By the calculation of Virgin America CEO David Cush, it takes about three hours to fly from San Francisco to Las Vegas when you include ground time.
Tourism
Las Vegas has done it again.
A day after panelists at a tourism safety conference warned Las Vegas is a prime target for a terrorist attack, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie and a top tourism official issued strongly worded denials.
An executive with Las Vegas’ second-largest cab company on Friday angrily responded to a recent state legislative audit that argued nearly 1.5 million travelers were overcharged an estimated $14.8 million last year by cabdrivers and cab companies.
Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political headaches for lawmakers. The House approved the measure on a 361-41 vote, a day after the Senate swiftly agreed to the bill. The vote came as lawmakers prepared to leave town for a weeklong spring recess.
Security experts in Las Vegas for a conference on tourism safety agreed that the city would be a prime target for terrorists looking to do damage on American soil.
Buoyed by an earlier Easter holiday and lower maintenance bills, Allegiant Travel Co.’s revenues and profits jumped during the first quarter.
WASHINGTON — With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers.
Imagine waking up, looking outside your bedroom window and seeing a row of decapitated human heads sitting atop street lamp after street lamp, as far as the eye can see.
WASHINGTON — A day after flight delays plagued much of the nation, air travel was smoother Tuesday, but the government warned passengers that the situation could change by the hour as thousands of air traffic controllers are forced to take furloughs because of budget cuts.
Nearly a million and a half travelers were overcharged an estimated $14.8 million last year by cabdrivers and cab companies, a legislative audit of the state Taxicab Authority found.
NEW YORK — Flight delays piled up all across the country Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers were forced to take an unpaid day off because of federal budget cuts, providing the most visible impact yet of Congress and the White House’s failure to agree on a long-term deficit-reduction plan.
Nearly a million and a half travelers were overcharged an estimated $14.8 million last year by cab drivers and cab companies, a legislative audit of the state Taxicab Authority found.
Business travel is looking good this year.
Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts, though some delays appeared in the late evening in and around New York. And even though the nightmarish flight delays and cancellations that the airline industry predicted would result from the furloughs did not materialize, the real test will come today , when traffic ramps up.
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