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- Airline Travel Numbers Inch Closer to 2019Thomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-05-24)It’s no longer valid to compare current daily airline travel numbers to what happened on the exact date a year ago when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its most merciless. While the number of passengers being screened has grown, the TSA took advantage of the lower travel numbers by installing more than 1,000 credential authentication machines at 121 locations and about 300 devices designed to eliminate the need for travelers to remove electronics, liquids, and other items from bags. The Transportation Security Administration reported processing 1,863,597 passengers through its checkpoints across the country on Sunday, May 23.
- American Airlines Forced To Cancel More Than 1000 FlightsThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-10-31)American Airlines was forced to cancel close to 1,400 flights since Friday October 29 due to bad weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth area along with staffing shortages. American also delayed around 1,000 flights over the same three day period.
- FAA Believes Most Airlines Won’t Weigh PassengersThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-05-19)•The Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t believe airlines will resort to weighing passengers prior to flights, saying guidance it issued two years ago regarding weight and balance on planes inexplicably blew up into a global story. •An FAA spokesperson said weighing individual passengers was merely an option, not a mandate. •The FAA issued an Advisory Circular in May 2019 that stressed the importance that airline weight and balance programs accurately reflect current passenger weights
- IATA Chief Says Airlines Will Not Recover All Lost CapacityThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-05-24)Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), says the airline industry will never be able to recover all the capacity it lost over the last 15 months due to COVID-19, and that airlines will emerge much smaller than they have been once the pandemic is over.
- IATA Says Digital Airline Pass Will Be Ready ‘Within Weeks’Thomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-02-23)The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it will have its digital Covid Travel Pass ready "within weeks,” a breakthrough it believes will lead to reestablishing international air travel more quickly. The digital pass will be an app to be downloaded on a smartphone, according to the British Broadcasting Corp., and will verify that a passenger has had either a negative COVID-19 test or been vaccinated against the virus.
- JetBlue Adds New RoutesThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2022-03-28)JetBlue is adding additional cities to its route network. Together with the American Airlines Northeast Alliance, the airline will offer 500 flights per day from the three major New York airports and an additional 200 from Boston Logan Airport.
- JetBlue Racing To Hire Flight Attendants Before Busy Summer SeasonThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2022-03-27)JetBlue is planning to hire more than 700 flight attendants to be ready for the busy summer travel demand. The company is hoping to avoid the issues of last summer with flight cancellations partly due to crew shortages.
- JetBlue To Start Internal Career Development ProgramThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-02-23)JetBlue Airways today announced a new initiative to bolster career development within the company, reaffirming what it says is a commitment to current crew members to support its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy. JetBlue said it will launch two new programs focused on three career trajectories: 1) a new pathway from frontline operational jobs to corporate services roles, and 2) opportunities for crewmembers to pursue careers as pilots or aircraft maintenance technicians.
- Nine Flight Attendants File Suit to End Federal Mask MandateThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2022-03-26)Nine flight attendants from six different airlines filed a lawsuit to strike down the mask mandate put in place and then extended by the FAA until April, claiming that it impairs the crew's ability to attend to their duties onboard the aircraft. In addition, the mask mandate has been the reason for 75% of the 5,800 incidents at airports and onboard flights.
- Royal Caribbean Makes Flexibility Changes for PassengersThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-10-30)Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has made changes to their booking policies that will allow for more flexibility for passengers. These changes are likely to be well-received by travel agents and passengers alike as they will offer cancellations within 48 hours of the sailing with no penalty and a full credit for future cruise credit.
- Southwest Says It Is Making Progress on Internal DiversityThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-09-21)In September 2020, Southwest Airlines announced that it had set company-wide goals to strengthen and improve efforts to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment while adding a pipeline for job opportunities.
- United Airlines Unvaccinated Employees Welcomed Back to WorkThomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2022-03-28)United Airlines is welcoming back more than 2,000 employees who received religious or medical exemptions from having to get vaccinated. These employees were on unpaid leave and they are now welcome to return to their prior positions with the company.
- What Will It Take To End Unruly Passengers on Planes?Thomaselli, Rich (Travel Pulse, 2021-10-30)It has been near twenty months that mask mandates have been in place while flying on most airlines. This article posses the question, "What is it going to take to stop unruly passengers on aircraft"? Perhaps these passengers should be banned from flying on all airlines, not just the one who's employees were assaulted.