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 [...]

Reminiscent of the man without out a country is this cruise ship without ports of call because of fears over swine flu.
Australia orders ’swine flu ship’ to remain at sea as more cases confirmed
Concern over an outbreak of swine flu on a cruise ship off the coast of Australia has prompted authorities to order the [...]

Gas Prices Cause Airline to Remove Life Vests
Air Canada’s regional carrier Jazz is removing life vests from all its planes to save weight and fuel.
Jazz spokeswoman Manon Stuart said Thursday Transport Canada regulations allow airlines to use floatation devices instead of life vests provided the planes remain within 50 miles (80 kilometers) of shore.
50 miles? [...]

What’s the best way to get from England to Australia? Most people would say flying would be the only reasonable option, but this video is about a couple who defined “best way” as the most sustainable way and decided to bike the distance.
Bike 2 Oz is a video series about the young couple who successfully [...]