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U.S. airlines expect a surge of international travelers when the United States reopens to fully vaccinated visitors Monday. The Biden administration announced the new guidelines in September and set Nov. 8 as the day the borders open. “Delta (DAL) has seen a 450% increase in international point-of-sale bookings versus the six weeks prior to the announcement,” the airline stated in a press release that predicts many international flights will be 100% full and stay that way for several… Source link

Southwest Airlines (LUV) trimmed its schedule for November and December and has beefed up staffing ahead of the expected Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday travel rush. “So our reserves are over 20% for our crews, which helps you operate every single day,” Incoming CEO Bob Jordan told Yahoo Finance Live. That 20% is almost double the number Southwest had in place in early October when bad weather and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic delays cascaded into a logistics nightmare… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, November 1, 2021 It was a brutal weekend for one airline and a telling weekend on the state of America’s labor shortage.  American Airlines canceled about 14.3% of its flights on Sunday, according to data shared by the company to Yahoo Finance, in large part because it was unable to find staff to carry out operations. Staffing problems… Source link

And the wins keep piling up for buy now, pay later outfit Affirm.  The company announced this week it has inked a deal with American Airlines that will allow consumers to pay for their travel in installments.  “It’s there to help travelers. Lots of people are going to try to go to a family getaway and not everyone is capable of paying for it instantaneously in cash,” said Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin on Yahoo Finance Live. For Affirm, the American Airlines tie-tup is the latest in a… Source link

On Friday a flight-enthusiast passenger noticed that a Spirit Airlines (SAVE) plane that had taken off a few spots ahead of his United plane (UAL) from the Houston airport was now well him, according to a flight tracker. The passenger, who is also a licensed flight dispatcher, guessed that the Spirit flight was likely flying slower to save money, like a frugal driver on the highway. (Fuel economy usually decreases at 50mph according to the DOE.) This interesting observation exposed an open… Source link

(White House updates numbers of evacuees) By Idrees Ali and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – The United States has enlisted the help of six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington seeks to step up the pace of departures of Americans and at-risk Afghans from Kabul. The Pentagon said on Sunday it called up 18 civilian aircraft from United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air and others to carry people from temporary locations… Source link

Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported leisure passenger traffic rebounded in June to 2019 levels, helping the airline generate its first monthly profit since the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the industry.   “I think we can sustain that going into the third quarter. I think we are all worried about this Delta variant,” CEO Gary Kelly told Yahoo Finance Live. Kelly called the second quarter an important milestone in the airline’s pandemic recovery. Southwest generated $4 billion in revenue during… Source link

@lol.airee/TikTok A viral TikTok video shows a woman duct-taped to her chair on an American Airlines flight.  The airline said the woman tried to exit the plane midflight and attacked flight attendants. The passenger who filmed the video criticized American Airlines for how it handled the situation. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A TikTok video shows a woman duct-taped to her seat on an American Airlines flight after an incident in which the airline says she attacked flight… Source link

The sky’s the limit, according to Frontier Airlines (ULCC) CEO Barry Biffle. “Bookings have been surging for several months.” Biffle told Yahoo Finance Live, “If you’re planning on going somewhere, you need to book it, because, you know, people are literally going to run out of seats.” More than 2 million passengers moved through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport checkpoints from June 11 to 13, which is still about 600,000 fewer than the numbers on those days in 2019…. Source link

The world awaits pandemic weary travelers, who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and ready to hit the road. United Airlines (UAL) announced Monday, in its Q1 earnings report, that it will begin flying this July to Iceland, Greece, and Croatia “moving to capitalize on emerging pent-up demand for travel to countries where vaccinated travelers are welcome.”   The key, of course, is for a passenger to prove they have been vaccinated. Countries like Israel and China are already using digital… Source link