Articles tagged “regulations”

The new findings will be used to pressure the EU into implementing stricter scheduling regulations, a move that airlines will fight as it means paying more pilots for fewer hours.

A change in FAA regulations will raise the barriers of entry to commercial flying right at time when there are significantly fewer applicants. Flights to small towns will be the first on the chopping block.

Verified reviews are one thing, but when user-review sites make claims about their services, they'd better be sure they can corroborate their boasts.

Regulations and cuts have the hotel industry worried, whoever gets elected this November. But general hotel industry recovery depends on the economy holding up more than the election choice.

The delegation is more for pressure on UK authorities to ease the visa restrictions on Chinese than for an actual marketing/wooing mission to China. The restrictions are ridiculous and do need to be eased.

It's a welcome move that China has quietly changed regulations for foreign airlines to allow them more options (outside of state-owned agencies) when electing a company to distribute fare information to travel agents.

Japan's tourism industry made a great comeback following the earthquake last year, but this dispute is going to affect that nascent recovery. China has the heft to use the travel embargo card, and it is going to.

Common sense in air security. Imagine that.

Surely not great for the hotel industry, which has to rely less on contracts and more on wooing the general --what industry weirdly called transient-- consumer, a macro trend that is inevitable.

DGCA has proposed a guideline rewording to reflect the agency's focus on safety over financial health, but their intentions are being questioned as it comes only days before review of Kingfisher's safety report.