Travel News - AP

ATLANTA - The grip U.S. airlines have on travelers' wallets is about to get tighter as carriers go ahead with plans to trim their domestic schedules due to the high cost of fuel.

TORONTO - Hundreds of Zoom Airlines passengers were stranded Thursday in Canada and the UK after the cash-strapped Canadian airline suddenly canceled all of its flights after creditors took action to get money owed them.

MINNEAPOLIS - United Airlines said on Wednesday it will furlough 1,550 flight attendants as it reduces its flying this fall.

ATLANTA - The FAA said that most flights around the country were back to normal Wednesday, after a software malfunction delayed hundreds of flights on Tuesday.

ATLANTA - The Federal Aviation Administration said a communication failure Tuesday at a facility that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. was causing flight delays around the U.S.

WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration warned on Tuesday that New York's three big airports may violate federal regulations if they block flights from landing slots newly auctioned by the FAA.

DALLAS - Southwest Airlines Co., which had resisted the kinds of capacity cuts being made by other carriers, will eliminate nearly 200 flights early next year as it struggles with high fuel costs and a weakening economy.

DALLAS - Southwest Airlines Co. has published its schedule and fares for early next year, a move that could spur rivals to lower their fares for the period, an airfare observer said Monday.

NEW YORK - The average cost to fly one mile in the U.S. on a commercial airliner rose 7.5 percent in July compared to the same month last year.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay will likely not become a hurricane, forecasters said Wednesday, relieving fears the zig-zagging storm would return from the Atlantic with punishing force later this week.

NEW YORK - American Airlines expanded the availability of in-flight Internet access Wednesday, launching airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights.

NEW ORLEANS - Carnival Cruise Lines will move the Carnival Triumph to New Orleans when the smaller Carnival Fantasy moves to Mobile, Ala., in 2009, officials announced Tuesday.

PHILADELPHIA - US Airways wants to offer year-round service between Philadelphia and Tel Aviv, Israel.

LONDON - British Airways PLC said its planned business-class only flight from London's close-in City Airport to New York will allow passengers to save time by completing U.S. arrival checks in Ireland.

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines will allow customers booked on flights to, from or through certain Georgia and Florida cities to adjust travel without penalties or fees because of Tropical Storm Fay.

NEW YORK - Wanted: Host families for international students.

HONOLULU - Take away the Secret Service, the 10-bedroom home rental, the staff and the $2,300-a-plate fundraiser, and Barack Obama's vacation in Hawaii included a lot of what anyone can do in paradise for surprisingly little money.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Call it skateboard diplomacy.

PHOENIX - With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Some 700,000 begonias will cover Brussels' main square beginning Friday to form a flower carpet of vibrant colors, a big draw to the Belgium capital that happens every other year but will wither and brown by the end of the weekend.

WASHINGTON - Some airlines have begun giving military personnel on official travel a pass on expensive baggage fees when they carry heavy duffel bags stuffed with combat gear.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the Happiest Place on Earth.

WAUKESHA, Wis. - John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his admirers are so protective of his legacy they don't want any of his original drawings photographed in full.

FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines said Wednesday it will waive the fee to check a third bag for active members of the U.S. military.

When family rights advocate John De Graff started doing some historical research, he came across a shocking discovery — that medieval European peasants had more vacation time than modern American office workers.

NEW YORK - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is going on the road to New York — the city that spawned hip-hop and gave Bob Dylan and the Ramones their start.

WASHINGTON - As summer vacation season kicked in, Americans got out of their cars, driving 12.2 billion fewer miles in June than the same month a year earlier.

LONDON - Spain's sun-soaked beaches, bars and boulevards are the destination of choice for millions of British travelers — but the government says more and more British citizens are spending time in Spanish jails and hospitals as well.