Southwest Airlines new premium seats featuring extra legroom. Leslie Josephs/CNBC Southwest Airlines ' first assigned seats went on sale this week for flights starting Jan. 27 of next year. What you'll pay will vary. The price depends on the route, when you're traveling and where you sit. Selecting your ideal seats can add…
American Airlines new business-class suite. American Airlines DALLAS — Armed with dollops of caviar and handfuls of Bang & Olufsen headphones, U.S. airlines are duking it out for international business-class dominance. There are even differences between seats in the same cabin. Next week, American Airlines plans to start flying its upgraded business-class…
When you have covered travel news for 25 years, as I have, you notice that certain stories flare up with the regularity of heartburn. Such it is with standing airline seats, a sizzling hot news story that first appeared in 2010. Fifteen years ago, I inspected the concept for AOL, a media outlet that, over…
A Lufthansa First Class "Allegris" cabin, which was set up outside the show. Peter Kneffel | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Heated or cooled seats. Ultra-high-definition TV screens. Benches. Convertible beds. All-aisle access. And of course, the coveted privacy door. Ever-more luxurious first- and business-class cabins that have hundreds of parts and require regulator approval…
Don't assume that you can automatically use your child's car seat on an airplane. It depends on the seat you own.
Whether or not you can strap your kids into their car seats on an airplane depends upon the type of seats, the point during the flight…
The Las Vegas Strip is big on endless construction and it's hot on imploding older buildings. But when it comes to creating memorable visual landmarks, modern Vegas usually folds. After the 1990s heyday of iconic Strip architecture passed, most of the towers erected on Las Vegas Boulevard have looked like lightly themed columns of rooms…
Frontier Airlines planes are parked at gates in Denver International Airport (DEN) in Denver, Colorado, on August 5, 2023. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images Frontier Airlines , one of the world's biggest budget airlines, is adding first-class seats. Its change in strategy comes as the industry is battling for customers who…
A Frontier Airlines plane lands at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Elizabeth Page Brumley | Tribune News Service | Getty Images First class on Frontier ? Not quite. But the budget airline on Tuesday launched a new add-on to get more room at the front of…