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Pilots, in particular, are in high demand. Airlines don’t want to be caught off guard like they were last year.
Some attribute it to pent-up demand. Others think the American consumer may have changed.
The initial idea was to create global pop-up experiences. But Amber Drew and her wife ended up finding a permanent home in Nicaragua.
Leisure travel, as opposed to business, is the source of most of the industry’s profits these days.
Many airports are hoping to raise the fees they charge airlines, and airlines have not responded well. The fight is public and nasty.
Sixty U.S. airports have lost more than half of their flights since 2019, and 14 no longer have any commercial service.
China is simplifying some of the rules to enter its zero-COVID bubble, but many hurdles remain.
A lot of people want to fly, and airlines have fewer seats to sell.
Complaints about airlines have nearly tripled from pre-pandemic levels, with passengers left in limbo by cancellations and delays.
Manu Powers, who co-owns boat and snorkel tour company Sea Quest Hawaii, said their gas bill recently hit five figures for the first time.