Local travel stories

• Airline fares rise

  Figures just released from the government show that airline prices in the first three months of this year rose nearly 5 percent from a year earlier.

• Your travel photos - Pennsylvanians visit Wrightsville Beach

  

  Chloe and Abbi Walsh of Media, Pa., visit Wrightsville Beach.

• Virgin Galactic spacecraft makes 1st crewed flight

  A company working to send tourists on suborbital flights tested its spacecraft with a crew for the first time.

• Short-snouted dogs most likely to die on planes

  Short-snouted breeds such as bulldogs and pugs account for roughly half the purebred dog deaths on airplanes in the past five years.

• Travel sites take off with tools for deals

  The best travel website reflect the new realities of travel and offer to include luggage fees in fare calculations. That helps because $15 or $25 applied each way can turn a good deal sour.