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More travelers are booking ‘up.’ Are you?
(Our travel trends story first appeared on NBC News in a slightly different form) Consumers who got a taste of higher-end amenities during the last couple of years’ travel boom aren’t too keen to go back to basic economy. And the travel industry doesn’t want them to. “If revenge travel was then, emboldened travel is […]
SFO Airport remembers Virgin America. Do you?
Remember Virgin America? The carrier began operating in 2007 and became a passenger favorite thanks to leather seats, cool cabin mood lighting, premium entertainment systems, a super-catchy award-winning safety video (see below), and its high-energy flight and ground crews dressed in hip, casual uniforms. Virgin America’s planes had cool names, such as Jefferson Airplane, Legally […]
What to expect for holiday travel
(This is a shortened version of a story we first wrote for NBC News) This year’s post-pandemic travel boom is continuing into the holidays. Nearly half (48%) of Americans plan to travel between Thanksgiving and mid-January, up from 31% last winter, a recent Deloitte survey found. AAA expects 55.4 million travelers to venture at least 50 miles from home during the […]
Airlines respond to Maui wildfires
The news about the wildfires on the Island of Maui is heartbreaking and frightening. As of Thursday evening, officials were reporting that the wildfires had killed at least 54 people, with the number expected to rise. Figuring out how many buildings, trees and other parts of the landscape have been burned is difficiult. But satellite […]
Airlines & Aviation Leaders Gather in Istanbul
The Stuck at the Airport team is in Istanbul this week for the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the World Air Transport Summit. CEO & representatives from more than 300 airlines are here, along with government officials, equipment suppliers, and all manner of other aviation world players. And the […]