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EasyJet Launches
EasyJet is the largest airline in the United Kingdom because of how many passangers can fit onto the plane. It serves on over 600 routes across more than 30 countries. -
Microsoft creates Expedia
Expedia was created (by Microsoft) in Bellevue, WA. It has now expanded with localized sites for 22 countries becoming a multi-million dollar company. The site uses multiple global distribution systems for flights and for hotels, along with its own hotel reservation system, -
Air Passanger Duty
Air passenger duty (a type of flight tax) was cut on economy flights in 1996 and then elevated in 2006. Plans have risen in November of 2010 causing some arguments. -
Air France Flight 4590
Air France Flight 4590 was a Concorde flight that was supose to fly from an International Airport near Paris, New York City. It crashed into a hotel in Gonesse, France. Everyone on the plane died (109 passagers) and three people got hit by the plane, -
No Fly list Created to track potential terrorist.
The Terrorist Screening Center was created in 2003 and was tasked with creating a unified terrorist screening watchlist. Both the No Fly List and Selectee List were created by the FBI before being transferred to the TSA in 2002. -
Tourism for Tomorrow newly awarded
The World Travel and Tourism Council took the British Airways award for Tourism for Tomorrow. WTTC took over the Awards in 2003 with its first Awards ceremony in 2005. These awards are aimed at recognising best practice in sustainable tourism within the Travel & Tourism industry worldwide. -
Airbus A380 takes off
The Airbus A380 (worlds largest passanger airplane) makes its first trial flight to Toulouse and entered commercial service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. -
Hurricane Katrina Hits
Hurricane Katrina hits the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Tourism is the second largest employer of the city second only to government positions. There are more than 80,000 jobs and tourism prior to the Hurricane produced 5 Billion Dollars annually. Losses of up to $50 millions dollars were encountered post Katrina. -
US Airways Flight 1549 looses power
Flight 1549 hit a flock of geese on its way up into the sky and lost power. The plane landed in the Hudson River with no injuries. -
Shoe Bomber
Richard Reid aka The shoe Bomber attempted to dentonate explosives hidden in his sneakers on an American Airlines Flight from Paris France to Miami, Florida. -
Potential Terrorist attempted to blow up a planeby planting a bomb in his underwear.
Prior to 2010, the ACLU received few reports from U.S. citizens and green card holders denied boarding on planes. That changed after the TSC dramatically expanded the No Fly List in response to the intelligence failures that permitted Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber,” to fly from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009. -
Poop Cruise
Carnival Cruise Ship "The Triumph" catches on fire. 4,000 passengers and crew members are stranded after a fire knocks out the ships power. The ship drifted for 4 days with no air conditioning and very little water, food, toliet use or lights. This voyage became known as the "poop cruise" as waste began to back up. -
Permition to carry liquids in excess of 3.4 ozs.
Under rules that took effect January 31, 2014, “Passengers traveling internationally into the United States with a connecting flight are permitted to carry liquids in excess of 100 ml (3.4 ounces) in their carry-on baggage,” says TSA spokesperson Ross Feinstein, “provided they were purchased in duty-free shops and placed in secure, tamper-evident bags." -
Malyasian Flight 370 Missing
Malyasian Flight 370 dispappeared in route to Beijing with all 239 passengers in crew feared dead. No wreakage has been found to date. -
TSA Fee Hike Will Raise Prices On All U.S. Flights
TSA will raise security fees from $2.50 per one way flights to $6.50 per one way flights with no caps in Fees.
