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Southwest Fares on the Rise
Monday, July 09, 2007 4:26:46 PM |
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Southwest Airlines has raised fares of most of its flights by $1 to $10 each. The announcement came over the weekend, and many other airlines moved quickly to match the rate hike.
The increases began showing up Friday and ranged from $1 each way on flights of under 500 miles to $10 on walk-up fares for flights longer than 1,250 miles, said Southwest spokeswoman Beth Harbin.
Southwest remained profitable during the airline industry slump which began in early 2001. The slump due to a weak ec
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Government to Ease Passport Burden
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:34:11 AM |
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The Bush administration is planning to announce that it will ease into the more stringent passport rules planned for next year in order to minimize the waiting time caused by a backlog of nearly 3 million applications.
This announcement comes in the wake of angered U.S. citizens, many of whom are forced to wait up to three months to receive their passports – doubling the normal waiting period.
"By the end of September, we will get to eight weeks, and by the end of the year, bac
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