Delta and Virgin Atlantic are returning to their home at London Heathrow Terminal 3, which has been closed for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on July 15. The airlines are looking forward to safely welcoming customers back onto their home turf, which has been missed by many, with their signature flair, dedicated […]
The order, the largest in United's history, will combine with previous orders to enable the carrier to grow by approximately 200 aircraft over the next five years while expanding available seats across its U.S. network by 30%. United also said it will grow its total inventory of domestic first-class and Economy Plus seats by approximately […]
Current business travel volume is about 30% of 2019 levels and average daily hotel rates remain lower as well but are increasing. The figures, from hotel analytics firm Tripbam's second-quarter market report, also reveal global market hotel rates are up 10% month over month and are on pace to reach 2019 levels before year's end […]
Business travel is on track to return to 70 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of 2021, with nearly two out of five business travelers around the world indicating that receiving the coronavirus vaccine is a priority before returning to travel, according to travel management consultancy GoldSpring Consulting's Business Traveler Sentiment Survey. The study […]
Luxury travel operator Unforgettable Travel recently teamed up with digital marketing agency SEO Travel, developing a list of 135 of the world's most popular "bucket list" destinations and using software to determine how many people were making plans to visit each site. The research looked at searches from May 2020 to May 2021, revealing the […]
Recent changes have included eliminating blackout dates for all members — previously, Premier members and qualified co-branded Chase cardholders had no blackout dates, but it has now been expanded program-wide — and cutting award prices on certain routes. One-way economy fares on some routes to Europe, including Madrid, Lisbon and Reykjavik, have been cut to […]
The FAA says requiring a secondary cockpit door on new aircraft and a minimum flight attendant rest period of 10 hours between flights are regulatory priorities for the coming year. The agency and its parent cabinet department, the DOT, are already long out of compliance on congressional mandates to address both matters. The 2018 FAA […]
Carnival Corporation & plc announced eight of its cruise line brands plan to resume guest operations in the United States, the Caribbean and Europe. AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Seabourn will resume operations using a gradual, phased-in approach. Sailings have been announced on […]
As summer travel kicks into high gear, Delta continues to build on its successful efforts to reintroduce onboard food and beverage service for customers returning to the skies. Starting this week, Delta One and First Class customers flying on select domestic routes will again enjoy hot meals featuring local fare and customer favorites. "The new […]
About 35 percent of U.S. businesses are currently engaged in any business-related travel, said U.S. Travel Association president and CEO Roger Dow during a Tuesday press conference that focused on the steps needed to ignite business travel and meetings and events. Additionally, business travel won't fully recover to 2019 levels of either spend or number […]
