[ad_1] JetBlue founder David Neeleman’s newest venture, low-cost point-to-point carrier Breeze Airways, will begin service later this month. The carrier, which is focusing on “underserved” midsize U.S. city pairs, will begin flights between three cities on May 27: Tampa, Fla.; Charleston, S.C; and Hartford, Conn. Service to Louisville, Ky., begins the next day, and the carrier plans…

[ad_1] Delta Air Lines has hired General Electric executive Dan Janki as its CFO, the carrier announced. Janki, who will join Delta on July 12, has spent more than 25 years in senior roles at GE, most recently as SVP and CEO of GE Power Portfolio. Delta SVP of business development and financial planning Gary…

[ad_1] Many corporate travel buyers are clamoring for changes to travel management company service models and sourcing processes, according to a new report from travel consultancy Festive Road.  Based on an April survey of 1,400 global travel buyers along with in-depth interviews with 18 buyers and TMC sales leaders, the study showed what the consultancy…

[ad_1] The Oneworld Alliance Governing Board has named Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker as its chairman, the alliance announced. The role includes overseeing the alliance’s governance, chairing its board meetings and coordinating with the alliance management team and CEO Rob Gurney. Al Baker succeeds Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce, who was named chair…

[ad_1] Three-quarters of member travel buyers and procurement managers surveyed this month by the Global Business Travel Association indicated their organizations’ employees are at least somewhat willing to travel for business now, continuing a sharp rise commensurate with increasing availability of Covid-19 vaccines. About 58 percent of the buyer respondents to the May 10-15 poll…

[ad_1] American Airlines has enabled Covid-19 vaccination record verification to the VeriFly health passport app, the carrier announced. For now, the option is available for travel to three countries in the Americas: the Bahamas, El Salvador and Guatemala. Travelers can upload photos of both sides of their vaccination record into the app, and VeriFly will…

[ad_1] Airline, hotel and other travel supplier executives from areas where Covid-19 vaccination rates are highest, like the United States, UnitedKingdom and Australia, continue to cite increasing demand for leisure travel without a corresponding surge of business travel. But the appetite for business travel is growing for some, what will it take for others to…

[ad_1] The European Union on Wednesday took new steps to re-opening travel to international visitors, with ambassadors of the 27 member states agreeing that individuals who have received EU-approved vaccinations for Covid-19 should be allowed entry to the bloc. They also agreed to ease the criteria on what should be considered a ‘safe country’ from…

[ad_1] JetBlue will fly to both Heathrow and Gatwick airports when it starts its long-awaited transatlantic service to London later this year, the carrier announced. Nonstop daily service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and London Heathrow Airport will begin on Aug. 11, followed by daily service between JFK and London Gatwick Airport…

[ad_1] Arthur D. Little senior advisor Patrick W. Diemer is the former is the former managing director of AirPlus International. He now sits on several advisory boards and works as an investor in B2B travel and payment innovation. Our industry’s CEOs, who are paid to manage their stakeholders’ expectations, have stopped forecasting the recovery of…