U.S. Travel’s Great Summer of Shortage
Some sectors will feel the labor shortfall versus surging travel demand more acutely than others. Solutions will be complex — and protracted.
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American Airlines Forced to Pare Summer Schedules Due to Staff Shortages
Airlines Ask Justice Department to Prosecute Unruly Flyers to Send Stronger Message
Incidents of unruly passengers aloft continue to rise despite stepped up enforcement and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines levied. Criminal charges and prison time could be next if airlines and unions get their way.
Flight School Owned by a Retired Marine Is On a Mission to Help End the Pilot Shortage
As the travel recovery looks to ramp up for summer travel, a pilot shortage isn't helping any. The time to invest in pilots is at the pilot training level by making it easier to get loans, financing, and scholarships.
American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic Make Multi-Billion Dollar Bet on Electric Aircraft
American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic are the latest to make commitments for a new breed of electric aircraft. But with few more than glossy renderings and even fewer actually flying, the likelihood of this new breed of plane carrying passengers by mid-decade as promised is low.
Airline CEOs Tout UK-U.S. Travel Corridor Ahead of G7 But Would It Come Too Late?
Airlines have renewed their push for a UK-U.S. travel corridor following both countries' largely successful vaccination campaigns. But their arguments have fallen on seemingly deaf ears so far, raising doubts as to whether this latest push will make any difference.
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American Airlines Forecasts Pent-Up Business Demand Could Exceed Pre-Covid Levels Starting Next Year
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How Domestic Leisure Demand Is Remaking American Airlines’ Network
U.S. Airlines Brace for Another Lost Summer for Transatlantic Travel
The EU may very well open to vaccinated Americans this summer but airlines and analysts are already writing off 2021 as yet another lost summer travel season on the transatlantic. Better luck in 2022.
Airfare Data Firm ATPCO Recalibrates for Post-Pandemic Flying
Rather than guessing how people will compare flights and shop in the future, it's going to focus on giving travel agencies and other channels the right airline data via its next generation storefront, and let them figure it out. It makes perfect sense in today's unpredictable world.