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Articles tagged “flights”

Coronavirus

The Travel Industry Needs to Talk About Ventilation in Coronavirus Fight

An overwhelming consensus has emerged that Covid-19 doesn't spread as easily outdoors or in well-ventilated areas. So why doesn't the travel industry emphasize that more?

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

The Travel Industry Needs to Talk About Ventilation in Coronavirus Fight

Tourism

India to Restart U.S. Passenger Flights July 23

The Trump administration appeared to be playing hardball with India after India banned U.S. flights. It looks like India has fallen into line despite the surge of U.S. coronavirus cases.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 4 years ago

India to Restart U.S. Passenger Flights July 23

Airlines

Google Is Providing Search Data to Air France, Lufthansa, Other Airlines Looking to Decide Which Routes to Restart

How do airline network planners determine where to restart routes when no one is flying after Covid-19 destroyed assumptions about consumer habits? Enter Google with its huge data set about consumer whims — maybe not the ultimate decider about airline flight schedules, but another factor to weigh.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Google Is Providing Search Data to Air France, Lufthansa, Other Airlines Looking to Decide Which Routes to Restart

Online Travel

OpenTable and Kayak Bring Back 10 Percent of Furloughed Employees

If the dining and travel industries are looking for a bright spot during these dark days, then returning employees are a morsel to hang onto.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

OpenTable and Kayak Bring Back 10 Percent of Furloughed Employees

Business Travel

TUI to Restart European Flights at the End of June

Let the vacations begin — with proper social-distancing, including blocked middle seats on planes — of course.

Christoph Steitz, Reuters | 4 years ago

TUI to Restart European Flights at the End of June

Airlines

A European Travel Ban to the U.S. Came At Least 5 Weeks Too Late: Here’s a Timeline of the Fallout

If airlines and travelers are counting on airport screenings and quarantines to be a effective counter-measures in the absence of a coronavirus vaccine, the CDC said these tactics will "have less impact" when transmissions are widespread. Everything depends on effective vaccines.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

A European Travel Ban to the U.S. Came At Least 5 Weeks Too Late: Here’s a Timeline of the Fallout

Online Travel

Google Bows to European Pressure and Tests Adding Travel Rivals’ Direct Links

Google has argued for years that its boxed-up and featured hotel, flight, and restaurant results are highlighted because they provide users with the "best answers." But in Europe, regulators may have pushed Google to acquiesce, offering its competitors some air time in its featured results by testing direct links.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Google Bows to European Pressure and Tests Adding Travel Rivals’ Direct Links

Online Travel

Google Flights Ends Booking Charges for Airlines That Paid

With potential pressure from U.S. regulatory authorities and perhaps displeasure from airlines, Google is making the biggest change to the way it monetizes flight search since it launched Google Flights in 2011. Perhaps free search engine optimization for flights isn't dead after all.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Google Flights Ends Booking Charges for Airlines That Paid

Online Travel

Booking Holdings and Expedia in Arms Race to Deliver the Connected Trip

From the wishful thinking and hype of years ago, the connected trip is beginning to draw real investment and become a thing. It will take a very extended period of time to make it a more meaningful development. In that faraway horizon, will there indeed be any differentiation among the leading providers?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Online Travel

Google’s Travel Gains Levy Pain at TripAdvisor and Expedia

The fact that Google is leveraging its dominance as a search engine into taking market share away from travel competitors is no longer even debatable. Expedia and TripAdvisor officials seem almost depressed about the whole thing and resigned to its impact. Is there any more room on the couch?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Google’s Travel Gains Levy Pain at TripAdvisor and Expedia