air travel
U.S. Travel Reacts to DOJ, DOT Inquiry on Air Travel Competition
U.S. Travel Association | October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON (October 25, 2024)—U.S. Travel Association issued the following statement on the Departments of Justice and Transportation inquiry on the state of competition in air travel: "Today's announcement by the Departments of Transportation and Justice that they will launch 'broad inquiries' into airline business practices is another in a long line of disappointing political stunts. Airfares are at new lows and air travel demand is at historic highs. Yet air travel could be improved—by investing in technology, funding airport improvements and addressing the shortage of 3,000 air traffic controllers. Rather than solve these serious, ...
US Fines American Airlines Record $50 Million Over Treatment of Disabled Passengers
Reuters | October 23, 2024
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday said it was fining American Airlines a record $50 million for its treatment of disabled passengers, including failing to provide some with adequate assistance and mishandling wheelchairs. The fine is 25 times larger than the previous highest airline penalty for disability protection violations, setting a "new precedent" for future enforcement, the department said. "The era of tolerating poor treatment of airline passengers with disabilities is over," said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "By setting penalties at levels beyond a mere cost of doing b...
ITA Data Release: July 2023 International Air Passenger Travel To and From the United States
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION | August 22, 2023
Air Passenger Enplanements Up 17% Year Over Year in July 2023 Air Passenger Travel Between the United States and Europe Up 12% in July 2023 Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in July 2023: U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements1 totaled: 24.729 million in July 2023, up 16.8% compared to July 2022, with enplanements reaching 97.8% of pre-pandemic July 2019 volume. Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in July 2023 Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled: 5.065 million in July 2023, up 19.4% compared to ...
U.S. Travel Outlines Policies to Grow Domestic, International Segments, Boost Economy
U.S. Travel Association | February 2, 2023
WASHINGTON (February 2, 2023)—The U.S. Travel Association today launched a new quarterly press conference, led by the association’s President and CEO Geoff Freeman and incoming U.S. Travel National Chair and Hilton President and CEO Chris Nassetta. Together, they offered an industry perspective and recommendations across a set of issues critical to America’s travel economy, including U.S. visa processing, the domestic aviation system, as well as insights and projections for business and leisure travel. Each quarter, the association’s new Travel Outlook press conference will focus on pressing topics of importance to the growth of ...
February 2022 International Air Passenger Travel
March 11, 2022
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in February 2022: U.S.- International air traffic passenger enplanements (arrivals + departures) totaled 9.766 million in February 2022, up 208% compared to February 2021, however, enplanements reached just 56% of its volume in February 2019. Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in January 2022 Non-U.S. Citizen Air Passenger Arrivals to the United States, from foreign countries, totaled 2.159 million, +236% compared to February 2021 and -53.7% compared to February 2019. On a related note, overseas ‘visitor’ arrivals (‘I-94’/ADIS)...
Covid-19 and The Hotel Resort Buffet: The Last Supper*?
Fred DeMicco | June 18, 2020
By Frederick DeMicco The summer of 2020 will be a year without many vacation holidays. The fear of Covid-19 will dissuade many tourists from traveling. So, in the United States especially, will loss of income from jobs placed on hold in response to the pandemic. From the “Fhobia of Flying” to those tourists lured by the sands of the Mediterranean, the Fear to take Flight now dominates the travel market. It does not help that some countries’ borders remain closed, and many also have Pre- and Post-Covid quarantines. Few events short of nuclear war could be as devastating to the global economy. Tourism is its heartbeat and a major co...
