By now, we all know that soft demand for airline tickets and a global recession have hit major airlines hard. But new figures released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation provided one piece of good news: the percentage of flights arriving on…
Millions of last year’s air travelers are no longer boarding airplanes. The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that air travel dropped for a 13th straight month in March, echoing similar reductions in driving. The number of scheduled domestic and international…
The decline in American driving has entered its second year, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced this moring. Motorists drove 7 billion fewer miles in January than they did in January 2008, a 3.1 percent decline. Driving in the north…
