Tag: Airports

January 19, 2024

Five days into the new year, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 departing from Portland International Airport (PDX) was forced to make an emergency landing after a door plug ejected from the plane minutes after takeoff. This caused the cabin to depressurize, […]

January 19, 2022

U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement on the implementation of 5G wireless near U.S. airports: “The U.S. Travel Association is urgently calling on the U.S. government and mobile wireless carriers to delay the introduction […]

August 25, 2020

Langley, UK – The majority of travelers are now ready to consider booking domestic and international trips, but only if airlines, airports, hotels and car rental companies collectively implement ten different safety measures throughout their journey, including fully flexible or […]

July 30, 2020

London, UK – Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO said: “WTTC is calling upon Governments around the world to begin a substantial programme of investment to ensure comprehensive testing facilities are implemented at airports, which will help prevent the spread […]

June 15, 2020

Passenger demand at London’s second-largest airport may not return to pre-crisis levels for another three or four years as the sector grapples with severe disruption. Airports have been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, with airlines stopping or significantly reducing […]

June 1, 2020

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has unveiled the second phase of measures to rebuild global consumer confidence to encourage the return of travelling. The latest protocols are designed to drive the return of safe travel and enable industries, […]

May 13, 2020

How does mass-transit work if everyone has to stay two meters apart, and where national borders can open and close at short notice? Exactly how international travel can operate smoothly and safely in the COVID-19 era is really anyone’s guess […]

April 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has brought air travel to a screeching halt around the globe. Government restrictions and stay-at-home orders have stopped passengers from crossing borders or even leaving their homes, sapping demand for flight bookings. In the wake of these […]