Extra tab for hotel services draws interest, skepticism
Charging for perks such as early check-ins and pool use has caught on with one US hotel chain, but most… Read More »
COVID-19 a factor in air passenger count drop in Aug.
The US air passenger count dipped from 2,004,220 per day in the first two weeks in July to 1,973,077 for… Read More »
Survey: Majority of travelers support vaccine passports
A survey from Upgraded Points found that 81.8% of Americans support vaccination passports and 54.9% support them for travel. “The… Read More »
Delta upgrades premium cabin menus
Delta Air Lines is upgrading its premium cabin menus, and passengers traveling from San Francisco to Boston and New York… Read More »
American adjusts schedules, training operations to accommodate demand
American Airlines is extending operation of its pilot training base in Charlotte, N.C., citing “the single largest increase in leisure… Read More »
US airlines ramp up hiring plans
The demand for pilots at aviation companies, including major airlines, has been steadily increasing during the first half of the… Read More »
Amex GBT Earns Patents for Booking, Chat Tech
American Express Global Business Travel has been awarded two new U.S. patents for technology designed for use by corporate travelers… Read More »
Video shows fire suppression test at new United facility
United Airlines has posted a video showing a safety test at its nearly complete maintenance facility, in which the fire… Read More »
Airlines reroute flights around Afghanistan
United Airlines is among major international airlines rerouting flights away from the airspace over Afghanistan as that country succumbs to… Read More »
Ryanair: new winter routes from Cyprus
Ryanair airlines announced three new Cyprus routes for Germany and Poland for this winter. The new destinations concern Cologne and Memmingen… Read More »
Athens: Scoot inaugural flight to Berlin from Athens
Scoot offering additional services to Berlin from Athens, extending its successful Singapore-Athens route As of the 10th of August, Scoot… Read More »
Katowice Airport Handles over 420 Thousand passengers
Passenger Traffic in July 2021 During the seventh month of 2021, 423,627 passengers – 258,757 more (+156.9%) in comparison with… Read More »
Jamaica Records One Millionth Post Reopening Visitor
Jamaica this week recorded its one-millionth visitor since the country’s June 15, 2020 border reopening following the pandemic outbreak, Jamaica… Read More »
National Parks Institute Mandatory Mask Mandate
The National Park Service today immediately began requiring visitors to every National Park to wear a face mask, regardless of… Read More »
Antigua and Barbuda Posts Record July Visitor Arrivals
Driven by U.S. travelers to the Caribbean nation, overnight visitors to Antigua and Barbuda during July surpassed numbers for the… Read More »
Nevada Allowing Large Venues to Require Proof of Vaccination
Officials in Nevada announced that large event venues could opt out of the state’s mandatory mask mandate if they require that all… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Brings Back $49 Fare Sale
Southwest Airlines is putting fall flights on sale from under $100 roundtrip this week. Available for purchase now through Thursday,… Read More »
Spirit Lost $50 Million on Cancellation Fiasco
A near two-week stretch in which Spirit Airlines was forced to cancel nearly 2,800 flights has cost the low-budget carrier… Read More »
Iberostar Joins Expedia To Sign The UNESCO Sustainable Travel Pledge
Iberostar has joined Expedia Group and UNESCO to expand the UNESCO Sustainable Travel Pledge, which aims to promote responsible practices, community resilience… Read More »
United Tells Employees Not to Duct-Tape Passengers
Yeah, um, about that whole duct tape phenomenon going on in the airline industry? Let’s avoid that. That’s what United Airlines… Read More »
Don’t Miss These Cheap Flight Deals to Cancun
Scott’s Cheap Flights—the email subscription service that sends the best flight deals directly to the inboxes of its more than… Read More »
This Hawaii Restaurant Group Will Require Employees To Get Vaccinated
With the COVID-19 Delta variant still surging, discussions of mask and vaccine mandates have taken place among local and state… Read More »