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In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Airlines Boeing 757 departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on Sept. 19, 2024. Kevin Carter | Getty Images United Airlines customers will have to spend more to reach frequent flyer status next year, the latest move by the

Driving in a foreign country can be pleasant or harrowing — ranging from a bucolic slow-roll through the countryside to a heart-pumping slog through a maze of city streets.   But some countries make motorists more nervous than others. A survey published in October shows drivers are most concerned about getting behind the wheel in

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, July 12, 2024.  Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southwest Airlines third-quarter profit fell from a year ago but topped Wall Street estimates while the carrier

In this article SPR BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boeing 737 fuselages on railcars at Spirit AeroSystems’ factory in Wichita, Kansas, on July 1, 2024. Nick Oxford | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit AeroSystems is weighing furloughs or layoffs of hundreds more employees if the Boeing machinists’ strike stretches beyond Nov. 25, a

In this article HLT CCL RCL NCLH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Royal Caribbean’s “Icon of the Seas,” billed as the world’s largest cruise ship, sails from the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida, on its maiden cruise, on Jan. 27, 2024. Marco Bello | Afp | Getty Images The demand for cruises is

In this article SAVE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Spirit Airlines baggage tags are seen near a check-in counter at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 10, 2024 in Austin, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines shares surged after the struggling budget carrier said it would cut jobs and sell aircraft. The carrier late

In this article FIA-FI QAN-AU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT British Airlines, Qantas and Finnair are some of the airlines that are reducing services to China. Nicola Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Major global airlines are reducing services and, in some instances, withdrawing from China altogether as longer routes to Asia following the

An American Airlines aircraft departs from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on August 28, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images American Airlines raised its profit forecast for the year as CEO Robert Isom said the company’s sales strategy shift earlier this year is paying off. The carrier said it expects to earn

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers picket outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility during a strike in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.  David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing‘s new CEO Kelly Ortberg will have a chance to lay out his vision for the troubled manufacturer

I’m proud to call the tiny sugarcane farming community of Ingham, Australia, my hometown. It boasts blue skies, sandy beaches and Australia’s longest single-drop waterfall. But its location — at the northern end of the state of Queensland — is a problem for me. Lured by the desire to explore Europe, I left for London

In this article BKNG UAL EXPE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The biggest travel trend of 2022 was to go big, spend big — with people eagerly booking bucket list-style trips to places like Bali, Rome, London and Paris. But two new reports show travelers are now in a very different headspace. Trend reports

In this article EMBR-BR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto speaks during the Embraer Media Day 2022 at the aircraft factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, May 30, 2022.  Carla Carniel | Reuters Brazilian plane maker Embraer SA is studying the market and new technology that could warrant it

In this article SAVE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines on Friday said it reached an agreement with its credit card processor to again extended a

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Boeing worker waves a picket sign Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, as workers continue to strike outside the company’s factory in Renton, Wash. Lindsey Wasson | AP It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Striking Boeing workers and their supporters picket outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 16, 2024. Yehyun Kim | AFP | Getty Images Boeing said Tuesday that it could raise as much as $25 billion in shares or debt over three

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Airlines Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft departs at San Diego International Airport en route to New York on Aug. 24, 2024. Kevin Carter | Getty Images United Airlines said Tuesday that it is starting a $1.5 billion share buyback as the carrier reported higher-than-expected

Crowded beaches. Expensive rent. Tourist sites with wall-to-wall people. When it comes to overtourism, don’t blame the travelers, said Randy Durband, CEO of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. Rather, it’s “lack of management,” he told “Squawk Box Asia” Monday.   “I’ve been in travel and tourism for 40 years, working on committees and trade associations

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Delta Air Lines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Delta Air Lines had to suspend hot meal service on more than 200 flights out of its Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United airplanes are seen at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, Unitted States on July 16, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images United Airlines is plotting a 2025 international expansion that spans Senegal to Mongolia and Greenland to Palau, a bid to

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company’s factory on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Renton, Wash. Stephen Brashear | AP Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people, as the company’s losses mount and a machinist strike that has idled