International Travel Seeing Skyrocketing Interest
US-based travelers almost doubled bookings to foreign destinations last month as Americans seek to travel internationally once again, according to data released this week by CheapOair. The data shows a significant increase of 89 percent for international travel, with 7 of the top 10 destinations showing increases of more than 100 percent. In April, US […]
Airlines to Passengers: Curb Your Behavior
The FAA, in the wake of recent unruly behavior on aircraft and White House-sanctioned mob violence threatening cities all around the country, is ordering airlines to enforce stricter codes of demeanor to stave further public incidents. The FAA has seen a disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent […]
It’s “Wheels Up” for Carbon Neutral Travel
Airlines are signing on to the most ambitious carbon neutral environmental initiatives in industry history, possibly leading the way for other industries and corporations to do the same. Earlier this month United Airlines pledged to become 100 percent carbon neutral by reducing greenhouse gas emissions completely by 2050. Following that move Uber, Rivian, JetBlue, Cabify, […]
Flying Taxis Learning to Crawl First
Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and urban air mobility (UAM) might not be part of the everyday vernacular, but, if the experts are right, they soon will be. Morgan Stanley Research recently reported that the market for flying cars or “air taxis” should continue to mature over the next decade and soar to $1.5 trillion […]
Airports, Airlines: Clearing the Air
As the coronavirus continues to take travel to unprecedented depths, there may be an upside to this tale afterall: Flying has never been cleaner. Airlines, airports and aircraft manufacturers are going to extraordinary heights to ratchet up the confidence measures it will take to get travelers to take to the skies, even as the coronavirus […]
Pets on a Plane: Take the Horse; Leave the Pig
The phrase “when pigs fly” could become a reality in the near future but for now, flying livestock will be restricted to miniature horses, according to new service animal policies that went live last month.
Is This the Airline Seat of the Future?
Small is may not be so beautiful – for airline passengers, that is, if current concepts in economy seat design get a foothold in the airline industry.
Travel Apps More Trouble than They’re Worth?
A traveler hits unexpected traffic on the way to the airport and isn’t quite sure where to return the rental car. In the terminal, there’s a huge line at check-in and uncertainty about the departure gate number because the mobile app on the traveler’s smartphone won’t load. Sound familiar?
Drones on the Road: Uber Air at CES 2019
Las Vegas is currently one of two cities in the U.S. allowing for consumer testing of driverless ridesharing cars. But the city got a look at another driverless option in getting around the city from CES2019 recently: the driverless heli-taxi. While the annual Consumer Electronics Show presented a prototype of the new aerial hybrid vehicle […]
Heavy Lifting: Airlines Look at the Ever-Expanding Passenger
The numbers are neither startling nor new. Greater than one in three (39.8 percent) of Americans are obese, according to the CDC. That means nearly 100 million US adults are officially overweight and may be flying soon in a seat near you. Or you may be one of the many flyers these days who has […]
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