American Airlines and JetBlue Introduce Enhanced Perks for Loyalty Status Members Made Possible Through the Northeast Alliance
American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) and JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) are elevating the travel experience for their most loyal travelers, with new perks for AAdvantage® and TrueBlue Mosaic status members when traveling on either airline. It is the latest round of customer benefits made possible by the airlines’ innovative Northeast Alliance (NEA). Starting today, when checking in […]
Could Airlines Require Immunity Passports for Travelers to Fly Again?
Although the coronavirus is still proliferating around the globe, airlines have begun to look at what it will take to get fliers back on planes en masse in a post-pandemic world. Blocking middle seats in the name of social distancing and deep sanitizing of plane cabins will likely be sticking around for the foreseeable future, […]
Curacao Immigration Forms Are Going Completely Digital
Flying to Curacao is about to get a whole lot easier. Curacao’s Hato International Airport is switching to a fully online immigration card, a move which will help speed up the arrival process for travelers to the Dutch Caribbean island. All travelers to Curacao now have to fill out a digital immigration card prior to […]
Travelers will avoid Mexico City, warns Air Transport Association
Air travelers will avoid Mexico City due to the cancellation of the new airport project, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned. President López Obrador confirmed in late October that the US $13-billion project at Texcoco, México state, would be scrapped following a public consultation which found 70% support to drop it. Instead, the […]
Aeromexico announces the start of service to two new destinations in Central America and the Caribbean
Aeromexico, Mexico"™s global airline, announces the start of service on two new seasonal routes to Central America and the Caribbean from Mexico City. Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Liberia in Costa Rica are the new destinations that the carrier will add to its route network as of November 2 and 10 this year, […]
American Airlines to begin flights to Guyana in December
Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, said he is delighted that American Airlines will begin airlifting passengers to Guyana from December of this year. Patterson who has made a name for him self as one of the hardest working politicians in the Coalition government said the new service will coincide with the launch of the […]
Strong Passenger Demand Resumes; Record Load Factor in February
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing a rebound in traffic growth following the slower demand experienced in January, which was owing to temporary factors including the later timing of the Lunar New Year in 2018. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) for the month rose 7.6%, compared to […]
EEUU: Airlines ancel more than 700 Boston flights as another winter storm approaches
Airlines have canceled more than 700 Boston flights scheduled for Tuesday ahead of another strong winter storm that’s threatening to dump more than a foot of snow in parts of the region. About three-quarters, or nearly 400 flights across several airlines from Boston are canceled Tuesday, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. A further 321, or […]
Complete biometric solutions key to streamlining airport check-in and security
How can airports streamline traveller check-in to manage the growing number of travellers, while maintaining a high level of security? Nicole Palumbo, Sales Operations Manager, FST Biometrics explains where the bottlenecks are and how they can be avoided. When a traveler reaches the airport today, he is immediately confronted by swarms of airport staff, other […]
How DFW Airport won the top passenger experience in North America title
At DFW International Airport, taking care of the 180,000 or so passengers who pass through each day starts in a windowless room tucked away in Terminal D. There, a team of about 12 people tracks the flow of travelers throughout the airport"™s five terminals while monitoring social media, email and phone lines to address issues […]
