Joining other industry participants, American Airlines on Monday voiced its concerns about comments written by GBTA CEO Scott Solombrino. GBTA board member Kathy Briski, meanwhile, resigned from GBTA on Friday, a spokesperson for the association confirmed. “American Airlines strongly condemns the alleged behavior of Scott Solombrino,” according to a company statement. “We applaud the GBTA…
[UPDATE, June 15, 2020: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines announced that violations of their face covering policies could result in suspension of flying privileges.] A Delta executive during a Wednesday webinar suggested that if a passenger tries to show their face at the wrong…
Airlines say they are limiting the number of passengers on flights in an effort to maintain social distancing. Anecdotally, though, plenty of flights are full. Airline approaches vary, the situation will be fluid and there are no guarantees. World Travel Inc. is building a tool to inject some confidence by showing how full flights booked…
Lodging and transportation companies lost money in the first quarter and they’re losing more during the second. What matters now is shoring up liquidity and improving cash burn for the second half of the year and into 2021. To bolster reserves, suppliers are taking out loans, tapping into credit facilities, cutting spending and reducing workforces….
American Airlines is building a new platform for its prepaid AirPass program and enticing potential enrollees with lower minimums. The promotion targets high-end leisure travelers and small businesses, but companies of all sizes use the program. While bulk buying a product doesn’t seem like something people think about when they’re barely using that product, the…
Delta Air Lines informed corporate accounts last week that it would allow no-fee name changes on unused tickets and ease the process of applying credits to new trips. According to vice president of sales operations and development Kristen Shovlin, Delta’s new “corporate waiver” allows travel managers and their travel management companies to change names on…
For a while, there was some debate as to whether the crisis now facing travel businesses is worse than what they went through after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Not anymore. “We believe the collapse in air travel demand has the potential to materially reshape global aviation, meaningfully more than the events of…
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