Air Travel News Roundup: Top Headlines From April

Richard Branson has added a new safari experience to his Virgin Limited Edition portfolio—the award-winning Finch Hattons Luxury Safari Camp in Kenya. Located in Africa's only Shetani lava flow, Finch Hattons features 17 tented suites and offers stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro. The camp joins other African destinations in Virgin Limited Edition's collection, including Mahali Mzuri (also in Kenya), South Africa’s Ulusaba Private Game Reserve and Mont Rochelle hotel and vineyard, and Kasbah Tamadot in Morocco.

Uber is launching a shuttle service in the U.S. for transportation to airports, concert venues, and sporting events. 

When airlines merged in the past, executives at both companies used to talk about the synergies that were there and how that was an advantage in collaborating..

Being a flight attendant can be glamorous, but not when you open the paycheck.

Either Hawaiian Airlines knows something that we don’t, or it is just being prudent and making plans ahead of time.

Delta Air Lines is expecting a busy summer as it prepares to start rolling out its biggest-ever international schedule.

Ever dreamed of spending a night in Paris’ Musée D’Orsay? Or parking yourself among the race cars in the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy? Or how about drifting off to sleep among clouds in the house from Up? Those are just a few of the fantastical locations recently revealed in Airbnb’s Icons collection for summer 2024. Airbnb says it will offer more dreamy locations on a regular basis—mostly for free—and more than 4,000 “golden tickets” will be awarded to guests this year.

The Senate is racing against a Friday deadline to pass legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration at a moment of intense uncertainty and disruption in the air travel system, but a host of policy disputes and unrelated issues are threatening to prolong the debate.

Could the summer air travel season be impacted by a potential Congressional amendment?

O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is one of the biggest and busiest airports in the country. But nobody ever referred to it as a possible money driver.

Spirit Airlines announced its first-quarter earnings on Monday, but the focus was on the second quarter. And it wasn’t good news.

New Saudi Arabian carrier Riyadh Air plans to sell package holidays alongside its flight tickets. The government-funded airline is part of Saudi’s attempt to become a global aviation hub, boosting its tourism sector in the process.