Air Travel
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Airport in Italy Receives First Five-Star Rating for COVID-19 Safety Protocols
The ratings are given out by Skytrax Airport Ratings company, based on inspections and testing carried out by their audit team at each airport to verify real-time standards.
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Qantas Flight to Nowhere Sells Out in Minutes
Depart from Sydney and fly up the New South Wales coast before crossing the Queensland border for a flyby of the Gold Coast and then up the Queensland coast to the Great Barrier Reef. The aircraft will then track across Australia to do low level flybys of Uluru and Kata Tjuta before heading back to…
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Southwest to Block Middle Seats Through November 30
Southwest Airlines said on Wednesday it will continue to limit the number of seats sold on each flight, allowing middle seats to remain empty through November 30.
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Air Canada Launches Infinite Flight Pass
Air Canada has announced a new option to get unlimited travel within Canada, for one flat monthly rate. Available now for one week only, this unique subscription provides the freedom of unlimited travel within Canada for one, two or three months.
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AMEX Announces Centurion Lounge Expansions and Reopening Plans
The Centurion Lounge at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) will relocate to a larger location in the brand new Terminal B, and as previously announced, the current Centurion Lounge at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport (LAS), will be expanded and redesigned.
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Hawaiian Airlines Says Aloha to Change Fees for All Flights
Effective immediate, Hawaiian has eliminated change fees for guests who purchase tickets or redeem HawaiianMiles for Main Cabin, Extra Comfort or First/Premium Cabin Class seats.
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TSA is Testing ‘Self-Service’ Checkpoint at DCA
The Transportation Security Administration is testing out a new touch-less “self-service” technology that instantly matches a passenger with the photo on their ID. The system also confirms their flight information in near real time.
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Alaska Airlines Eliminates Change Fees Permanently
Alaska Airlines announced today in a press release that effective immediately it will eliminate change fees on all domestic and international tickets.
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Delta and American Airlines Are Dumping Change Fees
Well, this is a good trend. United Airlines started it Sunday with its announcement that it would permanently get rid of change fees. Now its two major rivals, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have followed suit, less than 24 hours later. Both announced Monday afternoon that they would permanently drop most change fees as…
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United Permanently Eliminates Most Change Fees
The new change fee policy applies to all standard Economy and Premium cabin tickets for travel within the U.S. 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and customers will not be limited in the number of times they adjust their flights.
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Air Travel Rebound Has Stalled in Recent Weeks
The rebound in air travel has cooled off in recent weeks. In May and June we saw continuous increase in travel demand, but since early July, the demand has stayed nearly flat.
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American Airlines Gets Approval to Use Seven-Day Virus Killer Spray
SurfaceWise2 is the latest surface coating from Allied BioScience with antiviral properties that continuously kill 99.9% of viruses on surfaces. The non-toxic coating is applied via an electrostatic spray to provide always-on protection on treated surfaces.
