travel news check out This Week in Travel which is a new podcast that took part in today.
Excuse me? You want to charge me for what?
Top nine outrageous airline fees and extreme flying charges
Drivers at Luton Airport — a venue north of London, England, favored by discount airlines [...]

“Hey, what does this button do?”
Major Oops Could Cost Airline Big Money
An embarrassing incident at an American Airlines maintenance base in Fort Worth left a plane badly damaged, after the landing gear retracted, sending the nose of the jumbo jet crashing to the ground.

“Well Martha, they did promise we would see whales on this [...]

Is this a trip to help prevent piracy? Is it a trip where you can pay to hunt humans? This one scares me.
Paying Money to Murder: Russian Luxury Yachts Offer Pirate Hunting Cruises
In a brilliant–if deeply disturbing–stroke of entrepreneurial genius, Russian luxury yachts have begun to advertise adventure cruises where passengers pony up almost [...]

Air New Zealand is trying a unique approach to get people to watch that safety video. In a video titled “Bare essentials of safety from Air New Zealand” they have Air New Zealand staff wearing only body paint and shot from strategic angles or behind props. The video thanks the crew for “going all out”. [...]

I am in Cozumel this weekend and I was flown down here by the Park Royal Resort to review the property (more about that soon). For the flight down they flew me in first class which I never purchase myself (and told them I did not think they needed to provide such for travel bloggers). [...]

It is not as uncommon as you would hope that people go over the side of their cruise ship and are not heard from again. A man was recently saved after 3 hours in the water. How was it that you said he fell overboard again?
Man Overboard: Carnival Inspiration
According to reports, Larry Miller, 46, fell [...]

Air France Flight 447 was lost in the ocean between Brazil and France this week.
Nuclear sub to join hunt for jet
A French nuclear submarine is being sent to help find an Air France plane which disappeared over the Atlantic. French Defence Minister Herve Morin said the submarine had sonar equipment that could help locate [...]

The first story is either very very cool or very very creepy… probably both. Just don’t react when the security screen whispers ‘Jihad’ in your ear.
EU tests brain scanning to catch terrorists
The EU has been testing new ways to catch terrorists, and a method of brain scanning could be the way to weed them out.
Developed [...]

The first story is a sad one but one that people need to hear. Please, please, please pay attention to the seat belt signs when you fly.
Pay attention to that seat belt sign
A Texas woman is paralyzed after getting up to use the lavatory, ignoring the fasten seat belt sign, as her Continental Airlines flight [...]