LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 30: An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 airplane departs Los Angeles International Airport en route to Washington D.C. on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alaska Airlines plans to start its first…
For a “summer town” that needs “summer dollars,” as the mayor of fictional Amity, USA, puts it in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, it may seem counterintuitive to forever yoke your destination in the national consciousness to the image of a homicidal great white shark. But the association has worked out just fine for Martha’s Vineyard, the…
There are lots of ways that the travel industry punishes you for traveling solo, including higher cruise fares and higher group tour prices. But those upcharges are usually based on the idea that unaccompanied vacationers take up the same amount of sleeping space that a travel vendor can otherwise sell to two people. But last…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Newark Liberty International Airport. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Some European companies are growing wary about sending their employees to the U.S. It comes amid volatile policymaking by the Trump administration, more stringent immigration checks, and an uptick in reports of detentions and deportations. Some businesses CNBC spoke to,…
Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty Images Earlier this spring, consumers were feeling good about their summer vacation prospects. More people were planning to take a trip compared to last year, and summer travel budgets were up, too, according to a new report from Deloitte. But just a few weeks later — after President Donald…
American Airlines new business-class suite. American Airlines DALLAS — Armed with dollops of caviar and handfuls of Bang & Olufsen headphones, U.S. airlines are duking it out for international business-class dominance. There are even differences between seats in the same cabin. Next week, American Airlines plans to start flying its upgraded business-class…
Procrastination-prone passengers, take note: Another airline has just moved its deadline for checking in for flights. Now you have a little less time. Effective Tuesday, June 3, United Airlines requires all customers on domestic flights to check in at least 45 minutes before the scheduled departure. The rule applies to everybody, whether they are checking…
Optimism in the global business travel sector has dropped by more than half this year, according to a report published by the Global Business Travel Association. Positive sentiment fell from 67% in November 2024 to 31% in April 2025, according to the report which surveyed more than 900 business travel professionals on the affect of…
Boeing Co. 737 Max fuselages at the company's manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on April 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing 's airplane deliveries to China will resume next month after handovers were paused amid a trade war with the Trump administration, CEO Kelly Ortberg said Thursday, as he brushed…
United Airlines has a new friend in Queens. The airline plans to return to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport again, this time through a new partnership with JetBlue Airways . The partnership, called Blue Sky, will allow the airlines to sell seats on each other's sites and let JetBlue customers earn…