Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic historic flight opens space tourism
With company owner and uber-adventurer Sir Richard Branson on board, Virgin Galactic today announced that VSS Unity successfully reached space,… Read More »
Woman Gets Duct-Taped To Her Seat After Attempting To Open Airplane Door
On July 6, an unnamed passenger aboard a late-night flight found herself duct-taped to her seat after allegedly going ballistic… Read More »
United CEO Voices Optimism on Future of Travel
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, appearing on national television this Sunday morning on CBS’ ‘Face The Nation,’ voiced optimism over… Read More »
New York AG Says Airline Workers Will Be Reimbursed for Cleaning Costs
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has reached an agreement with an airline services company to repay employees after… Read More »
Aer Lingus’s British unit secures AOC
Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) (Belfast City) received its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Puts Top Executives To Work – Moving Baggage
Like its brethren in the industry, Alaska Airlines has been caught up in the perfect storm hitting aviation at the… Read More »
Extreme Vegas Heat Forces Southwest to Cancel Some Flights
Just as with other extreme weather phenomena – snowstorms, thunder and lightning, hail and ice – it turns out that… Read More »
Biden Administration Goes After Airlines With Executive Order
President Joe Biden on Friday signed a sweeping Executive Order aimed at reeling in corporate powers, including cracking down on… Read More »
NYC’s $370M Margaritaville Resort makes debut
The $370 million Margaritaville Resort Times Square hotel has opened in Manhattan’s entertainment district, complete with the city’s only year-round… Read More »
Hard-pressed hotel workers suffer hard time from guests
The New England hospitality industry is making formal pleas for courtesy to the public and mapping coping strategies for personnel… Read More »
Daily housekeeping ended at most of Hilton’s US hotels
Housekeeping at Hilton hotels in the US will be done daily only at the request of guests, except for the… Read More »
Walt Disney World Resort hotels in Fla. to reopen soon
Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., will reopen its Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort on July 19 following an extensive… Read More »
Pittsburgh pandemic hotel nears end of year-plus run
A county- and nonprofit-run hotel in Pittsburgh that’s been a free refuge from the pandemic for the vulnerable since April… Read More »
Serve yourself, buyer beware: Buffets back, carefully
The all-you-can eat buffet, once considered a permanent casualty of the pandemic, is re-emerging to a highly limited extent and… Read More »
RevPAR snapshot shows first pre-pandemic leap for hotels
Revenue per available room for US hotels rose 5.7% last week compared to the same period in 2019, according to… Read More »
Exec pioneered frequent-flyer programs at American
Thomas Plaskett, who died June 24 at the age of 77, created the first comprehensive frequent-flyer program as an executive… Read More »
Southwest exec: Pandemic altered plans, accelerated expansion
Southwest Airlines launched Hawaii service in 2019 with the intent to expand in 2020, but as a result of the… Read More »
A look inside New Orleans’ mostly abandoned airport
As the old New Orleans airport awaits a combination of demolition and repurposing, it maintains eerie signs of life with… Read More »
Alaska Airlines offers travel tips for vaccinated travelers returning to Hawaii
Alaska Airlines has some useful information for those planning a return to Hawaii after the state lifted travel restrictions for… Read More »
Air Canada exec lauds travel agent partners for pandemic dedication
Lucie Guillemette, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Air Canada, posted video messages thanking the airline’s travel agent… Read More »
Delta releases safety video featuring “Queer Eye” Fab Five
While a safety video that Delta Air Lines filmed with the “Fab Five” from “Queer Eye” was pre-empted because of… Read More »
Air freight demand stabilizing as capacity rebounds
Freight companies such as Atlas Air, FedEx and UPS continue to reap the benefits of high air cargo rates as… Read More »