Senate Races to Pass Bill to Reauthorize F.A.A. and Improve Air Travel

New Delta Air Lines daily service to New York-JFK has potential to generate up to 46,000 passengers through Shannon Airport.

Emirates customers can travel onwards from Mexico City to 21 new domestic points and a further 7 routes between Mexico and US cities operated by Viva Aerobus.

Shannon Airport expects over 52,000 travelers during the June bank holiday, marking a busy start to summer with increased flights and service expansions.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, May 29. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

It’s a nerve-racking time to be a frequent flier in the United States. Boeing, the nation’s once-proud aircraft manufacturer, has faced a cascading quality crisis since 2018, which escalated this year after a door panel blew off one of the company’s planes mid-flight, prompting multiple F.A.A. investigations and a criminal inquiry from the Justice Department. And it’s not just Boeing — a New York Times investigation last summer found that understaffing and overscheduling led to an alarming number of unreported near misses on American runways.

JetBlue and British Airways have submitted a codeshare agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), hoping to make travel easier for fliers across the Atlantic. 

It may have been lightly raining on my final descent into Edinburgh, but the hint of gloomy weather couldn’t dim my excitement on this milestone journey across the pond.

JetBlue is planning a sprawling new partnership with British Airways, through which the two airlines would link significant parts of their networks across the U.S. and Europe.

SAS is broadening its winter travel offerings by introducing five new direct routes to Northern Scandinavia, including Tromsø, Kiruna, Rovaniemi, and Scandinavian Mountain Airport Sälen-Trysil.

Sandals Hotels and Resorts’ newly opened Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines property is a showcase in every sense of the word. The 50-acre all-inclusive resort is located on the destination’s main island of St. Vincent, nestled deep among high, lush green mountain peaks on three sides.

When I first started at The Points Guy all the way back in 2011, it wasn't unusual for me to spot a mileage deal, grab my suitcase and hop on a plane at the drop of a hat. These days, however, I'm more likely to plan ahead and plot out each trip I take moment by moment well in advance (mainly so I don't annoy my partner with the frequent disappearing acts!).

Cultural wasteland. Rural backwater. The Redneck Riviera. Whatever northern critics might say about "Flora-Bama," the 200-mile stretch of Florida beneath Alabama, I’m here – as a Florida-raised New Yorker – to tell you they’re flat wrong.