Good times are finally back for the nation’s airlines. For travelers, that means it’s getting harder to find bargains. The summer travel season got off to a roaring start, fares are up, and money is rolling in from fees on things like checked baggage. The six biggest U.S. airlines earned about $1.3 billion in the [ more ]

Tony Blair’s evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry that toppling Saddam Hussein helped make Britain safe from terrorists was dramatically undermined by the former head of MI5 yesterday. Giving evidence to the same inquiry, Eliza Manningham-Buller revealed that there was such a surge of warnings of home-grown terrorist threats after the invasion of [ more ]

The employer of the young New South Wales woman who was killed in a stampede at a German music festival on the weekend has described her as outgoing and fun. Clancie Ridley, 27, was one of 19 people killed at the Love Parade festival in the city of Duisburg, in western Germany, after crowds panicked [ more ]

Travellers used to getting a free wireless Internet connection on land are not willing to pay for one at 30,000 feet (9,000 metres). Wireless Internet service on airlines has not caught on, mostly because of the price. Travelers already paying $25 to check a bag and $20 for a roomier seat do not want to [ more ]