Alaska Airlines will soon ban emotional support animals from flights, becoming the first major U.S. airline to do so after the Department of Transportation revised its regulations earlier this month about what constitutes a service animal. Beginning Jan. 11, Alaska will only allow service dogs, which it defined in a press release as dogs that are ”
DETROIT – The leader of Delta Air Lines is telling workers that he expects some recovery from the coronavirus travel downturn by the spring. CEO Ed Bastian wrote in a New Year’s Day memo to employees that he expects 2021 to start with travel deeply depressed like it was last year. But as COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available,
Allegiant Air is expanding to three new cities as part of a 21-route expansion aimed at pandemic vacationers. The Las Vegas-based budget airline plans to start nonstop service from Portland, Oregon, in April and Key West, Florida, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in June. The cities were selected because they are gateways to outdoor recreation, which travelers have
Headed to Mexico or the Caribbean for some sun and fun this winter or over spring break? Get ready to squeeze a coronavirus test into your pandemic vacation agenda. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that it would require airline passengers to show proof of a negative coronavirustest or recovery from COVID-19 before boarding an international
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said Thursday it will focus on European destinations and close its long-haul operations as it struggles with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and debt restructuring. The airline said it will “focus on its core Nordics business, operating a European short haul network with narrow body aircraft. Under these
Travelers boarding flights to Washington, D.C., ahead of the inauguration will not be allowed to check firearms on several airlines and face increased security measures on all carriers. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said early Thursday that the airline will ban passengers traveling to Washington, D.C. and by the end of the day, American,
On the day after Christmas, passengers on a United Airlines flight from Denver to Calgary, Alberta, were potentially exposed to COVID-19. So were travelers on a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to Toronto, an Air Canada flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Montreal and 11 other international flights to Canada. The next day, another busy holiday
Hours after announcing it is banning travel from the whole of South America, the United Kingdom announced that beginning Monday, all travelers arriving at its airports must present a negative test and quarantine. LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is banning travel from the whole of South America and Portugal amid concerns over a new variant of the
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A team from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has arrived in Indonesia’s capital to join the investigation into the crash of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said Saturday. The team also comprises representatives from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing and General Electric. They joined
The founder of a new UK budget airline set to launch later this year says he has cracked the long-haul low-cost model, a concept he believes can thrive in the post-pandemic Indian and South Asian markets if angled correctly. Nino Singh Judge, founder and CEO of flypop, plans to launch flights from London’s Stansted Airport to
