Emirates Airline, based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is offering cheaper fares for flights to 85 destinations for those passengers who book between now and February 15, 2009, to travel till May 31, 2009.

Airlines in India are slashing business class fares because of a 10 to 15 per cent fall in business class passenger traffic, due to cost cutting across companies.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has announced huge discounts in fares in an apparent effort to beat the reduction in air traffic arising out of the current global economic crisis.

Entering into a tie-up with Atlantis, the flagship resort and water park recently opened on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, Dubai-based Emirates Airline has unveiled a new offer for its passengers.

Airlines in India will be penalised if they delay paying compensation to passengers who have been denied boarding because of overbooking or flight cancellation.

  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, 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.