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air travel
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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 been grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street...
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EcosystemsHow To Make It Safe To Fly The Friendly Skies Again
The airline industry has been particularly pummeled by the global pandemic as consumers sheltering in place have, by and large, eschewed both...
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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 Airlines will give people the option to pay...
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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 famed investor Warren Buffett, through his investment vehicle,...
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CoronavirusAirlines Shift From Passengers To Cargo
For the airline industry, keeping at least some top line in place to cover enormous fixed costs is a critical strategy as...
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CoronavirusCoronavirus: Amazon Adjusts Attendance Policy; Trip.com Chairman, CEO To Stop Taking Salaries
The coronavirus could have wide-reaching effects on medical facilities, eCommerce retailers, technology and the economy as a whole. Here are the latest...
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Safety and SecurityVP Pence To Meet With Airline Execs On Gathering Data To Fight Coronavirus
Vice President Mike Pence is meeting with airline CEOs and an airline industry trade group on Wednesday (March 5) over Coronavirus concerns...
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InternationalCoronavirus Ripple Effect: Cross-Border Tourism, Retail Sales and Supply Chains Down
Not all black swan events are created equally, at least when it comes to certain business verticals. Amid the plunging stock markets,...
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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 private jet business, announcing earlier today that it...
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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 to keep them secure grows more pressing by...
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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 Lower Manhattan in New York and John F....
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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 flying-taxi dominance is on and is gaining fresh...
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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 Caribbean and Latin America will be able to...
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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 capital raise co-led by new investor Franklin Templeton,...
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RetailNavigating Flight-Sharing’s Complicated Skies
In the decade since Uber made its debut in San Francisco, all sorts of businesses and ideas have been dubbed the “Uber...
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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 transport through the upcoming Uber Air and Uber...
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RetaileasyJet’s New Instagram Booking Takes Off
Social media is a terrific breeding ground for travel envy — there is no faster way to find yourself wishing you were...
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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 is, corporate or individual credit cards. Technology has...
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RetailFlywallet Is Taking Aim At Reducing The One-Time Payments Pain Of Airline Tickets
Consumers face a dilemma when it comes to planning vacations, especially costly journeys to overseas destinations: How can they set aside enough...
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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 drivers that are already in the system. In...
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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 bookings system that offers what Reuters called on Tuesday (June...
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Fly The Binge-y Skies
Most retail subscription services appeal to mass consumer audiences — save for those in air travel, which primarily cater to luxury jet...
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Beacons’ Killer App
August began with a big bet on beacons by Target, just one of many retailers that have made similar bets in the...
