Lyft Business has added a new tool for corporate customers to track greenhouse gas emissions, the company announced Wednesday. Corporate clients now can access a sustainability dashboard within the Lyft Business portal that displays the GHG emissions, measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, their organization has generated through use of Lyft Business. They […]
Travel technology promises more efficient adventures to explore an increasingly connected but equally amazing world. The travel industry emerges from the pandemic more convinced than ever of the importance of developing and integrating new technologies that streamline passenger transit, streamline connections between major cities, improve traveler safety and protect the environment. From airport security systems […]
A domestic travel environment relatively free of Covid-related restrictions has sapped much of the pent-up demand that existed last spring and sent airfares flying. But for some international markets, airlines likely can still look forward to a winter, spring and summer in which they will benefit from demand driven by the lingering aftereffects of travel […]
Packing for a trip always feels like a dance between art and science—and attempting to pack light complicates things even further. A few weeks ago, I traveled with my high school senior to California for a two-week tour of colleges. Considering we had a stacked agenda and were going to be on the road a […]
Particularly given this past year’s widespread flight disruptions and extended airport wait times, people these days are spending more and more time at the airport, whether it’s while awaiting their initial departure or during a layover between connecting flights. It comes as no surprise, then, that air travelers are increasingly interested in making those hours […]
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian made a call to action for more funding and investment in the U.S. air traffic control system after an outage Wednesday disrupted more than 11,000 flights across the country. “It’s very clear that there has to be a call to action amongst our political leaders, the Congress and the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Wednesday after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, and the government launched an investigation into the breakdown, which grounded some planes for hours. The FAA said preliminary indications "traced the outage to a damaged database file." The agency […]
The U.S. government has extended its existing Covid-19 entry requirements for another three months to mid-April. The current requirement, which requires international visitors to the U.S. to be fully vaccinated against the virus, had been due to end on Jan. 8 but now has been extended to April 10 by the Transportation Security Administration. The […]
Most American business travelers have reported a return to pre-pandemic “normalcy” around their work travel expectations, according to a new American Hotel & Lodging Association survey. Nearly 70 percent of business travelers said their employers have either returned to the pre-pandemic normal or increased business travel, according to the AHLA’s Hotel Booking Index survey. The […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has estimated that it will take an investment of $26 million to equip aircraft with the needed equipment to comply with its 5G modification requirements. The estimation comes only a few days after the administration announced that all aircraft operating for a commercial airline would need to upgrade their avionics […]