IATA, IATAN Partner with ARC to Offer Travel & Tourism Diploma Courses for US Travel Agents
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN), a department of IATA serving the US travel and tourism industry, announced that IATA’s globally recognized travel and tourism diploma courses are now being offered to existing and aspiring travel industry professionals based in the US, in partnership with the Airlines […]
JetBlue and American Airlines Partnership Makes it Easier Than Ever for Customers to Return to Travel
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) and American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) are providing customers the most choice in the Northeast, on the best product, and with a premium experience, as travelers return to the sky. As part of their Northeast Alliance (NEA), JetBlue and American will operate more than 700 daily flights from New York and Boston this […]
IATA Calls on States to Follow WHO Guidance on Cross-Border Travel
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on states to follow new guidance on travel from the World Health Organization (WHO). The guidance recommends a “risk-based approach” to implementing measures related to COVID-19 and international travel. It will be presented to the WHO COVID-19 International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Thursday 15 July. Specifically, WHO […]
United Adds Nearly 150 Flights to Warm-Weather Cities This Winter
As demand for travel continues to build, United Airlines is expecting the resurgence to continue for winter holiday travel and is planning ahead by increasing service to cities in the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. The airline will add nearly 150 flights to warm-weather destinations across the U.S and is increasing service to […]
Marginal Improvements in May Travel Demand
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that both international and domestic travel demand showed marginal improvements in May 2021, compared to the prior month, but traffic remained well below pre-pandemic levels. Recovery in international traffic in particular continued to be stymied by extensive government travel restrictions. Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results […]
Delta people prepared to welcome more than 2 million travelers over July 4 weekend
Travelers returning to the skies to reconnect with family and friends this Independence Day are driving Delta’s domestic leisure travel numbers back to pre-pandemic levels. Approximately 2.2 million customers are expected to travel with Delta between July 2 and July 6. While Delta people across the business are hard at work to deliver the safe, […]
Lufthansa enables fast check-in with digital vaccination certificate
More than a quarter of the German population has now been vaccinated twice against Covid-19. For a few days now, pharmacies, doctors and vaccination centers have been issuing QR codes for vaccinated persons, the so-called digital vaccination certificates. Just in time for the start of the Hessian school summer holidays, passengers with the digital vaccination […]
Delta And Virgin Atlantic Launch Digital Health Passport Amid Reopening Push
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic are not giving up on a potential reopening of travel between the United States and the United Kingdom. The two airlines recently launched a built-in digital health credential that the carriers are billing as a blueprint for the reopening of transatlantic travel. Delta and Virgin Atlantic launch digital health […]
Air France trials IATA Travel Pass on flights from New York-JFK and Barcelona-BCN to Paris-CDG
Air France started the trial of IATA Travel Pass on flights from New York-JFK and Barcelona-BCN to Paris-Charles de Gaulle. With this experiment, the airline seeks to offer its passengers an improved customer experience by streamlining the checking of COVID-19 test results. Available on smartphones, IATA Travel Pass app enables travellers to: -Check up on […]
Alaska Airlines adds to winter schedule, citing passenger confidence
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines will launch a number of new seasonal routes for the upcoming winter travel season. From Nov. 19 to April 18, it will operate 5X-weekly flights between Austin, Texas (AUS) and Palm Springs, California (PSP). The fights will be operated by wholly owned regional affiliate Horizon Air using Embraer E175 aircraft. From Dec. […]
