I actually like the Travel News forum, there are some threads that don't fit anywhere else but are news, like this one I posted:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ey-column.html

It's also good for the occasional discussion of military aviation news. Without this forum, these threads will end up somewhere else, probably Travel Buzz!, which is saturated enough as it is. As of now, I am against closing this forum.