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Danielle Hyams, Skift
In aviation news this week, JetBlue's CEO thinks the flight shaming movement is headed toward the U.S. What's more, twice a year Skift looks at the best of the best in travel and hospitality. For the 2020 winter edition, Finnair, Cathay Pacific, and Alaska Airlines received shout-outs for best innovators in airlines.
2 days ago
Binaj Gurubacharya , The Associated Press
Good to know that Nepal’s power situation is under control as this is the year it organizes a Visit Nepal Year, targeting two million tourists. The country needs them badly.
2 weeks ago
Joeal Calupitan and Jim Gomez, The Associated Press
Some planes may be able to fly Monday, which will free up parking bays for incoming flights. But it’s hard to tell if flight disruptions will end quickly — the volcano’s similar restiveness in the 1970s lasted for about four months.
2 weeks ago
Jing Travel
With China's dominance as the largest outbound market for international departures, it was a smart move by Paris Duty Free to create a WeChat Mini Program. The program encourages Chinese travelers to buy items curated specifically for their tastes. Will other Western airports follow suit?
2 weeks ago
Associated Press
Maybe these new public documents will rekindle the idea, and John Lennon will not be the only Brit with his name memorialized on a UK airport.
4 weeks ago
John Hermse, Ellen Proper, and Fred Pals, Bloomberg
The Dutch government is learning that getting buy-in for a second airport may be harder than they realized when climate concerns are taken into account.
1 month ago
Bloomberg News, Bloomberg
In general, Chinese citizens are less bothered by the growing pervasiveness of facial recognition technology than in other countries. But soon, international visitors to Beijing's newest airport won't have much of a choice of whether they're captured by the technology.
1 month ago
Stefan Nicola and Brian Parkin, Bloomberg
Well, you have to hand it to Berlin for persistence. The first flight at its new airport is scheduled — not until next October, but, hey, it's progress.
2 months ago
Sean O'Neill and Brian Sumers, Skift
After years of being stuck in the past, new "smart" airports are embracing technology and data to improve the experience for both passengers and vendors. But progress is still slow, widening the gap between cutting-edge and archaic facilities. What's needed? More vision, less bureaucracy.
2 months ago
Andrea Navarro, Bloomberg
As if scrapping a plan to build a much-needed new airport wasn't bad enough, it will also cost the Mexican government more to cancel the Mexico City project than to finish it.
3 months ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
Looks like Qatar Airways’ CEO should have done his math first before accusing Singapore’s Changi Airport of plagiarizing the design of the airport expansion of Hamad International.
3 months ago
Abhijit Roy Chowdhury and Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi sees infrastructure investment as a key to India's economic future. No one can argue that a plan to build 100 new airports by 2024 — to help accommodate 1,000 new regional routes — is profoundly ambitious.
3 months ago
