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Airlines
Does Ryanair believe the only acceptable South Africans to fly on its planes are those relative few who speak Afrikaans?
Promit Mukherjee, Reuters | 4 weeks ago
Wait times at Heathrow for arriving passengers were already horrendous at times. With the airport short of around 12,000 staff and a holiday period on the way, this won't get prettier.
James Davey, Reuters | 3 months ago
Skift Meetings
The U.K. is moving forward with its Protect Duty legislation, a new set of rules requiring venues to assess and address the risk of terrorist attacks. What will these changes mean for the U.K.’s event industry?
3 months ago
Travel Technology
By acquiring Argentinan vendor Whyline, Clear is doubling down on technology that allows travelers to reserve a spot in line when they check in for their flight. This "virtual queueing" tech could be used outside of airports, too, such as at attraction parks, in conference venues, and on cruise ships.
Sean O'Neill | 6 months ago
Twenty years after that fated day, enhanced security measures are now just part of the routine of travel — and the cost of doing business across the globe.
Ruthy Muñoz, Skift | 10 months ago
Online Travel
It's easy to feel jaded about data breaches given how often they happen. But it will raise eyebrows that hackers obtained data on loyalty flyers of Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, United, and other carriers by exploiting a SITA tech system not used by most of them.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 1 year ago
Many border security agencies aren't ready to cope with a return to pre-pandemic levels of travel if they have to track additional pieces of information like traveler health. Blame the holdup on a debate about tactics and tech, not just budgetary shortfalls.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 2 years ago
It's difficult to imagine that middle seats on planes will be permanently removed after a recovery takes place. That's why coronavirus testing is so important. But if passengers won't fly with another flyer at their elbows, then expect airfares to skyrocket.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago
Tourism
The original Trump travel ban wasn't an especially effective or well-received piece of political theater. One hopes the travel industry will find a stronger voice to oppose any expanded ban than it had the first time around.
Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro and Jill Colvin, Associated Press | 2 years ago
The seven-day suspension might seem interminably long for travelers whose plans have been disrupted. But given escalating regional tensions with Iran — not to mention the history of terrorist attacks against tourists in Egypt and the October 2015 bomb explosion that destroyed a Russian airliner — action by British Airways is well warranted despite scant details.
Lisa Lee, Bloomberg | 3 years ago
