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GoAir has announced a special offer, christened ‘Buy 5 Get 1 Free’, which will enable customers to get a free ticket against the base fare on booking 5 tickets.  Go Air, part of the Wadia Group, is a low-fare carrier currently operating across 11 destinations.

AirTran Airways, the low-cost airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, the United States, has decided to charge a fee of $15 for the first checked bag.

Southwest Airlines, the low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, will launch a new service from Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport on March 8, 2009, with 8 daily round trips and $69 one-way fares.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag carrier of Germany, and British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom, have reduced fuel surcharges following a fall in the price of crude oil.

The United States-based United Airlines has decided to double the fee it charges some passengers to check a second bag, citing as reason the volatile prices of aviation turbine fuel.

  Perhaps for the first in the history of airline industry, the United States-based JetBlue Airways Corporation is auctioning off over 300 roundtrip flights and 6 vacation packages on eBay, the online auction and shopping website.

Ryanair, the biggest budget airline in Europe, has said it has furnished evidence to an investigation being conducted by the European Commission that unauthorised “ticket-touting” websites were consistently over-charging travellers.

Ryanair, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, has announced that the carrier will only allow flights to be bought through its Ryanair.com website and that bookings made through third-party price comparison websites will not be honoured.

Cathay Pacific, the largest airline and flag carrier of Hong Kong, is set to join a long list of airlines worldwide that have hiked fares in the face of dramatic rise in the prices of aviation fuel.

Singapore Airlines, the world’s second-biggest airline by market value, will increase fuel surcharges for tickets issued from June 24, 2008, in order to cope with the dramatic rise in the costs of jet fuel.

Northwest Airlines, a major airline based in the United States, will once again cut its capacity in the fourth quarter of 2008 and reduce its workforce in its efforts to cope with rising prices of aviation fuel.

Four major airlines of the world – Lufthansa, Air Berlin, Air France-KLM and American Airlines – have raised passenger fuel surcharges in the wake record-high prices of aviation fuel.

Virgin Blue, the low-cost airline of Australia, is considering charging passengers for checking in their baggage as a part of its bid to cope with high fuel costs.

Virgin Atlantic, one of the world's leading long-haul airlines, has announced  that it will charge lower fuel charges from its Economy-class passengers than those travelling in the premium classes.

American Airlines, United, Continental, Delta and US Airways reduce fares

Air Pacific, Fijis international airline, is raising fares from Fiji to Australia and New Zealand by about 4%.

Air New Zealand, the national flag carrier of New Zealand and the country’s largest carrier, has announced that it will increase fares – once again – on domestic and international flights by 4% on an average.

Global airline giants such as British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe, and Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, are likely to join low-cost, rival carriers in charging passengers for baggage check-in and food in the face of exceptionally high prices of aviation fuel.

In a shocking finding, aviation regulators of the European Union have found that websites selling airline tickets are misleading 1 in 3 European travellers.

Ryanair and Aer Lingus, two major airlines of Ireland, have increased charges for luggage.

Three major airlines based in the United States – American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines – have increased fares by as much as $60 round trip to counter the phenomenal rise in prices of jet fuel.

Frontier Airlines, based in Denver, Colorado, the United States, has decided to raise the charge for taking antlers on its planes to $100 from $75.