Virgin America was voted best US airline in Travel and Leisure's yearly survey, for the second year running. JetBlue, 3rd last year and Midwest, 2nd last year, take the following spots. The only new airline in the top 10 came in 4th, WestJet airlines.

In the International airline category, Singapore Airlines came in first - again, again - followed by Qatar (not ranked last year) and Emirate (2nd last year). Apart from Qatar, Virgin Atlantic (6th), Air New Zealand and Asiana airlines were new to the list in relation to last year.

Flycheapo.com has counted the number of European low-cost routes, airports and countries. The Number of European low-cost airline routes is 4659, flying between 353 airports in 44 European countries. All in all there are 46 active low cost airlines in Europe. By checking www.momondo.com, you can find fares on the vast majority, if not all these routes - even the ones you had no idea existed.

Book by July 30th, Alaska Airlines has announced its Fall Preview Sale with cheap flights to dozens of cities including Sacramento, Miami, San Diego, Portland and Austin. Travel is valid on Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday between Aug. 18 and Nov. 18 and fares start as low as $57 one-way, excluding taxes and charges.

Dreaming of the sandy beaches, palms and warm blue oceans, then look look no further than Delta Air Lines Hawaii flight sale. Book by August 5th, and travel between August 22nd and December 16th (except Thanksgiving) then you can book flights to Honolulu from select U.S. cities and fly to Hawaii for as low as $163 each-way - excluding taxes and charges. are extra).