Delta is redoubling its efforts to give customers more flexibility in their travel plans with another industry-leading eCredit extension through year-end 2023. Effective Jan. 12, all existing eCredit holders will have an additional year of flexibility for rebooking and traveling. Customers will be able to rebook their ticket by December 31, 2023, for travel throughout […]
Delta’s operation stabilized over the past week, with significantly fewer disruptions to our flight schedule, most of which were attributed to winter weather. As impacts from the omicron variant lessen, less than 1% of our scheduled flights were canceled Wednesday across Delta’s mainline and Delta Connection operations. As of noon Thursday, just three mainline and […]
Airlines, eager to score points with environmentally conscious consumers, are starting to green up their loyalty programs. Skeptics, however, question the environmental benefit of such initiatives. This month, Etihad plans to launch its Conscious Choices program, offering members of the carrier's Etihad Guest loyalty program the opportunity to earn points toward loyalty status for a […]
In the early days of the pandemic, face masks went from being exclusively reserved for healthcare workers to a blanket recommendation for the general population in a matter of months. Now, nearly two years later, our understanding of which types of face masks offer true protection has changed greatly—and has continually been revised as new […]
The road trip continues to be one of the most popular vacations these days. It comes as no surprise as flights continue to be disrupted and regulations on various types of travel continue to change. Vacation rental company Vrbo has released data on bookings that reveals many Americans continue to book properties close to home. […]
The Airports Council International — North America is pushing back against an agreement reached last week between the FAA and telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T for the rollout of new 5G Wi-Fi capabilities. "This so-called fix will create winners and losers within the airport community, and the entire aviation system will suffer under the terms […]
Omircon continues to place a strain on United Airlines' operations. But the carrier's vaccine mandate is saving lives, CEO Scott Kirby told company employees in a memo Tuesday. Currently, about 3,000 of United's approximately 70,000-person workforce are positive for Covid-19, Kirby wrote. With so many employees calling in sick, United has reduced its near-term schedule, […]
2021 was a year of constant recalibration in the turbulent ground of the pandemic, with the incessant back-and-forth of the Covid-19 virus' spread and variants upending everybody's plans and forecasts. Still, if past is prologue, a review of the business travel industry's top stories of 2021, as measured by the number of unique readers for […]
Air France is adding a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) levy to all tickets departing France from today. The airline says that “French regulations require the incorporation of 1 per cent SAF on all fuels departing from France. As a result, a SAF contribution will be included in the price of each ticket, ranging from €1-4 […]
costar Technologies that boost convenience and control while letting guests avoid human contact if they want are still the most important tech investments for the hotel industry, experts said. Patrick Dunphy, chief information officer for industry group Hospitality Technology Next Generation, said "mobile-first" should be top of mind for all hoteliers as the industry is […]