Airlines Are Cracking Down on Passengers Not Wearing Masks
Airlines for America (A4A), a trade organization that represents leading U.S. airlines, declared that its member carriers are vowing to vigorously… Read More »
United Leverages MileagePlus Program for $5 Billion in Liquidity
United Airlines today announced that it plans on using its MileagePlus frequent flyer program as collateral to secure a $5-billion loan,… Read More »
Florida TSA Officers Seize 12 Guns in Nine Days
We’ve heard about it and we’ve read about it—from weapons to drugs and everything in between, there’s no limit to… Read More »
Canadian Airports to Begin Mandatory Temperature Screenings
As the world continues striving to be a safer place amid COVID-19, many hotels, restaurants, airports and more are implementing… Read More »
Airline Passenger Unknowingly Brought Coronavirus From NY to LA
American Airlines and the public are only now learning how a mid-March flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International… Read More »
Lack of social distancing rule makes American Airlines an outlier
American Airlines is looking to pack more passengers onto flights in the coming months and unlike many peers has not… Read More »
United Airlines Turns Old Uniforms Into Masks for Frontline Workers
United Airlines announced Wednesday it had delivered 7,500 face masks crafted from old uniforms over the last week to frontline workers…. Read More »
More US carriers instruct passengers to wear face masks in the cabin
A further three more US carriers have announced plans to require all passengers to wear face coverings when in the… Read More »
American Airlines, Delta, United will require facial coverings on U.S. flights
Three of the largest four U.S. airlines said Thursday they will require passengers to wear facial coverings on U.S. flights,… Read More »
JetBlue will require passengers to wear masks and other airlines will provide them
Starting May 4, all JetBlue Airways passengers will be required to wear a face covering, the strictest policy so far… Read More »
NACA proposes SAFETY protocols for resumption of commercial air travel
NACA releases “SAFETY: The Necessary Elements to Return Passengers to the Skies,” outlining principles for the U.S. airline industry to… Read More »
AirAsia PPE uniforms to allow route resumptions
AirAsia is trialing a personal protective equipment (PPE) uniform for its cabin crew as the LCC group prepares for the resumption… Read More »
American Airlines pilots want all passengers to wear masks
American Airlines pilots want strict laws that they say will protect crew and passengers as the COVID-19 outbreak persists. The… Read More »
Delta sees few signs travelers are itching to fly even as virus restrictions ease
With some states starting to ease coronavirus restrictions, a big question in the decimated airline industry is whether the moves… Read More »
MedAire partnering with airlines on new pre-flight COVID-19 screening
MedAire, the world’s leading provider of in-flight medical advice and assistance to commercial airlines -announced the launch of new pre-flight… Read More »
San Francisco Airport (SFO) cyber-attacked by Russian hackers
A cyber-attack on San Francisco International Airport (SFO) last month was carried out by state-sponsored Russian hackers, according to Eset…. Read More »
Many ways how travel businesses are helping during the current crisis
What a month it has been. Amid all the doom and gloom of the coronavirus pandemic, there are some positive… Read More »
Air Tahiti Nui Boeing 787 breaks passenger flight records
As the United States shuts down its borders to European flights, airlines are getting creative. Air Tahiti Nui is one… Read More »
Lion Air sterilizes its aircraft according to international standards
PT Lion Mentari Airlines (“Lion Air”) announced that it will carry out sterilization of all its operating aircraft to enhance… Read More »
Three Chinese airlines resume SFO flights
As China sees first signs of recovery, flights return. But who will fly? While most U.S. airlines are cutting flights… Read More »
Faster inflight Wi-Fi is one small perk of the coronavirus outbreak
Fewer people on board means less competition for bandwidth. And once travel gets back to normal, the future might offer… Read More »
Laptop screen was crushed by reclining seat
A passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Austin, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, says his livelihood was destroyed… Read More »