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Travel PaymentsAirlines Woo Leisure Travelers In Scramble To Fill Empty Seats
With business travel still in the dumps, the battered airline industry is hustling to...
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Travel PaymentsJune Air Travel Volume Off 86 Pct From Last Year
The latest forecast from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has airlines grappling with...
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Travel PaymentsAirlines Confront Grim Q2 As New COVID Fears Slam Travel...
It was a bad week for airline stocks as bookings contracted on renewed coronavirus fears. PYMNTS...
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Travel PaymentsUnited Airlines' Chief: Vaccine Needed To Return To Normal
The outlook for the airline industry looks cloudy — at best — until there...
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CoronavirusAirlines Ask For Virus Testing To Allow Transatlantic Flights
Several major airline companies are urging the U.S. and European Union to get transatlantic...
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Travel PaymentsUS Air Travel Sinks 4 Pct Amid Rising Infections, Quarantines
The already sluggish recovery in air travel hit some turbulence over the past week....
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Travel PaymentsSome Airports Freeze Renovations As Fewer Passengers Fly
Plans to expand some airports have been put on hold as air transportation has...
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EcosystemsHow To Make It Safe To Fly The Friendly Skies...
The airline industry has been particularly pummeled by the global pandemic as consumers sheltering...
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Travel PaymentsFrontier To Allow Passengers To Purchase Extra Space On Planes
As the world steadily inches toward reopening after several months of coronavirus-related lockdowns, Frontier...
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InvestmentsBuffett’s Grounding Of Airline Stocks Shows Turbulence Ahead
The selloff begat the selloff. To that end, news came over the weekend that...
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CoronavirusAirlines Shift From Passengers To Cargo
For the airline industry, keeping at least some top line in place to cover...
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CoronavirusCoronavirus: Amazon Adjusts Attendance Policy; Trip.com Chairman, CEO To Stop...
The coronavirus could have wide-reaching effects on medical facilities, eCommerce retailers, technology and the...
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Safety and SecurityVP Pence To Meet With Airline Execs On Gathering Data...
Vice President Mike Pence is meeting with airline CEOs and an airline industry trade...
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InternationalCoronavirus Ripple Effect: Cross-Border Tourism, Retail Sales and Supply Chains...
Not all black swan events are created equally, at least when it comes to...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsDelta Takes Minority Stake In Private Jet Startup Wheels Up
Delta Airlines has decided to take a different direction when it comes to its...
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AuthenticationInside The Launch Of Colorado's New State-Run Digital Driver’s License
Digital identities are growing more important and omnipresent in everyday life, and the need...
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InnovationUber Offers Helicopter Rides For JFK Passengers
Ride-hailing app Uber said users will soon be able to fly to and from...
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InnovationInside The Race For Flying-Taxi Liftoff
This might still sound like science fiction to many people, but the race for...
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Mobile CommerceSpirit Airlines To Roll Out WhatsApp Bookings
Starting next month, customers looking for flights on Spirit Airlines in the U.S., the...
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InvestmentsWheels Up Takes Flight With $128M Raise
New York aviation startup Wheels Up has notched a $128 million Class D equity...
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RetailNavigating Flight-Sharing’s Complicated Skies
In the decade since Uber made its debut in San Francisco, all sorts of...
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InnovationAT&T, Uber Link Up For Air Travel Services
Uber and AT&T have announced a partnership that will provide “always-on connectivity” during aerial...
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RetaileasyJet's New Instagram Booking Takes Off
Social media is a terrific breeding ground for travel envy — there is no...
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Travel PaymentsUATP CEO Sees Alternative Payments Taking Flight With Airlines
Booking flights is no longer just about charging it to the card — that...
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RetailFlywallet Is Taking Aim At Reducing The One-Time Payments Pain...
Consumers face a dilemma when it comes to planning vacations, especially costly journeys to...
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uber of xJetSmarter’s Play To Democratize Private Air Travel
With ridesharing platforms, people can hail a ride anytime, anywhere, capitalizing on vehicles and...
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InnovationBetter Visuals Can Lead To More Airline Ticket Sales
Prettier pictures lead to more sales for airlines — that’s the philosophy behind a growing...
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Fly The Binge-y Skies
Most retail subscription services appeal to mass consumer audiences — save for those in...
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Beacons’ Killer App
August began with a big bet on beacons by Target, just one of many...
